ZNE Affordable Housing (If We Can Do This, Everyone Can!)
2019-SA314
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Course expires on: 04/10/2026
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Description
Achieving zero-net energy (ZNE) requires full buy-in from the entire design team.
This course offers insights from an experienced team—developer, architect, mechanical engineer—who use the integrative design process and continual energy analytics to maximize efficiency, leverage design opportunities, and contain costs.
ZNE on paper doesn't cut it. Don't miss this chance to gain a valuable understanding of how to approach ZNE within the context of cost-constrained affordable housing—and learn the skills you need to truly deliver for your clients and the users of your buildings.
Course expires on 4/10/2026.
Learning Objectives
Understand California's Zero Net Energy Code Prescriptive Minimums and how they influence early decision making (though they're not necessarily the most cost-effective set of ingredients).
Hear how the performance method offers design teams an opportunity to collaborate and innovate.
Learn how to find the low-hanging (and low-cost) fruit through careful analytics and a step-by-step approach.
Explore strategies for delivering ZNE buildings that go beyond energy modeling to include implementation and verification testing.
Scott Hopkins has spent the last 25 years creating innovative and highly energy-efficient mixed-use and affordable housing projects. In tandem with the sustainability requirements of tax credit affordable housing, Scott's career has focused on finding new and innovative ways of achieving bleeding edge energy efficiently on shoestring budgets. He is adept at creative team building and a highly collaborative approach to solving the balance of cost, design, and performance. Scott is Senior Project Manager at Ankrom Moisan Architects.
As Director of Sustainable Design for National Community Renaissance (NCORE), Tim Kohut combines his skills as an architect and Certified Energy Analyst to help define cost-contained, high-performance goals for project teams engaged in the design and construction of affordable housing. NCORE routinely pushes the boundaries of code compliance, building Zero Net Energy Projects having figured out that the economics of sustainability carry the day. NCORE is the first DeveloperBuilder to sign the AIA-2030 Commitment.
Tyler Reynolds is the President and founding Principle of Metrics Mechanical Engineering in Santa Barbara, CA and has 16 years of experience in HVAC and Plumbing design. He specializes in innovative affordable and sustainable HVAC design, collaborative team processes, and maintains a strong focus on providing practical solutions to complex problems.