The Energy Chronicle – Page 16 – Energy News from FSEC®, Florida's Premier Energy Research Center, at the University of Central Florida

WEBINAR: How to Build a SOLAR Car for EnergyWhiz 2021

Sherri Shields Energy News, Feature Story, K-12 Education February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 0 Comment

Students and teachers are invited to attend a webinar on Wednesday, March 3rd at 3:30 p.m. to demonstrate how students can build a Junior Solar Sprint model car and participate in Virtual EnergyWhiz 2021.

FSEC Energy Research Center—a research institute of the University of Central Florida, and in partnership with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Office of Energy—modified this traditionally in-person event to be virtual this year.

EnergyWhiz—a renewable energy-focused event for students to demonstrate their science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) capabilities through project-based learning activities—will be held virtually on May 3 – 7, 2021.

Junior Solar Sprint model solar car — 2019 award-winning Junior Solar Sprint car

This year’s competitions are:

Junior Solar Sprint (Webinar: March 3rd)
Energy Transfer Machine
Energy Innovations

Webinar Registration

Contact Penny Hall, penny@fsec.ucf.edu, to receive webinar connection details.

Learn more about Virtual EnergyWhiz 2021 at: https://energyresearch.ucf.edu/education/k-12/energywhiz/.

WEBINARS: New Energy Code Changes. Register by March 15th!

Sherri Shields Buildings Research, Continuing Education, Energy News February 4, 2021May 26, 2021 0 Comment

A new Florida Building Code went into effect on December 31, 2020. Learn about the 7^th Edition (2020) Florida Building Code Energy Conservation changes and earn continuing education credits by attending short, live webinar training courses. Register by Monday, March 15th for the March 24th class.

The 4-hour commercial course topics include an examination of building energy use contributors, introduction to the 7^th Edition (2020) Florida Energy Conservation Code commercial provision changes, review of Commercial Energy Code compliance methods and tools, running sample calculations to assess the effects of specific improvements on energy efficiency and Code compliance, and verifying Code forms and identifying common errors. CILB CEUs: 4 credits; CILB# 0613600; Provider# 0000859
The 2-hour residential course topics include an overview of residential 7^th Edition (2020) Florida Energy Conservation Code Prescriptive, Performance and Energy Rating Index (ERI) compliance options, and discussions of residential building air leakage testing, duct leakage testing and mechanical ventilation requirements. CILB CEUs: 2 credits; CILB# 0613599; Provider# 0000859

A summary document citing specific code language can be found at FloridaBuilding.org/bc/, under Code Resources or at http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/go/2020-code-changes.

Explore all of the FSEC Energy Research Center’s continuing education courses at https://energyresearch.ucf.edu/education/continuing-education/

For more information, contact Sherri Shields at sherri@fsec.ucf.edu.

WEBINARS: New Energy Code Changes. Register by Feb. 8th!

Sherri Shields Buildings Research, Continuing Education, Energy News February 1, 2021May 26, 2021 0 Comment

The 4-hour commercial course topics include an examination of building energy use contributors, introduction to the 7^th Edition (2020) Florida Energy Conservation Code commercial provision changes, review of Commercial Energy Code compliance methods and tools, running sample calculations to assess the effects of specific improvements on energy efficiency and Code compliance, and verifying Code forms and identifying common errors. CILB CEUs: 4 credits; CILB# 0613600; Provider# 0000859
The 2-hour residential course topics include an overview of residential 7^th Edition (2020) Florida Energy Conservation Code Prescriptive, Performance and Energy Rating Index (ERI) compliance options, and discussions of residential building air leakage testing, duct leakage testing and mechanical ventilation requirements. CILB CEUs: 2 credits; CILB# 0613599; Provider# 0000859

A summary of the energy code changes citing specific code language can be found at FloridaBuilding.org/bc/, under Code Resources or at http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/go/2020-code-changes.

For more information, contact Sherri Shields at sherri@fsec.ucf.edu.

WEBINAR: How to Participate in Virtual EnergyWhiz 2021

Sherri Shields K-12 Education January 26, 2021January 30, 2021 0 Comment

FSEC Energy Research Center will host a webinar on Thursday, January 28th at 3:30 p.m. to discuss how students and teachers can participate in the Virtual EnergyWhiz 2021. Email Penny Hall for Zoom meeting connection details.

A Florida Study Showed How to Save Energy at Home. Why Aren’t More Cities and States Following Suit?

Sherri Shields Energy News, FSEC in the News January 25, 2021January 26, 2021 0 Comment

In this article by Next City, FSEC’s Danny Parker and Karen Fenaughty discuss energy efficiency phased deep retrofit projects.

…According to Parker, homeowners could be convinced to invest in deep retrofits if the timing was right.

“The sad reality is everything breaks eventually,” he says. “Since, eventually, you have to replace it, you have a choice [about] what will you replace it with.”