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The 2021 National Home Performance Virtual

Conference brings together contractors,

weatherization professionals, trainers, program

administrators, energy auditors, and others

working in residential energy efficiency for

the latest developments and education in the

industry.

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HIGHLIGHTS

Home Performance Policy

Affordable Housing & Multi-Family

Building Envelope

HVAC Strategies

Fundamentals Operating & Delivering Weatherization Programs

The Smart Home Workforce Development

Resilience in Home Performance

Program Success

Home Performance Business Operations

Home Performance Sales & Marketing

Diagnostics & Audits

IAQ & Healthy Homes

• 120+ Educational Sessions• Live & On-Demand Content• Unlimited CEUs• New & Fun Networking

Opportunities

LIVE SESSION SCHEDULEMonday, April 12 - Thursday, April 15

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET

Friday, April 1611:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET

Join us from anywhere—your office, from the couch, or even from the beach!

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2021 NHPC TRACKSWe’ve created a dynamic and unique educational experience with a variety of tracks and

topics presented at the 2021 national conference. Stay tuned for the conference schedule and

check back regularly for updates.

IAQ & Healthy Homes• COVID-19 and Building Science

Rick Karg

• Efficient Ventilation Options for Healthy IAQ in New Construction/Deep RetrofitPatrick Nielsen, TBD

• Implementing Health Into Residential Energy Efficiency: Money, Measures, & Impact Jonathan Cohen, Sara Hayes, TBD

• Helping Make Families Safer: Using Home Performance to Reduce Spread of DiseasePaul Francisco

• Indoor Chemistry and Microbiology: The Overlooked Dynamics of Building ScienceCorbett Lunsford, Grace Lunsford

• Lessons Learned Building our Performance-Tuned Forever HomesCorbett Lunsford, Grace Lunsford, Bill Spohn

• Tiered Credentials for Healthy Home EvaluationKevin Kennedy, Joe Medosch, Larry Zarker

• Residential Retrofit and Radon: Lessons Learned from 5 years of Radon Data Collection in WeatherizationStacy Gloss, Jonathan Wilson

• Under the Hood: The Working Parts of the Emerging Indoor airPLUS-Existing Homes ProgramAaron Johnson, Paul Raymer


Continued from IAQ & Healthy Homes

• Opportunities and Partnerships for Healthy Home EvaluationsPaul Francisco, Nate Price

• Particle Filtration with Central Air Handlers: Folly or Opportunity? Linda Wigington, Rhett Major


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HVAC Strategies• ASHRAE 62.2 Compliance in Weatherization

Paul Francisco, Rick Karg

• Cold Climate Heat Pumps - What do Wx Staff REALLY need to Know? Dan Wildenhaus, TBD

• The Dirty Little Secret About FiltrationAllison Bailes

• Equipment Expectations vs. Real World Performance Tom Turner

• Fitting the Pieces Together: Heat Pumps, Filtration, Dehumidification and Ventilation for RetrofitsKimberly Llewellyn

• Heat Pump Water Heaters: The Good, The Bad, and the Snuggly?Dan Wildenhaus

• High Performance Heat Pumps in MultifamilyRobert Foley, TBD

• Manufactured Housing Ductwork: The Weakest Links in the SystemRhett Major

• Managing Building Pressure Differentials in High-Performance, Low-Load HomesPatrick Huelman

• Static Pressure TestingRhett Major, Bill Spohn

• What are Buried Ducts, Do They Work, and How Do You Install Them?Neil Freidberg


Continued from HVAC Strategies

• Why Duct Sizing Isn’t That DifficultRussell King


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Diagnostics & Audits• Combustion Safety Testing Protocols

Paul Francisco

• Energy & Healthy Home Assessments at The Same Time! It Is Possible!Joe Medosch, Kevin Kennedy

• How to Inspect the Hard to Inspect: A CollaborationJake Nuckolls

• Monitor vs. Mentor - Adapting QA to Rely Less on the StickJack Wilson, Dan Wildenhaus

• Multifamily Blower Door Testing: Using Adjacent Unit Pressures to Compute Exterior Leakage from Compartmentalization TestsDavid Bohac

• Preparing for Decarbonization: Audit AssessmentsTBD

• Virtual Audits Are the Real Deal (Parts 1 & 2)TBD

• Get More From Your Blower DoorSam Myers


Building Envelope• Aerosol Envelope Sealing of Existing Homes and Apartments

David Bohac

• In a World Full of Blower Doors, Can Simple and Effective Prescriptive Air Sealing Work?Amy Burke, Dan Wildenhaus

