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PSD is pleased to introduce our Nexus Course Series!
We will start introducing new courses this fall with additional courses added periodically through December. These courses will cover the nexus between the energy code and the other building codes. Click the link below for a list of upcoming courses with descriptions and learning objectives. Stay tuned for more information about the release of the following programs.
Nexus Courses Series
Free registration for New York Code Officials.
*Use discount code: NYCEO
Overview
Intended audiences: design professionals, code enforcement officials, homebuilders, design-build firms, and energy professionals.
Format: Currently, all trainings are being offered as remote trainings consisting of two 90-minute webinars. Webinars may be taken individually, although attendance in both is recommended.
Cost: Free for New York code enforcement officials. All others $15 per 90-minute webinar.
Continuing Education:*
- Code Enforcement Officials 1.5 NYS DOS In-Service Hours, Topic 3 (Energy Code)
- Architects 1.5 AIA LU | HSW
- Home Performance Contractors 1.5 BPI CEUs
*To receive credit, all participants must be in attendance within the first 15 minutes of the training and stay until the end of the webinar.
Trainer Biographies
Chris Whittet, Energy Codes Specialist
Chris Whittet is an Energy Codes Specialist for PSD that has been in the energy efficiency industry for over 13 years. He is an experienced auditor and quality assurance professional, holding Building Performance Institute (BPI) certifications as a Building Analyst Professional, Envelope Professional, Heating Professional, and Healthy Home Evaluator. With a significant amount of experience in the field, Chris provides training to students with a real-world and hands-on perspective.
Chris started his career as an energy auditor for the New York State Weatherization Assistance Program. Throughout his years as an energy auditor, he has conducted over 1,500 residential energy audits for both the Weatherization Program and the Empower NY Program. During this time he performed combustion appliance zone testing, blower door testing, and infrared thermography. He has written comprehensive work scopes and provided project management for low to middle-income, single, and multi-family homes to help reduce their energy consumption and financial burden. Chris has also worked within multiple NYSERDA energy programs in various capacities for CLEAResult and Honeywell.
Mike Turns, Director of Energy Code Services
Mike has been with PSD for over eight years, managing several residential new construction and energy code support programs. Currently, Mike manages the implementation of the MassSave® Codes and Standards Compliance and Support Initiative, New York energy code training funded by NYSERDA, and energy code support services to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Before that, Mike led the DOE-funded Pennsylvania Residential Energy Code Field Study. He is an expert in the International Energy Conservation Code and has developed and taught numerous training programs in several states under a variety of code versions. He has over 15 years of energy code training experience and has presented at national conferences like the RESNET, HPC, the DOE Energy Codes Conference, and AESP. Prior to joining PSD, he was the Associate Director of the Pennsylvania Housing Research Center (PHRC) at Penn State University, where he managed the largest provider of residential building code training in Pennsylvania. Mike has a master’s degree from Penn State with a thesis focused on assessing and reducing energy consumption in new homes.
Jerone Gagliano, PE, CEM, LEED AP, Vice President Energy Engineering Services
Jerone Gagliano is nationally recognized for his expertise in the retrofit energy analysis of multifamily buildings. As Vice President of Energy Engineering Services at Performance Systems Development, he serves as a subject matter expert for the company’s multifamily retrofit efforts including internal green retrofit procedures, program design, and development of training curricula.
Mr. Gagliano has extensive building performance experience from years of ASHRAE-compliant energy retrofit audits. He delivers advanced training on multifamily and commercial facility energy audits, consulting services, and develops best practices for and oversees the quality assurance of the company’s energy audits. He considers building retrofits a financial and societal investment from start to finish that should balance risk, accuracy, and budget. Mr. Gagliano serves as chair of the Multifamily Homes Group for Efficiency First. Mr. Gagliano is a licensed Professional Engineer, a Certified Measurement and Verification Professional, a Certified Energy Manager, BPI Multifamily Analyst, and a LEED Accredited Professional.
Jerone is a frequent presenter at national conferences including GreenBuild, ACI, and ACEEE, and has served on technical panels such as Oakridge National Lab’s national evaluation of the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), the DOE Clean Energy Roadshow, and multifamily data standards meetings led by Fannie Mae and MacArthur Foundation. He serves as chair of the Multifamily Homes Group for Efficiency First, as well as a committee member and contributing author to standards on the RESNET Software Approval Standard working group, the BPI Data Collection, and Transfer Standard working group, and the California Multifamily Home Energy Retrofit Coordinating Committee (MF HERCC).
David Abrey, Training Instructor
Since the summer of 2016, Dave Abrey has been working as an Independent Consultant in Voorheesville, New York.
In this role, he has worked on:
- Energy Code Training Projects for the States of New York and Alabama to improve Energy Code understanding and compliance rates (2017 & 2021).
- NYSERDA’s 2019 Residential Building Stock Assessment (RBSA) Project for Performance Systems Development (Fall 2018).
- GreenHomes America’s efforts to partner with Home Performance Contractors across the country (2017-Present).
- Training and Proctoring for BPI’s Building Analyst Certification, Envelope Professional Certification and Infiltration & Duct Leakage Certification.
Prior to those projects, Dave was the Director of Quality Assurance and Training for GreenHomes™ America from 2006 to 2016. In this role, he assured that home performance projects met Energy Code and above Code programmatic standards. Dave has over 25 years’ experience in the energy efficiency industry and currently hold BPI certifications in Building Analyst, Envelope Professional and Infiltration & Duct Leakage (IDL). He has been a member of ASHRAE for over 30 years and has also been a Certified Energy Manager (CEM). Prior to GreenHomes, Dave developed and presented Building Science, Energy Code and above Code trainings for Conservation Services Group (CSG), Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) and the New York State Energy Office.
