Event Description

As more homeowners in California and around the country and word begin to electrify their homes, heat pump installers will be faced with the challenge of navigating electrical panel challenges including condition, capacity, fitment, supply chain, etc. With panel and service upgrades being costly and complex, it’s important for practitioners to understand their options for running new circuits. In this session, you’ll hear from Electrify My Home discuss real-world electrical panel scenarios including visual assessments, electrical load calculations, and examples of different solutions to make it work.

Agenda:

• Introduction and safety message
• Good electrification and install small
• Panel assessments and strategies for overcoming challenges
• Performing a load calculation
• Q&A

Course Objectives - Participants will be able to:

• Explain why a full panel doesn’t necessarily mean no additional capacity is available
• Name two reasons why upgrading a home’s electrical capacity may not be preferred
• List two solutions to fitting new circuits into a panel where no physical space is available
• Identify at least two or more critical components and variables of performing a load calculation in a residential home

This course is the third in the 6-part Electrify Efficiently webinar series presented by Electrify My Home. The goal of the seroes is to highlight the tremendous business opportunities, vital role of efficiency, and lessons learned from the field, through practical lessons learned and a review of the best practices for successfully designing, selling, and installing heat pumps. Heat Pumps are quickly gaining traction as a preferred HVAC and water heating technology. While the path forward for heat pumps seems clear, the technology is still foreign to most homeowners. To meet the above-mentioned goals, contractors and other industry professionals must arm themselves with the knowledge (and sometimes the data) to dispel myths about heat pumps. 

Remaining webiinars in the series:

Part 4 of 6 - May 20, 2025 (12pm - 1:30pm)

The path to going all-electric can take many forms. For some, this means upgrading one appliance at a time; for others, it means replacing them all at once and offsetting with on-site solar. Regardless of the timeline, there are some important planning steps that must take place, as well as a continual vision for optimizing efficiency.

Join Electrify My Home in this session for a case study of a customer’s electrification journey. You’ll also hear directly from the customer, who will share why they went gas-free, why they chose to pursue efficiency measures, and what bumps in the road were faced on this adventure.

Part 5 of 6 - June 3, 2025 (12pm - 1:30pm)

Zone control is a popular strategy for addressing different climate zones in a home. Many customers and contractors newer to heat pumps are drawn to multi-split systems that utilize a single outdoor unit to run multiple air handlers, but there can be unintended comfort sacrifices if not done carefully. In this webinar we will focus on various approaches to zone control for efficient and comfortable outcomes. This presentation will compare traditional zoning with zone control, multi-split systems, multiple one-to-one systems, and combinations of these solutions.

Part 6 of 6 - June 17, 2025 (12pm - 1:30pm)

Join Electrify My Home (EMH) for the final session of this 6-part webinar series focused on home electrification. As heat pumps begin to proliferate the market, it’s important to recognize the importance of energy efficiency and home performance. Building systems are interdependent and it’s rare that addressing a single component will result in the most comfortable outcome.

This session will highlight the importance of incorporating home performance concepts into heat pump projects or at least the home upgrade planning process. You’ll learn the pros and cons of incorporating home performance concepts into heat pump projects.