How Your House Works:
2022 Spring Education Series

What is improved health, comfort and efficiency in your home worth?

Americans spend a majority of our time at home. We’re presenting these courses to empower you to improve your homelife and the value of your home through more informed decisions.

The courses cover fundamental knowledge for all homeowners. Thus, they’re critically important for professionals serving homeowners.

As always, we’ll make our review in plain English.
We enjoy discussion so we invite your questions as we go.

Bundle and Save

Check out this video to learn more about why you should register now.

You can find a description of the courses below. We think each of these courses quickly pay for themselves.

We’ve combined all of the courses into one registration to save you the trouble of registering for three individual courses. This bundle saves you 15% compared to the individual registrations.

Thanks to everyone who has already chosen this option. We’re looking forward to serving you!

This offer expires Thursday 03|24.

 
 

Building Science

Thursday, March 24th from 10 AM to 1 PM Eastern

Building science is the study of how components of a house work together to control moisture, heat flow and air flow. Understanding building science allows us to realize performance: a healthier, more comfortable and more efficient home.

This course will review the building science fundamentals that serve as the foundation for our building codes, energy code, home performance industry/green building certifications. Good building performance relies on understanding and properly applying building science.

 

Energy Code

Thursday, April 28th from 10 AM to 1 PM Eastern

The energy code has an outsized impact on homeowner health and comfort plus the performance/efficiency of our homes. In this introduction to the energy code, we’ll help you better understand how the energy code works and how to choose one of the multiple paths to compliance.

We’ll also explain the testing components in the code used to verify the level of performance expected – how to get what you’re paying for.

 

Heating + Cooling Systems

Thursday, May 26th from 10 AM to 1 PM Eastern

We rely on heating/cooling systems for health, comfort and efficiency. Despite their importance, heating/cooling systems are often misunderstood: poorly designed, installed, operated and maintained.

Heating and cooling costs average more than half of the energy used in American homes. The US EPA estimates 20-30% of energy in our heating/cooling systems is lost due to leaks: a significant waste of money + cause of comfort/health problems.

We've created this course to help you enjoy better health and comfort while saving money.

 

Ryan Taylor

Ryan Taylor is an architect who founded Ryan Taylor Architects, LLC in 2002 to focus exclusively on residential projects: new construction, additions and renovations.

Ryan is active in community, legislative and building code issues. He serves as the appointed representative of Georgia architects in the adoption and amendment of state building codes. In addition to his skill set as an architect, Ryan is also a certified HERS Rater, an HVAC designer and a Certified Distance Education Instructor.

Ryan is frequently invited to speak at community and industry events and his comments have been widely published. The work of RTA includes projects in the United States, the Caribbean and Africa.

We’re Not Selling

We’ll talk about many different products and services during the education courses in our spring series. We don’t sell any of those products or services and don’t receive any consideration for mentioning them.

We mention them as examples with the understanding that there are typically many competitors. Our focus is helping you understand the fundamentals that will empower you to make better decisions when choosing products and services.

Have a Question?

We welcome you to ask questions that you’d like us to address during our course in advance.

Please use our contact page to send us a note.

Want More?

We host education events and discussions throughout the year. You’ll receive invitations to our events if you use the form above to join our learning community.

You can find more information, meetup opportunities and recordings of some previous events on our events page.