WEST

Alaska Craftsman Homebuilding Program. Advanced cold-climate energy-efficient building techniques. Also workshops on ventilation, airtightness testing, and marketing. Trains raters for Energy Rated Homes of Alaska. Contact: Donelle Hepworth, Alaska Craftsman Homebuilding Program, 900 W. Fireweed Lane, Suite 201, Anchorage, AK 99503; (907) 258-2247.

Customer Technology Application Center. Seminars on new lighting technologies. Contact: Southern California Edison, 6090 N. Irwindale, Irwindale, CA 91702; (818) 812-7380.

Delta-T. Energy-efficiency consulting, lighting, air and duct sealing. Contact: Bruce Manclark, P.O. Box 11622, Eugene, OR 97440; (503) 995-6105.

Lighting Design Laboratory. Lighting design training and lighting product applications for Pacific Northwest only. Contact: Beverly Shimmin, Lighting Design Laboratory, 400 East Pine Street, Suite 100, Seattle, WA 98122; (206) 329-9542.

PG&E Energy Center. Occasional workshops on lighting design, HVAC (e.g. evaporative cooling), envelope (including glazing and insulation). Contact: Smarter Energy Line, 851 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103; (800) 933-9555.

PG&E Stockton Training Center. Auditing/inspection, equipment sizing and selection, ducts, insulation, home energy ratings. Contact: Charles Segerstrom, Stockton Training Center, 1129B Enterprise Street, Stockton, CA 95204; in Northern California (800) 244-9912, outside (209) 465-6115.

Proctor Engineering Group. Training is primarily part of utility pilot program development, including examining existing residences' mechanical systems, measuring current energy usage, retrofitting and evaluation. Contact: Jim Sundal, Proctor Engineering Group, 818 5th Avenue, Suite 208, San Rafael, CA 94901; (415) 455-5700.

Saturn Resource Management. Energy auditing, mobile homes, cooling. Contact: John Krigger, 324 Fuller Avenue, S8, Helena, MT 59601; (406) 443-3433.

Sun Power Consumer Association. Training topics include airtightness, insulation levels, integration of mechanical systems, shell, and air quality; ductwork testing and its relation to the rest of building. Regional and national. Contact: Rob deKieffer or Rich Moore, Sun Power Consumer Association, 5160 Parfet Street, Unit A3, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033; 303-467-0521.

Super Good Cents. Focus on new construction, with useful information on construction detail, ventilation, insulation, air sealing. Contact: Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, OR 97208-3621; (503) 230-4007.

MIDWEST

Center for Energy and Environment. Focus on heating system retrofits, tuneups, lighting, multifamily buildings. Contact: Bonnie Esposito, Center for Energy and Environment, 100 N. 6th Street Suite 412 A, Minneapolis, MN 55403-1609; (612) 348-6829.

Center for Neighborhood Technology. Occasional sessions on energy efficiency in non-profit housing developments and rehab. Contact: Raymond Lau, 2125 W. North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647; (312) 278-4800.

Conservation Connection Consulting. Energy basics for beginners, including weatherization crews, contractors, educators, and customer service staff. Heat transfer, energy interactions, systems thinking, introduction to mechanical systems, health and safety issues. Electricity conservation, including appliance choice and placement. Contact: Rana Belshe, P.O. Box 234, Fairchild, WI 54741; (715) 334-2707.

Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development (COAD)/Ohio Weather-ization Training Center. Everything from heating system tune-ups and retrofits to shell retrofits, including air and duct sealing, radon and lead abatement. National and regional. For course catalog. Contact: Jack Laverty, P.O. Box 787, Athens, OH 45701-0787; (614) 594-8499.

Domus Plus. Rehabilitation, including insulation techniques for different existing wall types (e.g. masonry), air sealing, blower door use, heating systems, baseload energy, financing/affordability. Two-day workshops. Contact: Paul Knight, 408 N. Grove, Oak Park, IL 60302; (708) 386-0345.

The Energy Conservatory. Pressure diagnostics, duct leakage diagnostics, interactions, blower door training, and problem solving. Contact: Robert Nevitt, The Energy Conservatory, 5158 Bloomington Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55417; (612) 827-1117.

Energy Efficient Building Association. See Conferences

Home Wise Associates. Trainers Don Michael Jones and Ray Mikelthun (formerly of Housing Resource Center) specialize in housing rehabilitation, auditing and retrofitting, spec writing, building diagnostics, problem solving, indoor air quality/moisture diagnosis, systems thinking. Mostly regional. Contact Jones or Mikelthun, Home Wise Associates, P.O. Box 92, Hebron, OH 43025; (614) 929-1239.

Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources. Energy-efficient housing rehabilitation (low-income remodeling). Contact: Maureen Davlin, 325 W. Adams Street, Rm 300, Springfield, IL 62704-1892; (217)
785-2373.