• New Low-Rise Multifamily Building Energy PerformanceBob Davis

• Once Considered “Out of Reach” for Homeowners, Affordable Window Solutions Become a RealityNicole Blackshear, Katherine Cort, Robert Hart, Marc Lafrance

• Targeted Dense Pack Insulation StrategiesCory Chovanec

• Targeting the 14+ Million Owner-Initiated, Energy-Related Home ImprovementsBill Diederich, Sam Rashkin

• Vented & Unvented CrawlspacesSam Myers, Nikki Krueger

• Emerging Trends in Deep Energy Retrofits: Insights from >1,000 US ProjectsBrennan Less, Nuria Casquero-Modrego, Iain Walker

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Fundamentals• Energy Code and Thermal Envelope 101

Jason Vandever

• Grandma’s House: Building Science BasicsAnthony Cox

• Heat Loss / Heat GainRick Karg

• IAQ BasicsRick Karg

• Moisture 101Andrew Woodruff

• Thinking outside the envelope: The Radon QuestionDick Kornbluth

• Comfort Basics: Going Beyond the Thermostat Set Point Rana Belshe, Linda Wigington

• Blower Door FundamentalsPaul Morin


Program Success• Analysis and Assessment of Non-Energy Impact Calculations

Jacqueline Berger, TBD

• Diverse Local Vendors Help Utility Deliver Energy Efficiency for AllAngie Ostaszewski

• Home Energy Score – Leveraging Big Data for Better ProgramsChrissi Antonopoulos, Madeline Salzman, Lisa Timmerman

• Home Performance for All: Equity in Program DesignMadeline Koewler, Jamal Lewis, Ben Passer, Carolyn Sarno Goldthwaite

• How are Programs Adapting to COVIDTBD

• Impacts of Virtual Audits and AssessmentsTBD

• Keeping Business Running Through Technology - Home Assessments and Quality AssuranceKevin Powell, Andy Frank, Chuck Ray, Madeline Salzman

• Loss of Lighting Savings: How Programs are AdaptingTBD

• Packaging Energy-Efficiency and Clean Energy to Scale Deep Energy Reductions and Decarbonization in Single-Family HomesRohini Srivastava, TBD

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Affordable Housing & Multi-family• Accelerating Equitable Access to Solar for Low-Income Communities

Lisa Bianchi-Fossati, Holmes Hummel, Chris Nichols, Emily Robichaux

• Adapting to COVID in the Income Eligible CommunityAlysse Rodrigues, Larry Rush, TBD

• Affordable Housing Implementation Barriers(Brody Vance) Issa Balde, Amy Glapinski, Holly Prosser

• For Those Who Need It Most - Zero Energy Ready Affordable Housing RetrofitsTheresa Gilbride, Terrence Mosley, Rick Wertheim

• Green Operations—Sustainability as a Core Value Changes EverythingKatelynn Essig, Kimberly Vermeer

• Income Eligible Heat Pump Water Heater & Multifamily Ductless Heat Pump Pilot Programs(Tom McAteer) Alysse Rodrigues, Larry Rush, Steven Labarge

• The Brave New World of LMI MF - Smart, Electrified and Zero BillsBen Adams, Jon Jensen, Emma Raymont


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The Smart Home• EVs & Smart Homes

James Russell

• Data Access & InteroperabilityKara Saul Rinaldi, Michael Murray

• Improving HVAC Performance through the Use of Novel Installation Methods and Monitoring SystemsLena Burkett, Lucas Phillips

• Marketing the Smart Home (Insights and Opportunities): Engaging Consumers in their Quest for Smart TechnologyBeth Karlin, Alice Rosenberg, TBD

• Measuring Performance: Using Smart Devices to Combat Climate Change & Value EfficiencyDan Fredman

• Barriers to the Smart HomeKara Saul Rinaldi, Sabine Rogers, TBD

• Smart Technology for Resilience & Grid ReliabilityTBD


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Home Performance Policy• Advocating for Change: Lobbying 101

Lizzie Bunnen, TBD

• Electrification Conundrum: Making Electrification Efficient and Equitable(Emily Levin), Steve Nadel, Leticia Colon de Mejias, Sydney Roberts

