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Note: The list of resources below is not a comprehensive list. Inclusion does not constitute an endorsement.
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VCE Green Building & Safety Resource Center
Advancing Safe and Responsible Green Building
The VCE's Green Building & Safety Resource Center is a small office within the Cleantech Innovation Center (CIC) in Oroville. This VCE member benefit has three core purposes:
1. To give members a one-stop resource for green building information;
2. To provide our members with the extensive safety information the industry requires;
3. To educate homeowner and building owners about using licensed contractors, and to refer our members for that construction work.
The Green Building & Safety Resource Center offers some unique benefits for members. Use the computers to see plans via our Online Planroom, check websites, view online trainings and watch webcasts. Get information on trainings and safety certifications, books and magazines and how-to videos. Plus, we will stock tons of safety supplies for your offices and jobsites!
Training and demonstrations, through partnerships within CIC, will be held so contractors can build skills installing new products and using new materials.
VCE Green Building & Safety Resource Center
2015 Challenger Ave., Oroville, CA 95965 (At the Oroville Airport Business Park)
(530) 534-9035 Fax: 534-9099
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Information for Consumers: www.consumerenergycenter.org
Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Regulations, Phase II effective 9/1/2009
** HERS web page on the Calif Energy Commission web site: http://www.energy.ca.gov/HERS/
** Approved training Providers for contractors who need HERS certification:
CalCERTS www.calcerts.com
Calif Building Performance Contractors Assoc www.cbpca.org
CHEERS www.cheers.org
HERS certifications include: Building Performance Contractor, Field Verification and Diagnostic Testing Rater, Calif Home Energy Analyst, Calif Home Energy Auditor, Calif Home Energy Inspector and Calif Whole-House Home Energy Rater.
EfficiencyFirst, a national trade association for Energy Auditors and Enegy Retrofitters
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Green Building Codes approved, take effect 1/1/2011. Read the Governors Press Release, click here. Read about the Green Codes, click here. Read the Governors MythBusters Press Release about Green Building codes, click here.
Need a loan for equipment for green building/energy efficiency/CARB purposes? Try the Tri County Economic Development, now known at 3CORE: www.3coreedc.org or call Roger Hart at 893-8732 x211
Two studies analyze green building performance in regard to energy use. Two no-surprise findings: Prioritizing energy efficiency in the design process led to better performance, and energy modeling is inaccurate because it can't model occupant load or behavior. (Environmental Building News, Volume 18, Number 12. www.BuildingGreen.com)
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Presidents Economic Recovery Task Force memo on Home Energy Retrofits, Dec 4, 2010. Click here to read.
Building Performance Institute (BPI), the national professional credentialing organization for both the weatherization and home performance contracting industries. BPI is driving national standards. What will be adopted in California is yet to be determined. Click here for BPI.
Efficiency First, a national trade association representing home performance contractors. Their membership is a who's who of building performance advocacy groups and contractors. Check it out by clicking here.
California's Recovery web page with info on job creation through Green Tech/Clean Tech, Energy Efficiency and Weatherization. Click here for www.recovery.ca.gov
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** e-Training, Online Training. Enter "VCEC" as the Builders Exchange code. Click here
** Shasta Community College Green/Sustainable construction Online Training. Click here.
** Shasta Builders Exchange, in partnership with Shasta Community College is doing dynamite training! Check it out, click here to go to their Training page.
** Butte Community College Green Building, Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy - www.butte.edu
** PG&E Training - Top notch, inexpensive, and worth the drive! Click here.
** SMUD Training - Terrific workshops for contractors. Click here.
** LEED Accredited Professional (LEED Certification) www.gbci.org
** Green Advantage Certified Practioner www.GreenAdvantage.org
** Certified Green Building Professional, Certified GreenPoint Rater (Certification) www.BuildItGreen.org
** GreenPlumbers (certification) www.greenplumbersusa.com
** ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers) online training courses. www.ashrae-elearning.org.
** NABCEP - North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners. Recognized training for solar PV installation. www.nabcep.org
** CalCERTS Home Energy Rating System (Certification): www.calcerts.com
** Training videos: www.EnergyVideos.com
** Lorman Educational Services, workshops, CDs, on-demand information on LEED and Green Building issues. VCE members get 10% discount! Click here
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