Thanks to a recent presentation by Pierre Delforge from the Natural Resources Defense Council (select sides below), the case for deploying heat pump water heaters to replace both electric and
With the passage of Assembly Bill 802 earlier in 2015, California became the first state in the nation with the mandate to provide energy use data to users so they can measure or benchmark the...
Are there "dirty" hours when the California electric grid is producing a lot of CO2 per kWh, and "clean" hours with low CO2 output?
With record setting rain and snow fall the past 5 months, 75% of California is out of the drought.
I recently went to two events, a LEED for Homes Rater Training in Chicago and a Passive House Califo
Passive House California's 3rd annual conference was hands-down the best yet.
Beyond Efficiency will be presenting at two upcoming Passive House conferences and we hope to see you in California, Maine, or both:
As part of the year-long PG&E Retrocommissioning class, the 20 or so participants and three teachers took a two-day field trip down to UC Santa Cruz.
On April 27th, Passive House California is hosting a High Performance Window Panel.
For the past four months, I've spent a day a month at the Pacific Energy Center in an intensive retrocommissioning class.
Now in Beyond Efficiency's 5th year of business, it was due time to refresh the website.
Tomorrow I'm off to my 3rd conference in the last 3 weeks, this one in Pittsburgh.
I returned home to California a few days ago after an incredible week in Jackson, Wyoming for the 2013 AIA Western R
Part II in Passive House California's Building Carbon Zero California series is scheduled for October 3rd at the Frank Lloyd Wright
Katy Hollbacher is delivering Part I and II presentations, Passive House and Energy Modeling: The Foundation
What if every project we worked on committed to five things? "
Our flights are booked and hotel is reserved for Vancouver- we can't wait and hope to see you there! The Canadian Passive House Institute (CanPHI) will host the first North American Passive...
High Performance Details For California Climates: Lessons Learned--Passive House advocates Katy Hollbacher, Bronwyn Barry and Mary James are delivering this presentation at the upcoming 2012 ACI...
EAH Housing and the City of Turlock officially broke ground on Avena Bella, an 80 unit affordable housing property, on March 28.
Visit Beyond Efficiency and Sunlight Design at Booth #9 April 15-16 at
Advanced framing (Optimal Value Engineering) is a collection of design and building methods that reduces lumber use, minimizes wood waste, and maximizes a structure’s energy efficiency.
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