Reduce your time and risk in identifying, refining, and selecting innovations that can improve the energy and carbon performance of the homes you renovate.

This Forum will bring technical experts, manufacturers, installers, renovators, and building owners together to review the business case, best practices, and technical solutions available through the local supply chain, for energy and carbon efficient deep renovations. Content will focus on:

• Mechanical system design and performance consideration
• Envelope renovation systems building science, durability, and resilience
• Renewables and battery storage

You will:

•Hear from a experts in your region on why they chose to set these specific envelope and mechanical challenges for manufacturers.

•Compare how manufacturers respond with their best practice solutions and costing for the same home renovation project. (Let’s you compare on an ‘apples to apples’ basis.)

•Decide which approaches you would recommend to potential clients and consider how you want to enhance your renovation practices.

This Forum will bring technical experts, manufacturers, installers, and renovators together to review the business case, best practices, and technical solutions available through the local supply chain, for energy and carbon efficient deep renovations. The content will showcase best practices in Mechanical system design and performance considerations, Envelope renovation systems building science, and Renewables and battery storage.

Course Description

REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS (8:00 – 8:30 am)

Welcome – Local HBA & BC Housing

Plan for Today – Gilles Lesage, LEEP Facilitator

Climate Resilient Considerations for Retrofits in BC– CEA

MECHANICAL AND RENEWABLE SYSTEMS

The renovators challenge to manufacturersGilles Lesage, Total Home Solutions Inc.

Mechanicals best practices for renovationRob Pope, Ecolighten Energy

COFFEE BREAK

Heat Pump System*Varun Juneja, Mitsubishi

Heat Pump and Hybrid System*Carrier

Photovoltaics and battery storage*Ben Giudicci, Riverside Energy

LUNCH (1 hour, including presentation on incentives and field trials)

Exploring a local exampleGilles Lesage, Total Home Solutions Inc.

Optimizing home performance for future climateLEEP Team CBAT Technical Lead

EXTERIOR INSULATED RENOVATION SYSTEMS

The renovators challenge to manufacturersGilles Lesage, Total Home Solutions Inc.

Retrofit walls – Thermal performance, resilience, durabilityMichael Wilkinson, RDH Building Science

COFFEE BREAK

Mineral Wool System*Omar Abu Holy, Ali Al-Janabi, RockWool

EPS System*Halo/Beaver Plastics

WRAP-UP AND NEXT STEPS –  LEEP Facilitator