Presentations

Webinar from Peter Barrett of Dorken Systems Inc. and Chris Donatelli of Donatelli Builders discussing how rainscreens work to add drainage and drying capacity to residential walls, using a real-life example from a retrofit home in Chicago. Free EEBA login required.

Webinar about the successes and challenges to restore this 1924 colonial home into an all-electric, renovated modern home.

Presentation describing construction techniques to make homes both energy efficient and disaster resistant.

Webinar from Ann Edminster of Team Zero on the alliance between EEBA and Team Zero, two enegy efficient home building organizations working together to grow the zero energy home market in the U.S. Free EEBA login required.

One liner: presentation describing criteria for different insulation installation grades.

Webinar from Geoff Ferrell of Sonnen Inc. on new residential home design technologies used to improve energy efficiency, net zero design, solar plus storage capabilities, and home automation.

Webinar from Rich Binsacca, Stephen Myers, Elitia Schwaderer, Sandy Stegall, Angela Harris, and Susan Elovitz on market potential for Thrive Home Builder's Ultimate Z.E.N Home in Denver, Colorado, highlighting healthy living quality, interior design, COVID lifestyle changes causing more work from...

Webinar explaining the indoor air quality (IAQ) scoring system.

Webinar from Rebecca Stamm of Healthy Building Network and Roberto Valle of HomeFree on policies surrounding environmental and human health impacts of insulation and air sealing materials. Free EEBA login required.

Online training for the EEBA Site Supervisor Designation covering the knowledge, processes, and best practices gained from building science and how they apply to site supervisors for residential construction projects.

Webinar from Steve Herbert of Samsung describing how the new energy management app, SmartThings can connect automated home devices to achieve sustainability goals. Free EEBA login required.

Webinar from Yiwen Xu and Jose De La Portilla on how Samsung HVAC can help net-zero homebuilders and homeowners achieve sustainability goals by utilizing SmartThings Energy Control service to maximize savings through automated appliances. Free EEBA login required.

Webinar from Patrick Nielsen and Jim Bohn of Broan on how to improve residential indoor air quality by using efficient smart ventilation systems. Free EEBA login required.

Webinar from Gene Myers, Tim O'Brien, and Dennis Webb on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the home building market and business practices to respond to the times. Free EEBA login required.

Presentation describing ways to retrofit a home to make it more earthquake resistant.

Webinar answering code-related questions on insulating historic masonry buildings, mechanical ventilation, combustion equipment, excessive humidity build-up, skylights, and vapor retarders on interior walls.

Webinar answering code-related questions on sizing HVAC systems, furring strips in climate zone 4, and moisture levels in attics and crawlspaces.

Webinar from Aric Saunders of Electriq Power on energy storage applications for residential customers. The webinar covers energy storage components, how to effectively use storage to lower electricity costs and carbon footprint while improving reliability. Free EEBA login required.

Presentation explaining floodplain provisions of the International Residential Code (IRC) and International Building Code (IBC) including step-by-step guides for elevating new and existing structures.

Presentation explaining the Florida Building Code.

Webinar that prepares us for the changes to the housing market that will affect all High Performance housing professionals.

Webinar from John Bloemer of Aprilaire explaining the importance of healthy indoor air quality and choosing the right products to improve your home's IAQ. Free EEBA login required.

Webinar on how more than 20 years of increasingly in-depth research shows that the dollar value that households attribute to the non-energy impacts (NEIs) from Home Retrofits has higher value to them than the energy savings.

Presentation from Redwood Energy and Healthy Buildings Institute on how building science is changing as extreme heat becomes more prevalent.

Webinar from Joseph Hillenmeyer of Aprilaire on efficiently managing humidity within the building envelope through proper ventilation. Free EEBA login required.

Webinar from Keenan Watson and Samantha Kambo of DuPont on how to correctly install a weather-resistant barrier on a home for code compliance effectiveness. Free EEBA login required.

Presentation of an online learning module that teaches residents basic information about how wildfires start, how they spread, and how they are most likely to burn houses, with some homeowner guidance for reducing wildfire risk.

Presentation describing basement insulation and potential problems.

Webinar explaining variable capacity comfort systems and smart ventilation systems in high-performance homes.

Webinar from Terrence Mosley of U.S. DOE and Theresa Gilbride of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on lessons learned from builders across the U.S. constructing homes that achieve very high performance levels by using above-code construction techniques in some cases at little extra cost compared...

Webinar from Katherine Mortimer and Laureen Blissard on the effectiveness of water efficiency codes and the accuracy of these findings and codes. Free EEBA login required.

Webinar from Gerard Font of Square D on market trends surrounding smart home and distributed energy resources (DERs) and how these trends can help homeowners reducing costs and become more efficient with their energy usage. Free EEBA login required.

Webinar that talks about strategies and best practices for applying high performance to new homes with significant cost savings.

Podcast from Ken Johnson of Mitsubishi Electric Trane U.S. and Rich Williams of Alliance Green Homes on how increased interest in indoor air quality has effected the definition of a high-performance home in both constrution and maintenance. Free EEBA login required.

Webinar where five key strategies and fifty best practices are shared about how to make your high performance home top of the industry.

Webinar from EPA's Indoor airPLUS program and NorthEast Building Science Institute discussing recent changes to the Indoor airPLUS program, resulting in the second version of the program. The webinar highlights key changes for the second version in both existing homes and new construction.

Webinar from Nick Hurst of EPA's Indoor airPLUS program and Paul Raymer of NorthEast Building Science Institute discussing recent changes to the Indoor airPLUS program, resulting in the second version of the program. The webinar highlights key changes for the second version in both existing homes...

Webinar that covers the key elements to a healthier home and what the role is of each person involved. Free EEBA Digital Chalk account required to view.

Webinar that covers problems and solutions for residential whole-house mechanical ventilation systems (WHMV).

Webinar explains requirements for mechanical ventilation for single-family homes and options for code compliance. Free EEBA Digital Chalk account required to view.

Presentation describing issues with condensation in unvented attics insulated with open-cell spray foam.

Webinar that reviews what zero energy or zero net energy homes are and how they are designed and used at a high level.