2-Day Home Audit Workshop in the Hudson Valley

Luis Hernandez

NESEA members in the Hudson Valley are organizing a 2-day home audit workshop. The main purpose of this event is to produce a deep, detailed Home Performance Energy Audit in order to establish a work scope for energy measures that includes health and safety as well. We will evaluate all possible energy saving targets, and prepare the beautiful Holy Cross Monastery for appropriate sustainable energy solutions. 

The event will run on May 23 and 24, in West Park New York (just north of Poughkeepsie). The cost is $150 dollars per day - or $270 for both days if you register by May 13.

This hands-on training event will allow you to acquire the skills to test and evaluate a set of large connected spaces using state-of-the-art high-tech diagnostic equipment:

  • The Monastery Building, built in 1964 with a total floor area of 25,335sf
  • The Guest House, built in 1902 with a total floor area of 21,520sf.
  • The Middle House, built in 1920 with a total floor area of 10,655sf.
  • The Refectory, built recently, with a total floor area of 5,000sf

Workshop 1: Multiple Fan Workshop (2 Days = 8 BPI CEUs)

  • Setup and perform multiple-fan tests
  • Test to a specific standard RESNET, USACE, ASTM & LEED
  • Calculate number of fans needed
  • Determine best fan placement
  • Neutralize or isolate areas not being tested
  • Test the air barrier under normal operating conditions
  • Perform compartmentalization tests, like area-to-area or floor-to-floor tests
  • And Running 2 - 6+ fans simultaneously

These sessions include the real work of manual testing and automated software testing. 
You will be part of the crew to identify and solve real life testing issues.

Workshop 2: Air Source Heat Pumps versus Ground Source Heat Pumps

Sessions objectives include but are not limited to:

  • Refrigeration Principals
    • Refrigeration Cycles
    • Heating mode operation
    • GSHP operation
    • ASHP operation
  • GSHP and ASHP side by side
  • General definitions
  • Materials
  • Geothermal loops
  • Ratings
  • A true apples-to-apples comparison between Air and Ground Source Heat Pumps

Workshop 3: How Infrared Cameras Can Reveal Hidden Problems and Save You Money

We will work on a real life energy audit experience with the help of multiple blower doors depressurizing the buildings, gathering data, and helping develop solutions for the energy retrofit. You will get hands-on experience on how thermography has been implemented in standard operating procedures for many successful Home Performance organizations across the country.

The trainers are truly experts in the field...

  • Lloyd Hamilton of Verdae, LLC
  • Joe Medosch of Energy & Environmental Consulting LLC (training consultant to Retrotec)
  • Jason Howarth of FLIR Systems

For more information or to register: http://www.loweryourenergynow.com/holy_cross_monastery.html

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