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Free Webinar: Electric Heat Pumps for Space Heating and Cooling, February 12, 9 am - 1 pm PT
Event Description
As our electricity supply becomes cleaner due to increased use of renewable's for generation, along with a growing number of local ordinances prohibiting installs of gas in new homes. Electricity becomes an attractive fuel source to designers and builders interested in reducing residential greenhouse gas emissions and creating zero net energy buildings.
Dan Perunko of Balance Point Home Performance will present on efficiency gains and emissions reductions from electric heat pumps in new and existing buildings and will cover the advantages and limitations of these systems, the available technology and refrigerant types. Discussion will touch on interactions with indoor air quality issues and building enclosure considerations.
Learning Objectives -
Heat pumps for space heating
Case studies of zero net energy (ZNE) homes
Energy consumption of heating and cooling
Ducted vs. ductless heat pump systems
Indoor air quality (IAQ)
Refrigerant leaks and global warming potential
Performance of variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems
Duct design and variable air flow systems
Electric resistance auxiliary heating in heat pumps
Q&A and course evaluation
Dan Perunko is cofounder of Balance Point Home Performance Company. In 2006, along with Gavin Healy, Dan started a successful company providing full service home performance analysis, retrofits, consultations, and trainings. Dan works on new and existing construction designs and hands on installations of enclosures, mechanical, plumbing, and indoor air quality components based on tested performance outcomes. Dan especially enjoys improving existing homes to provide homeowners with levels of comfort and energy consumption that they have not believed possible. Dan is a professional trainer who designs and delivers full and multi day courses for California’s Utility Companies (energy training centers) and ACI national and regional conferences. Dan brings his experience from construction, design and building analysis, to make his class materials relevant, useful and understandable regardless of the attendees’ level of experience.
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