As the demand for housing continues to grow, it is more important than ever to prioritize energy efficiency and sustainability in residential construction and renovation. Whole house energy retrofits play a crucial role in meeting these goals, while also addressing the need for resiliency in the face of climate change and upcoming regulatory changes.
The Importance of Whole House Energy Retrofits in Canada
Shawna HendersonOctober 20, 2023
Meet Donald Fast - Building Performance Engineer
Shawna HendersonOctober 25, 2022
A summary of conversation between BHE’s Program Coordinator Carla Harder (CH) and Introduction to HOT2000 Modelling instructor, Donald Fast (DF) from Capital Home Energy. You can watch or read through our conversation with Donald. CH: So, tell me a little bit about what you were doing before you actually...
Energy Advisor: What's the Investment?
Shawna HendersonAugust 10, 2021
There’s a lot to know when it comes to being an energy advisor. When Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan made the Greener Homes Initiative announcement back in May, he mentioned that a person already in the industry could get trained in a week. While that’s technically true, it’s not real...
How to Choose Continuing Education that Works for You
Shawna HendersonSeptember 15, 2020
How to match your online continuing education/professional development to your learning style.
Presenting? Use Adult Education Techniques To Up Your Game
Shawna HendersonSeptember 26, 2016
When you're presenting at a conference, you have a limited amount of time to engage your audience and offer experience or participation, but you can certainly engage your audience more directly by knowing something about adult education. This was part of the session I presented at RaterFest! The thing is,...
RaterFest! 2016
Shawna HendersonAugust 31, 2016
We're excited. Shawna's leading a session at EnergyLogic's un-conference, RaterFest, this year (Sep 15-18). She gets to talk about her favorite subject: the knowledge gap.Its been a constant thread through the last couple of decades: leaps and bounds in the understanding of building science, leading to a bunch of well-trained...
Building an Industry With No Capacity
Shawna HendersonMay 20, 20161 comment
After reading many reports and white papers on energy efficiency and the housing industry in North America, I am continuously stunned at how many times references to need for comprehensive trades training in energy efficiency comes up, yet there is little more indicated than it should be considered. Reducing energy...