Training Opportunities

Training Workshops

The Fraser Basin Council is offering free training workshops as part of its First Nations Home EnergySave initiative. If you or your community is interested in hosting a workshop please .

Air Sealing for New Construction Workshop

This one-day training covers air-tightness from top to bottom in a day. Starting with a short discussion on what an air barrier is, and how to define it on your project, the day quickly becomes a hands-on class that details how an air barrier is made, how it fits at a ceiling junction, how it connects to the foundation or slab how it works around balconies, decks, and overhangs, and how it connects to plumbing, sprinklers and vents. A mock blower door test helps participants see the success (or failure) of their air tightness sealing during the class and understand how to remedy any deficiencies that are found.

This training workshop on new construction practices that aligns with the BC Energy Step Code airtightness standards.

The workshop will teach participants:

• What is an air barrier and how to define it in your project.
• How to make air barriers with different air-sealing materials to create airtight buildings.

Delivered by Small Planet Supply

Home Energy Management Workshop 

The workshop will teach participants:

• Key energy and building science concepts
• Energy management approaches and components
• Energy use in the home, understanding the “house-as-a-system”
• Utility programs, incentives, and available resources

Participants will become community champions empowered to share energy-efficiency knowledge and financial literacy.

Delivered by SES Consulting

External Training 

BCIT Course: CESA 1005 - Zero Energy Buildings All-In-One: Fundamentals, Airtightness, Assemblies, and Mechanicals.