Training Course Catalog

BayREN trainings are available to educate local government officials and the private sector building community in key aspects of code compliance and enforcement. Each course is ICC CEU certified and each registrant will receive 0.1 CEUs upon completion.

Training topics can be offered individually or as a series addresses specific energy code compliance strategies and best practices.

Residential
  • 2025 Energy Code Changes – Multifamily
    • Description: This course will provide an overview of the 2025 Energy Code changes for multifamily buildings, including changes to mandatory measures and performance and prescriptive requirements. 
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff, Building Professionals, Contractors
  • 2025 Energy Code Changes – Single Family
    • Description: This course will provide an overview of the 2025 Energy Code changes for single family buildings, including changes to the structure of the energy code as well as changes to mandatory measures and performance and prescriptive requirements. 
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff, Building Professionals, Contractors
  • Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU)
    • Description: This course will identify different types of ADUs, cover prescriptive requirements that apply to new ADUs, and discuss minimum requirements and design options for compliance. 
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff, Building Professionals, Contractors
  • ECC (formerly HERS) Registry
    • Description: This course explores the advantages of using the online Energy Code Compliance (ECC) registry, formerly known as Home Energy Rating System (HERS), to track and verify compliance forms electronically and will include a demonstration on how to navigate projects in the ECC registry. 
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff
  • ECC-Verified Quality Insulation Installation (QII)
    • Description: This course focuses on prescriptive quality insulation installation (QII) requirements in the Energy Code for new single-family buildings of any size plus additions greater than 700 ft². The course will also discuss QII in the design, construction, and verification process, and compliance documentation specific to QII.
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff, Building Professionals, Contractors
  • Electrical Upgrade Alternatives for Building Retrofits 
    • Description: This course will cover basic electrical infrastructure challenges and local calculation options. Attendees will learn about strategies applicants can take to reduce load and avoid electrical upgrades, including related code provisions.   
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff, Building Professionals 
  • How the Energy Code Treats Electrification
    • Description: This course focuses on the Energy and Green Building Code for residential buildings, provides an overview of the current electrification landscape, and highlights how electric appliances are impacted by different aspects of the Building Code as well as planning and zoning.
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff
  • Introduction to CALGreen
    • Description: This introductory course will review the context of the Green Building Code (CALGreen) and provide an overview of its structure; important supporting resources and approaches for enforcement; and how it addresses residential and nonresidential construction projects. 
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff, Building Professionals, Contractors
  • Introduction to Residential Building Electrification
    • Description: This introductory course focuses on electrification of existing residences, including discussion of building science and the value of efficiency improvements together with electrification. The course also introduces modern electric alternatives to “the big four” traditional gas uses (space heating, water heating, cooking, and clothes drying) and the principal Energy Code provisions applicable to each. 
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff, Building Professionals, Contractors
  • Navigating the Energy Code
    • Description: This introductory course will review the context of the Energy Code and provide an overview of its structure; important supporting resources and manuals to know about; mandatory measures plus prescriptive and performance approaches; and how it addresses different types of buildings and projects.
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff
  • Residential New Construction Compliance
    • Description: This course provides a basic review of Energy Code requirements for residential new construction and larger additions, compliance processes and documentation, and instructions for plan checking.
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff
  • Residential Additions Compliance
    • Description: This course explores specific requirements for residential additions in the Energy Code and will highlight compliance documentation commonly used for additions, as well as best practices for inspections. Course extends content provided in the Residential New Construction Compliance course. 
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff
  • Residential Alterations Compliance
    • Description: This course reviews requirements for and how to process residential alterations, such as HVAC changeouts, window replacements, and water heater replacements, to ensure compliance with the Energy Code. Course extends content provided in the Residential New Construction Compliance course. 
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff
  • Residential HVAC Sizing and Duct Design for Building Departments
    • Description: This course will review residential HVAC design basics and equipment selection, as well as explain how to process, check, and verify residential load calculations and duct designs that are required by the Mechanical Code and the Energy Code (e.g., ACCA Manual J and Manual D).
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff
  • Solar Photovoltaic and Battery Storage Systems 
    • Description: This course will cover solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage systems for all building types and provide an overview of requirements for verifying code compliance for these systems. 
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff, Contractors, Building Professionals 
Nonresidential
  • 2025 Energy Code Changes – Nonresidential
    • Description: This course will provide an overview of the 2025 Energy Code changes for nonresidential buildings, including changes to mandatory measures, new compliance forms, as well as updated performance and prescriptive requirements. 
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff 
  • Introduction to CALGreen
    • Description: This introductory course will review the context of the Green Building Code (CALGreen) and provide an overview of its structure; important supporting resources and approaches for enforcement; and how it addresses residential and nonresidential construction projects. 
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff, Building Professionals, Contractors
  • Navigating the Energy Code
    • Description: This introductory course will review the context of the Energy Code and provide an overview of its structure; important supporting resources and manuals to know about; mandatory measures plus prescriptive and performance approaches; and how it addresses different types of buildings and projects.
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff
  • Nonresidential Lighting
    • Description: This course will explore essential lighting and electrical distribution compliance and its implications for plan review and field inspection. It will also cover where to find and how to navigate through the relevant energy standards. 
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff
  • Nonresidential New Construction
    • Description: This course provides a basic review of Energy Code requirements for nonresidential new construction, compliance processes and documentation, and instructions for plan checking.
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff
  • Nonresidential Tenant Improvements and Alterations
    • Description: This course will discuss Energy Code applicability to nonresidential tenant improvement and alterations, highlighting specific requirements for lighting, mechanical, and envelope improvements. 
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff
  • Solar Photovoltaic and Battery Storage Systems 
    • Description: This course will cover solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage systems for all building types and provide an overview of requirements for verifying code compliance for these systems. 
    • Target Audience: Building Department Staff, Contractors, Building Professionals 
Heat Pumps
  • Heat Pump Water Heaters Training for Building Departments
    • Description: Heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) are an increasingly popular technology that are a highly efficient means of providing hot water to houses. This training will describe HPWHs, code requirements for HPWHs, resources for permitting and compliance, and best practices for code enforcement.
    • Target Audience: Building department staff.
  • Heat Pump HVAC Training for Building Departments
    • Description: Heat pumps are an increasingly popular technology that are a highly efficient means of providing heating and cooling in residential and commercial buildings. This course will describe Heat Pump HVAC, including air-source, ducted, and mini-splits, when HP-HVAC are allowed under the Energy Code, code requirements for installation, and how to complete compliance forms.
    • Target Audience: Building department staff.