Learning Objectives
1. Understand the operational results: deep carbon reductions from electrical and thermal equipment performance, impacts on customer bills and grid benefits
2. Learn about other benefits: benefits to the grid, customer comfort and other impact, contractor feedback on installation and equipment
3. Discover key operational challenges and solutions integrating and optimizing controls and technologies, including PV, batteries, EV charging, heat pumps, water heaters and micro-combined heat and power in a VPP.
4. Understand how energy companies can be viewed as trusted partners and leaders in advancing the next generation of smart homes, contributing to net zero targets.
5. New technology: learn about some of the new tech that is making its way to the market
and:
1. Gain knowledge of current water scarcity issues affecting builders
2. Develop familiarity performance-based evaluation tools for water conservation
3. Learn how new onsite water reuse technologies can be used to meet higher water conservation standards and increase allowable density along with other benefits
4. Understand how these tools can be applied in a real-world case