• The Biden Administration, the 117th Congress, and the Future of Home Performance PolicyKara Saul Rinaldi, TBD

• The Future of Cost Effectiveness TestsJoe Cullen, TBD

• Healthy Homes PolicyTBD

• High Energy Burdens: Policy and Program SolutionsAriel Drehobl, Dave Hepinstall, Darnell Johnson

• Labeling, Scoring, Valuing Homes: Effects on Realtors, Contractors, & ProgramsMadeline Koewler, Madeline Salzman, Robin LeBaron, Chrissi Antonopoulos

• How Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Changing Energy Efficiency PolicyCharlie Cormany, Kara Saul Rinaldi, TBD

• State Policy: 2021 OutlookJoe Cullen, Sandy Fazeli

• Environmental Justice & EquityTBD


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Home Performance Sales & Marketing• Creating the First-Ever TV Series on Home Performance

Corbett Lunsford, Grace Lunsford

• The Customer for Life: Creating Recurring Revenue(Elena Chrimat) Hal Smith, Will Doyle, TBD

• Health, Comfort, Energy Efficiency: Keys to Post Pandemic Marketing SuccessSuzanne Shelton

• How Home Performance Can Rise to the Challenge in the Decarbonization AgeSteve Dunn, Elena Chrimat, Brennan Less, Richard Faesy, Courtney Moriarta

• How I Increased Referrals by 344%Bill Hoelzer

• Let’s Talk Strategy: Insights from Award-winning HPwES Programs and ContractorsAndrew Isaacs, Steve Dunn, Casey Murphy, Sally Phipps, Jonathan Waterworth

• Marketing Panel: Web Optimization, Social Media & Contractor Tools(Peter Troast), TBD

• The Most Important Digital Marketing Tactics for 2021Peter Troast

• Overview of 2019 American Home Comfort Survey of Recent HVAC System PurchasersS. Mark Teich

• Selling Heat Pumps: What Works with Electrification?Hal Smith, Dan Thomsen, TBD


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Home Performance Business Operations• Technology for Streamlining Operations

TBD

• From Niche to the New Normal: Incorporating New Technologies into Business PracticesCasey Murphy, TBD

• Causing Continual ImprovementJohn Tooley

• Expanding Your Business: Bringing Service In-House & Tapping into New MarketsTBD

• The Corner Stone of Development and ProgressJohn Tooley

• Job Costing: A Key Tool to Manage Quality and ProfitsDick Kornbluth, TBD

• Engagement & RetentionPatch Garcia


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Workforce Development• Adapt and Overcome: Maintaining a Young Workforce

Clint Shireman, TBD

• BPI Certification & CertificatesJohn Jones, Larry Zarker

• Discovering Building Performance: Mapping Jobs Profiles and Career PathwaysCaroline Hazard, Anna Sullivan, Joe Sarubbi

• Diversity in the EE WorkforceJoan Glickman, Madeline Salzman, TBD

• Finding & Attracting New Employees to Address the Hiring CrisisTBD

• Learning from Successful Workforce ProgramsTBD

• The Solar Decathlon: Building the Next Generation of Building Science ProfessionalsHolly Carr, Zachary Peterson, Rachel Romero

• Supporting the Home Performance WorkforceChrissi Antonopoulos, James Metoyer, Madeline Salzman

• Training the Next Generation & Gaining FundingDiana McCarthy-Bercury, TBD


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Operating & Delivering Weatherization Programs• Assessment of Persistence of Energy Savings

Andy Lick, Scott Pigg

• COVID Lessons from the FieldAndrea Schroer, Brandon Kjelden, Daliska Smith, TBD

• DOE WAP Update (Parts 1 & 2)Derek Schroeder, Erica Burrin

• How Does Healthy Homes Work in the Field?Eryn Spellman, Laura Viik, TBD

• New SWS for Weatherization & Badging ToolkitKelly Cutchin, Amanda Hatherly, TBD

• Online Weatherization Assistant Version 10: Demo and ReviewBill Eckman, Mini Malhotra

• Pandemic Adaptation – Adapting Processes to Improve Performance in Weatherization During a Pandemic (Amanda Hatherly), Lynn Chamberlin, Troy Cucchiara, Bruce Hagen, Ray Judy

• Weatherization Barriers: A Survey of State and Federal Programs and ResourcesRichard Faesy, TBD

• Workforce Development in Weatherization: Recruitment & AwarenessAlan Hardcastle, TBD

Coming soon, additional weatherization sessions, featuring topics such as...

