About this program...
Affordable Comfort, Inc., is a national non-profit organization widely recognized as a resource for information, education and best practices in the area of residential weatherization, building performance, and deep energy reductions. Affordable Comfort hosts four regional and one North American conference each year that draw thousands of professionals from around the country interested in energy efficient, sustainable, healthy homes. The Maine Indoor Air Quality Council is pleased to offer a little piece of Affordable Comfort right here in Maine, by hosting Linda Wigington, founder of Affordable Comfort, Inc. and the current director of deep energy reduction initiatives at Affordable Comfort, Inc.
Linda's presentation will focus on practical strategies for achieving deep energy reductions (reductions of 70% or more) in existing homes. Topics to be addressed in the presentation:
- Paradigm Shift: Context for Deep Reductions in Existing Homes
- It's More Than Just Energy: Resilience, Water Reductions, Economic Development
- Introduction to the Thousand Home Challenge: Determination of Threshold Allowance
- Approaches to Deep Reductions: All at Once; Staged, and Creative
- On the Path: Emerging Transitional Strategies
- Operational vs Asset Performance: Project Implications
- Deep Reduction Case Studies
- Lessons Learned from Case Studies: Strategies, Costs, Energy Savings, IAQ & Durability
- Opportunities & Implications for Current Initiatives in Maine
The positive and negative synergy between energy efficiency and indoor air quality will be interwoven throughout the above topics.
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