Indiana CAP Directors Association. Primarily train weatherization agencies but also work with contractors, utilities, etc. Heat source/heat distribution systems and shell work. Contact: Ed Gerardot, 902 North Capitol, Indianapolis, IN 46204; (317) 638-4232.

Mid-Iowa Community Action. Whole house, mechanical systems, ventilation, determining the thermal boundary, indoor air quality, retrofit, including dense pack insulation, attic ceiling, bypass ceilings, replacement furnaces, blower door use, pressure diagnostics, appliance drafting. Contact: Barry York, Maggie or Owen, MICA, 212 W. Ingledue Street, Marshalltown, IA 50158; (515) 752-7162.

University of Illinois Energy Re-
sources Center. Workshops (including continuing education) on rehab and multifamily, for contractors, architects and engineers. Contact: Michael Iversen, 400 S. Peoria Street, Rm 3395, Chicago, IL 60607; (312) 996-5194.

SOUTH

A&C Enercom. Model Energy Code; systems thinking; blower door use; duct sizing, installation, and repair; Manual J (HVAC sizing); and more. 35 prepared programs available to utilities, or will customize. Contact: Rick Wagner, A&C Enercom, 1797 N.E. Expressway, Atlanta, GA 30329; (404) 633-9099.

Energy Rated Homes of Arkansas/ Energy Rated Homes of America. Pilot program for the HUD-DOE Initiative/energy-efficient mortgage. Training on making energy improvements help refinancing/resale. Contact: Carol Cales, 5401 JFK Blvd., Suite 1, North Little Rock, AR 72116; (501) 771-2299.

Florida Solar Energy Center. Duct sealing, occasional passive solar/energy-efficient building and photovoltaics courses. Contact: JoAnn Stirling, 300 State Road 401, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920; (407) 783-0300.i

North Carolina Alternative Energy Center. Heat pumps, duct diagnostics and repair, air conditioning, systems thinking. (To come: training for Exemplary Home program for new construction.) Regional and national. Contact: Frank Vigil, P.O. Box 12699, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; (919) 361-8000.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Buildings Technology Center. Heating and cooling, building envelope, and existing buildings. Contact: George Courvelle or Pat Love, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6070; (615) 574-1945.

Passive Solar Industries Council. Remodeling for passive solar. Comprehensive training sessions include calculations by worksheet or computer. Customized for region to account for latitude and climate differences that affect solar design. Contact: Helen English, Passive Solar Industries Council, 1511 K Street, N.W., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005; (202) 628-7400 x205.

Ron Hughes & Company. Whole house weatherization, including blower-door-guided air sealing, pressure balancing and duct repair. Also, ways to use energy savings to finance remodeling projects. Contact: Ron Hughes, 1021 N. Palm Street, Little Rock, AR 72205; (501) 666-8675.

Southface Institute/Southface Home-
building School. Weekend and 9-day courses on energy-efficient and passive solar construction; mechanical systems; lighting; water, airtightness; design, scheduling; financing. Professional updates for contractors and energy specialists. Contact: June Gartrell, P.O. Box 5506, Atlanta, GA 30307; (404) 525-7657.

NORTHEAST

Affordable Comfort. See Conferences

Building Science Corporation. Building science, indoor air quality, durability, moisture, new and existing forced air systems (diagnosis and repair), energy-efficient framing, materials selection, pressure balancing, and blower-door-guided air and duct sealing. Contact: Betsy Pettit, 273 Russett Road, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167; (617) 323-6552.

Center for Ecological Technology. Air sealing, duct sealing, diagnostics, introduction to heat transfer. Contact: Laura Dubester or Lance Pustin,112 Elm Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201; (413) 445-4556.i

Demand Management Company (DMC). All aspects of energy conservation program implementation. HVAC tune-up, lighting, blower door, home energy ratings. Contact: Joyce Yeaw, 6 Admiral's Way, Chelsea, MA 02150-9108; (800) 832-0035.

Energy Crafted Home. Utility program for new construction. Trains builders in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire. Training relevant to building additions, moisture and heat transfer. Contact: Mike Guerard, 441 Stuart Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02116; (800) 628-8413 within NE, outside: (617) 236-1500.

GRASP. Reviews building plans or helps develop them. On-site field training in blower door applications such as pressure diagnostics; prioritizing the most cost-effective areas to treat; general house-as-system classes and introduction to building diagnostics; ventilation strategies; inspection procedures; attic dense pack insulation. Single-family and multifamily buildings (specialists in row houses). Regional and national. Contact: Mary Mikus, 3500 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104; (215) 222-0318.

Lighting Research Center. Efficient lighting design and materials. Training for groups. Contact: Pamela Schemenaur, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture, Greene Building, Rm. 115, Troy, NY 12180-3590; (518) 276-8716.

