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Rick Chitwood

Rick Chitwood

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Chitwood Energy Management, Inc.

Rick Chitwood, BSME, principal Chitwood Energy Management Inc., founded 1985, is an expert in energy-efficient residential building construction, diagnostic testing, and performance evaluation. Rick uses his home performance knowledge; training contractors, project consulting, doing field research, helping update the California Energy Code, co-authoring a book - Measured Home Performance, and was recently inducted into the Building Performance Industry Hall of Fame.


2017 HPC California Regional Home Performance Conference & Trade Show

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

3:30 PM to 5:00 PM

  • HPH
    Enclosure Details: Advanced Framing Tips & Tricks

    Industry veterans continue to design and build homes like it's 1980 and hope to cost-effectively achieve ZNE by adding lots of (expensive) insulation, much more efficient (expensive) HVAC, and a whole lot of (very expensive) PV.

    Presenters:
    • Rick Chitwood,
    • Mike MacFarland,
    Available CEUs:
    BPI, InterNACHI, NARI

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

  • HPH
    Introduction to the HP Series: What Is A High Performance Home?

    This session is the kick-off for a comprehensive and continuous six-part series throughout our two days together in Long Beach.

    Presenters:
    • Keith O'Hara,
    • Rick Chitwood,
    • Mike MacFarland,
    • Dan Perunko,
    Available CEUs:
    BPI, InterNACHI, NARI

1:30 PM to 3:00 PM

  • HPH
    The People Problems: Working Together, Business Models, Resistance to Change and Misaligned Interests

    Too many industry professionals think ZNE new homes and ZNE retrofits, are a technical problem - when the most significant barrier is really a people problem - or actually a set of people problems.

    Presenters:
    • Keith O'Hara,
    • Rick Chitwood,
    Available CEUs:
    BPI, InterNACHI, NARI
Wednesday, November 15, 2017

1:30 PM to 3:00 PM

  • HPH
    Real World Data from the Best Homes in the Nation: High Performance Homes with Standard Elements Working Together for ZNE

    Performance and energy usage from brand new homes are all over the map. With so much confusion and misinformation in the building industry about how to achieve high performance it is easy to get off track.

    Presenters:
    • Keith O'Hara,
    • Rick Chitwood,
    • Mike MacFarland,
    Available CEUs:
    BPI, InterNACHI, NARI

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