Making Savvy Home Energy Upgrades (Webinar Series)
Webinar Series | February 17 & 25, 2016
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Part 1: Home Performance Basics & Resources
Instructor: John Spillman, Earth Advantage
What are the incentives for energy efficiency, home health, and solar upgrades in Oregon? With a working knowledge of the incentives and programs that are available, you can empower clients to close on older homes with good energy upgrade potential. Participants will learn what enables a home to perform well, use less energy, and deliver superior comfort. You will also come away with tools to direct clients to the most cost effective upgrades with the greatest benefits.Part 2: New Trends in Heating, Cooling, & Hot Water Systems
Instructor: Fiona Douglas-Hamilton, SEEC LLC
This webinar will provide a practical guide through the world of mechanical systems – no drowning in technical knowledge, just what works, the benefits, the costs and the savings. The class will explore the latest trends in high performance heating, cooling and hot water systems. Attendees will gain resources and the ability to assess the cost savings benefits of upgrading an existing inefficient system through payback/ROI calculations.Questions? Contact Heather Kendall at hkendall@earthadvantage.org or (503) 968-7160 x20.
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Part 1: Free
Part 2: $10
Part 2: $10
Audience
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Appraisers, Real Estate Professionals
Instructor(s)
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John Spillman: John is a trainer and technical consultant with Earth Advantage. He teaches classes to energy auditors, builders, architects/designers, real estate professionals and building code officials. John has been promoting sustainable building and energy efficiency in both new and existing residential construction with Earth Advantage since 2009. John’s construction background is in residential remodeling. He is a LEED for Homes Quality Assurance Designee and Green Rater. John earned a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from University of California, Davis.
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Fiona Douglas-Hamilton: Fiona was trained as a real estate investment analyst, working for the European branch of Gill Savings, a Texas Savings & Loan institution. Her career in construction started in the mid 1980s as a project manager of a design, build, management company developing hospices and large commercial nursing homes in England. In 1995 Fiona moved to the Pacific Northwest, where she continued her career in residential construction. Until 2008 she was Sustainability Director for Apple Homes, a design build construction company building ENERGY STAR®, Built Green 5-Star custom homes in the South Puget Sound region.
In 2008 Fiona founded SEEC LLC, an education and consulting firm, bringing together a group of residential green building professionals and appraisers based in the Pacific Northwest concerned with the accurate recording of value for green and energy efficient homes. Fiona is an Approved Real Estate Instructor with the State of WA, as well as a current Certified Distance Education Instructor. Besides being one of SEEC’s primary instructors, Fiona speaks regularly at the national level on green building valuation.
Fiona served as president of the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild 2009-2012, a non-profit, volunteer-based organization with over 500 members, which since 1993 has been pioneering sustainable green building education to design and building professionals in the four States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
In 2008 Fiona founded SEEC LLC, an education and consulting firm, bringing together a group of residential green building professionals and appraisers based in the Pacific Northwest concerned with the accurate recording of value for green and energy efficient homes. Fiona is an Approved Real Estate Instructor with the State of WA, as well as a current Certified Distance Education Instructor. Besides being one of SEEC’s primary instructors, Fiona speaks regularly at the national level on green building valuation.
Fiona served as president of the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild 2009-2012, a non-profit, volunteer-based organization with over 500 members, which since 1993 has been pioneering sustainable green building education to design and building professionals in the four States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
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