• Incorporating Heat Pumps into your Weatherization Program?

• Workforce Development Recruitment, Training, and Retention

• Training Accessibility

• Stories from the Field: How Did You Get Here?

• Tips from the Field

• On-line Training Development

• Accredited Training – Flexibility

• T&TA RFPs: Setting Yourself up for Success

As part of BPA’s partnership with the Weatherization Assistance

Program, we are offering an expanded collection of weatherization-

related sessions. Costs related to attending the conference are

allowable as a WAP Training and Technical assistance expense (T&TA).


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Resilience in Home Performance• Health and Adaptation: The Impact of Home Performance Measures on

ResiliencyLarry Zarker, TBD

• The Future of Healthy Homes: Living in the Era of COVID & WildfiresIain Walker, Brennan Less, Brett Singer

• Rebuilding for the Big One: A New Disaster Resistance Tool for ContractorsChrissi Antonopoulos, Theresa Gilbride

• Resilience: An Overview for Home PerformanceRichard Reilly


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Workshops• 2021 Ventilation Extravaganza

Paul Francisco, Rick Karg

• Air Sealing in Multifamily Buildings: Why & HowSteven Tratt, TBD

• Auditing a Multifamily PropertyAndy Padian

• Best Practices to Simplify Blower Door and Duct Leakage TestingBill Graber, Paul Morin, Collin Olson

• Does This Retrofit Make My HVAC Look Big?Kimberly Llewellyn

• Fraud in Weatherization – Can it Happen to You?Ray Judy, Lisa Ritter

• Healthy Home Keep Its Meet the Measure ItsKevin Kennedy, Joe Medosch

• Healthy Home Measure Its - What Are Results Telling Me?Kevin Kennedy, Joe Medosch

• The Healthy Homes Opportunity in the Time of COVID: How the Homeowner Mindset Has ShiftedPeter Troast

• Home Performance and Indoor Air Quality: Lessons Learned from the FieldKevin Brenner

• How COVID-19 Has Transformed the Home Performance Business: A Contractor PanelPeter Troast, TBD

• IAQ Science and Science FictionPaul Francisco, Brett Singer


• Improving Building Performance through HVAC Air Handler Flow MeasurementsBill Graber, Steve Rogers

• Practical Quality Management: How to Increase Profitability without Raising your PricesDick Kornbluth

• Residential HVAC and Flex Duct Overview: Code vs the Real WorldJason Vandever

• Smart on Smart Contractor WorkshopKara Saul Rinaldi, Lieko Earle, Beth Karlin, Emily Kemper

• Using the Wrong Numbers to Predict Building Envelope PerformanceLaverne Dalgleish

• Zeroing In: The Path to High-Performance May Be Different Than You Think!Patrick Huelman

• Zone Pressure DiagnosticsRick Karg

• 100+ Million Existing Homes Need Energy Retrofits… What is DOE Doing About It?Joan Glickman, Holly Carr, Steve Dunn, Sam Rashkin, Madeline Salzman, Eric Werling

• Air Tightness Testing and Air Sealing Sam Myers, Clint Shireman

• Cold Climate Heat Pump Dos and Don’ts Jonathan Harrod

• Duct Testing Best Practices Sam Myers

Continued Monday Workshops


What 2020 Attendees Have to Say“I am enjoying the virtual conference and the ability to pause and back up the presenters. For me, it creates a better learning experience thanks.”

Brian Bacon

SESSION: Home Assessments in the Current and Post COVID-19 World: Staying Ahead of the Curve and How to Plan for It

“Wealth of information there!!”

Steven Clarke

SESSION: Innovations in Home Performance: Sponsor Showcase

“Spot on presentation, well explained.”

Raymond Husted

SESSION: Indoor Air Quality

“The adage ‘it's all in the details’ certainly applies here.”

David Laliberty

SESSION: Roofing Master Class: 37 Ways to Build a Roof Wrong - and How to Avoid Them

“Excellent introductory for beginner blower door use. Will definitely use the information to better train my crew.”

Wesley Porter

SESSION: Blower Door Fundamentals

“Good session with LOTS of good information!”

Timothy Havice

SESSION: IAQ Science and Science Fiction

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