Northeast Sustainable Energy Asso-ciation. See Conferences

Pennsylvania Weatherization Training Center. Weatherization tactics, mobile homes, diagnostics, heating systems, combustion analysis, ducts, in-field training. Pennsylvania only. Contact: Bill Van Der Meer, Pennsylvania College of Technology, 1 College Avenue, Williamsport, PA 17701; (717) 326-3761.

R.J. Karg Associates. Heat loss calculations, duct sizing and design, systems thinking, auditing, heating systems, ventilation strategies, energy-efficient construction techniques, pressure diagnostics. Contact: Rick Karg, Meadow Road Box 118, Topsham, ME 04086; (207) 725-6723.

Target Communications. Training tools and programs; house as a system, including HVAC retrofit. Contact: Greg Ross, 4248 Ridge Lea Road, Amherst, NY 14226; (716) 831-9931.

Synertech Systems Corporation. Training materials including testing protocols and videotapes; weatherization training; systems thinking; daylighting. Contact: Larry Kinney or Tom Wilson, 472 S. Salina Street, Suite 401, Syracuse, NY 13202; (315) 422-3828.i

SyrESCO. Diagnostics, including pressure diagnostics, infrared scanning, blower door use; targeted air sealing; strategic dense pack insulation; comprehensive approach (heating system, shell, and occupants' interactions). Contact: Fairlie Firari, 614 S. Salina Street, Syracuse, NY 13202; (315) 470-3305.

CANADA

Air Solutions. Building science overview: mechanical equipment, pressurization, humidity, ventilation. Also other environmental building technologies like recycled materials. Course on marketing environmental features. Contact: Graham Leith or Gord Cooke, Air Solutions, 44 Darren Crescent, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada N3C3Y1; (519) 658-6232.

CANAM Building Envelope Special-ists. Air leakage control, including insulation, ventilation, and air sealing. Airtightness and window testing and retrofit. Contact: Tony Woods, 125 Traders Blvd. E., Unit 4, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L422E5; (905) 890-5866.

Drerup Armstrong Limited. Builder training in Canada and U.S. for organizations. Will be training for R-2000's remodeling spinoff, which will train remodeling contractors. Renovation and indoor air quality. Contact: Jeff Armstrong, Box 130, Carp, Ontario, K0A1L0; (613) 836-1494.

The McLeod Associates. Building science; space heating with wood, gas, and pellets; windows; insulating and fixing moisture problems in basements; attic retrofits; indoor air quality and ventilation; and customized workshops. Contact: W. M. Tex McLeod, 36 Rathnelly Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V2M3; (416) 921-5501.

R-2000. Specializes in training contractors in building new homes to the R-2000 program's high energy efficiency standards, but some workshops may be of interest to remodelers: causes and identification of typical problems, air sealing, construction detailing, superinsulation, HVAC. Course on how to run renovation business. Remodeling version of R-2000 is being developed by Drerup Armstrong. Contact: R-2000, 20 Upjohn Road, North York, Ontario, Canada M3B2V9; (416) 447-0077.

Renewable Energy in Canada. Renovation, weatherization, ventilation, and business issues. 1-day to 1-month training sessions; design programs and train trainers. Contact: Brian Marshall, REIC,15010 Yonge Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada L4G1M6; (905) 841-5551.

Sheltair Scientific Limited. Needs assessment/diagnostics for air quality, heating and ventilation, chimneys/ venting. Contact: Sebastian and Peter Moffatt, Suite 2, 3661 W. 4th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V61P2; (604) 732-9106.

Skip Hayden. Combustion systems, energy efficiency, venting, and pollution. Contact: Hayden at CCRL/ERL/ CANMET, 555 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A0G1; (613) 996-3186.

CONFERENCES

Affordable Comfort. Annual conference, usually in March. All topics related to residential energy conservation, with lectures and hands-on training sessions. Contact: Gail Ettinger, 309 Davis Street, Evanston, IL 60201; (708) 864-5651.

American Institute of Architects. Annual conference has some sessions on sustainable building, historic renovation. Contact: Kate Hedderich, American Institute of Architects, Convention Department, 1735 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20006; (202) 626-7518.

Energy Efficient Building Associa-tion. Annual conference. All topics related to resource-efficient building, specializing in energy-efficient new residential construction. Some remodeling sessions each year; many relevant topics in other sessions. Contact: Kathy Bishop, 1829 Portland Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404; (612) 871-0413.

Northeast Sustainable Energy Asso-ciation. Annual Quality Building Conference for builders, architects, and engineers on energy-efficient building practices. Resource referral service for consumers seeking energy-efficient services. See also Energy Crafted Home. Contact: Paul Lipke, 23 Ames Street, Greenfield, MA 01301; (413) 774-6051.