Training Course Catalog

BayREN trainings are available to educate local government officials and the private sector building community in key aspects of code compliance and enforcement. Each course is ICC CEU certified and each registrant will receive 0.1 CEUs upon completion.

Training topics can be offered individually or as a series addresses specific energy code compliance strategies and best practices.

Residential
  • Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU)
    • Description: This course covers the Prescriptive requirements that apply to new ADU and discusses both minimum requirements and design options for compliance.
    • Target Audience: Building department staff, contractors, and building professionals.
  • Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Registry
    • Description: This course explores the advantages of using the online HERS registry to track and verify compliance forms electronically. Course includes a live demonstration of projects for the jurisdiction in training. Attendees will need to bring addresses for specific projects.
    • Target Audience: Permit technicians, plan checkers, field inspectors.
  • How the Energy Code Treats Electrification
    • Description: This class will focus on the energy code and green building code while touching on other parts of the building code and as related to different electrification technologies.
    • Target Audience: Building department staff.
  • Navigating the Energy Code
    • Description: This course will review the context of the Energy Code and provide an overview of its structure, important supporting references and manuals, and how it addresses different types of buildings and projects, as well as mandatory measures and performance and prescriptive approaches.
    • Target Audience: Building department staff.
  • Residential New Construction
    • Description: This course provides a basic review of residential new construction energy code.
    • Target Audience: Permit technicians, plan checkers, field inspectors.
  • Residential Additions
    • Description: This course will focus on Energy Code requirements and processes for residential additions.
    • Target Audience: Permit technicians, plan checkers, field inspectors.
  • Residential Alterations Compliance
    • Description: This course will focus on Energy Code requirements and processes for residential alterations projects such as HVAC changeouts, window replacements and water heater replacements.
    • Target Audience: Permit technicians, plan checkers, field inspectors.
  • Residential Envelope Compliance
    • Description: This course investigates residential envelope compliance issues.
    • Target Audience: Plan checkers, field inspectors.
  • Residential Load Calcs and Duct Design for Building Departments
    • Description: This course will explain how to process, check, and verify residential load calculations and duct designs that are required by the mechanical code and the energy code (e.g., ACCA Manual J and Manual D).
    • Target Audience: Field inspectors, permit technicians, plan checkers.
  • HERS-Verified Quality Insulation Installation (QII)
    • Description: This course will Identify requirements associated with QII that may be unique and atypical to a residential construction project; discuss how a project can start off on the right foot with support within the design drawings; and equip you with additional resources about QII.
    • Target Audience: All building department staff, contractors, and other building professionals. 
Nonresidential
  • Navigating the Energy Code
    • Description: This course will review the context of the Energy Code and provide an overview of its structure, important supporting references and manuals, and how it addresses different types of buildings and projects, as well as mandatory measures and performance and prescriptive approaches.
    • Target Audience: Building department staff.
  • Nonresidential New Construction
    • Description: This course will provide a basic review of nonresidential new construction energy code.
    • Topics Covered: Comprehensive nonresidential energy code compliance processes, compliance forms, prescriptive and performance approaches, commissioning, and acceptance testing, with a focus on new construction, larger additions.
    • Target Audience: Permit technicians, plan checkers, field inspectors.
  • Nonresidential Lighting
    • Description: This course will explore lighting compliance and their implications for plan review and field inspection.
    • Topics Covered: The short course focuses on indoor lighting forms, process, and acceptance tests. The long course also covers lighting power density, controls, and daylit spaces, in addition to topics covered in short course.
    • Target Audience: Plan checkers, building inspectors, building officials
  • Nonresidential Tenant Improvements and Alterations
    • Description: This course will explore nonresidential tenant improvements and alterations compliance issues.
    • Topics Covered: Nonresidential tenant improvement compliance process, including documentation and field inspection.
    • Target Audience: Plan checkers, field inspectors.
Heat Pumps
  • Heat Pump Water Heaters Training for Building Departments
    • Description: Heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) are an increasingly popular technology that are a highly efficient means of providing hot water to houses. This training will describe HPWHs, code requirements for HPWHs, resources for permitting and compliance, and best practices for enforcement.
    • Topics Covered: Overview of water heater technologies and trends, identifying HPWHs in the field, Energy Code requirements for HPWH installations and replacements, Energy Code compliance forms, and requirements specific to HPWHs. Download a copy of the Heat Pump Water Heater 2022 Energy Code Assistance Sheet here.
    • Target Audience: Building department staff.
    • Duration: Short Course (60-90 min)
  • Heat Pump HVAC Training for Building Departments
    • Description: Heat pumps are an increasingly popular technology that are a highly efficient means of providing heating and cooling in residential and commercial buildings.  This course will describe Heat Pump HVAC, when HP-HVAC are allowed under 2022 Codes, code requirements for installation, and how to complete compliance forms.
    • Topics Covered: Overview of heating and cooling technologies and trends, identifying HP-HVAC in the field, Energy Code requirements for HP-HVAC installations and replacements, Energy Code compliance forms, and requirements specific to HP-HVAC.
    • Target Audience: Building department staff.
    • Duration: Short Course (60-90 min)