Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, And Green Building Education

A variety of trainings and classes are available covering topics such as building electrification, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and green buildings.

Past Electrification Webinars

Home Electrification Webinar Series 2024

Climate Smart San José, in partnership with Redwood Energy, held a series of home electrification webinars in 2023 and 2024 for residents, contractors, developers, and property managers.

• "Ask Sean, Trang and Maria Shows" for Home Electrification 

Sean Armstrong, Trang Trinh, and Maria Diaz answer home electrification questions from members of the San José community, including information on the history of electrification, case studies, product guides, and solutions for all kinds of homes.

• "Ask Sean Show" (English): Webinar Recording
• "Ask Trang Show" (Tiếng Việt): Webinar Recording
• "Ask Maria Show" (Español): Webinar Recording

• Residential Electrification Incentives and Rebates (Webinar Recording)

Sean Armstrong of Redwood Energy covers information on rebates available for house and apartment electrification, solar, back-up batteries, and electric vehicle chargers. It includes various building type case studies to show how you can get money from all the available local, state, and federal rebates and incentives to help you decarbonize on a budget.

• Avoiding Electric Panel Upgrades (Webinar Recordings: English, Spanish interpretation, Vietnamese interpretation)

Sean Armstrong of Redwood Energy covers how to electrify your home without having to upgrade your electric panel, including with energy efficiency, 120V appliances, clipping solar inverters, and load balancing "smart" plugs, subpanels, and whole house panels.

Home Electrification Webinar Series 2023

For captions and auto-translation into Spanish and Vietnamese, click the webinar recording link above to go to the recording on YouTube. On YouTube, go to the bottom right corner of the video and click "cc" for subtitles/closed captions. To change the language, click "settings" to the right of the "cc" button, click "Subtitles/CC," click "Auto-translate" and choose your preferred language.

Green Buildings Recorded Webinars

• Energy and Water Efficient Cafeterias
• A Deeper Dive into Zero Net Carbon Schools
• New Buildings Institute All-Electric Commercial Kitchen

On-Demand Online Trainings

Learn new energy topics anywhere and anytime. To see a list of all on-demand trainings, visit PG&E.

Building permit inspectors, reviewers, and others interested can learn more about 2019 Title 24 Energy. To see a calendar and register, visit Energy Code Ace Training.

Contractor Trainings

Ongoing trainings: 

TECH training – Available to consultants, contractors, engineers, designers, and building professionals. These courses take a deep dive into building upgrades with recommended best practices to follow.

BayREN Trainings

SVCE’s Future Fit Fundamentals Training – Available to contractors in Santa Clara County interested in learning more about energy efficiency upgrades. The training is free, and contractors who complete the course may qualify for up to a $5,000 incentive to install approved FutureFit technology.