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Workshops and Courses - Spring 2007

low income home energy assistance programAre you interested in sustainability?
Do your designs, plans or buildings use sustainable energy?
Is the cost of heating your home or business too high?

If yes, then these workshop series are for you!

Making the Sale - The Value Added of Energy Efficiency
Building Energy Efficiency & Sustainable Energy Workshops Series

Making the Sale - The Value Added of Energy Efficiency

With rising energy costs, leading edge players in the residential building industry are realizing that energy efficient designs and products result in lower expenses over the lifetime of a home. Discover the benefits of energy efficiency, such as increased comfort, affordability and resale value. Learn about energy efficiency rating systems and incentives. Identify and explain energy efficiency designs and products. Explain how clients can access federal, provincial and utility incentive and rebate programs to reduce the cost of improving home energy efficiency and increase payback timeframes.

Workshops are FREE thanks to sponsorship by the Ministry of Energy and Mines and Petroleum Resources. Presented by City Green in partnership with the Greener Realty Association.

To request a presentation for your sales team, please contact
Paula Steele, Marketing Coordinator
P: 1 866 381 9995
E: energuide[@]citygreen.ca

May 28, 2007

ReMax West Coast
110 6086 Russ Baker Way
Richmond, BC V7B 1B4, Canada

May 25, 2007

Fraser Valley Real Estate Board
15463 - 104th Avenue
Surrey, BC V3T 4W4

April 23, 2007 Powell River Sunshine Coast
Real Estate Board PO Box 307
Powell River , BC V8A 5C2
April 20, 2007

Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board
1 - 8433 Harvard Place
Chilliwack, BC V2P 7Z5

April 19, 2007

Victoria Real Estate Board
3035 Nanaimo Street, Victoria

March 21, 2007

Vancouver Island Real Estate Board
6374 Metral Drive, Nanaimo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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Building Energy Efficiency & Sustainable Energy Workshops
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Our workshops are taught by leaders in the field of energy efficiency, renewable energy, ecological literacy and sustainable urban design, enabling participants to:

  • Advance energy efficiency and renewable energy in new and existing buildings
  • Participate in emerging business opportunities and community initiatives that are underway in BC
  • Evaluate and measure energy savings and systems performance for raising comfort levels in buildings, improve indoor air quality, lowering energy costs and reducing building environmental impacts
  • Access and promote the incentives, subsidies, financing and cost saving measures available to make energy efficiency upgrades more economical
January 13 Whole Systems - Architecture for Urban Interdependence
Instructor: Anita M. Burke
January 20 Shifting from Knowing to Doing
Instructor: Philip Be'er,
Be'er Necessities Sustainable Solutions
January 27 Solar Hot Water Heating - Past and Future
Instructor: Morgan McDonald,
Taylor Munro Energy Systems Inc.
February 10 Net-metering and Renewable Energy
Instructor: Rob Baxter,
Vancouver Renewable Energy Cooperative
February 17 Making the Sale - Added Value of Energy Efficiency
Instructor: Paula Steele, City Green and James Rodgers, Greener Realty Association
February 24 Wind Energy Development in BC
Instructor: TJ Schur,
Aeolis Wind Energy Corporation
March 3 Policy and Regulatory Instruments to Advance Building Energy Efficiency in BC
Instructor: Michael Wilson, Community Energy Association and Taylor Zeeg, Planning Consultant
March 24 Community Energy Planning
Instructor: Matt Horne,
Pembina Institute
April 14 Feeling the Heat - Reducing Energy Consumption in Buildings
Instructors: Patricia Baker, Prism Engineering and Dean Martin, Langara College Building Services Manager
April 21 House as a System - Energy Reduction Through Integrated Design
Instructor: Rob Pope, Solace Energy
  Sponsored by
Vancity - Eco Energy GrantsTerasen Gas - Eco Energy Grants

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