Mini-Courses For Groups & Schools

The following include examples of past presentations I've done for as little as $125 for upto 2-hour durations, when handouts are unnecessary. Longer durations, handouts and more interactive workshop formats are also available for greater fees. Don't hesitate to contact me about altering one of these or creating a new presentation. I often develop new titles and formats depending on what callers request. Check out my presentation history, where you'll find many examples of this, as well as see the kinds of diverse groups that I've presented to in the past.

"Appliance & Small Equipment Efficiency & Phantom Load" An examination of the wide range of energy and water consumption typical among appliances and small office equipment used in today's homes, including the growing incidence of phantom load.

"Choosing Windows for the Midwest USA" A technical examination of various windows' monthly performance over an average climate year in Cincinnati, including orientation-specific comparisons.

"Efficient Lighting Alternatives" A review of the most energy efficient lamps for common residential fixtures, daylighting in residential and other small living and work spaces, plus outdoor lighting for energy savings and least night sky light pollution.

"Energy & Emissions" After summarizing major emissions from burning common household fuels, plus an overview of pollution from electricity generated from coal and natural gas, conservation, efficiency and energy alternatives like solar are analyzed and compared based on their energy-savings and emissions-reduction potentials.

"High Performance House Design" A designer's and homeowner's primer on how to design, site, build and use residential structures to optimize passive performance before electrical and mechanical systems are added.

"Household Energy Survey" Based on surveys of volunteer households in SW Ohio, SE Indiana and Northern KY for 2001-2003, detailed 'ecological accounting' of home energy consumption and CO2 emissions demand is used to identify and track best, average and worst performance in several energy and ecological categories.

"Just Do It" A comparative review of the various local building codes and other relevant prescriptive residential building recommendations for achieving lower heating and cooling bills for Midwest homes and small buildings.

"Learning the Lingo" This is a review of the words, phrases, terms and relationships most commonly used to describe energy and environmental conditions, relationships and opportunities to the average consumer. See appendix of "Minimizing Electricity Use."

"Passive Solar Design & Construction" A review of the basics of passive solar residential design for optimum year-round thermal performance, plus related issues of interior design and furniture placement to minimize negative impacts of glare.

"Phantom & Standby Electric Load" A presentation about energy use when devices are off or unused, including how to reduce it.

"Solar Powering a Home Office" This presentation on careful energy use, aggressive efficiency upgrading and low-cost PV system design is an excellent primer about prepping for and implementing small standalone PV systems in the Midwest USA.

"Using Computer Software to Predict Small Building Performance" An introduction to hour-by-hour, bin-type and other energy calculations and software to predict with reasonable accuracy the heating, cooling, ventilation and electrical energy consumption by homes and other small buildings.

John F. Robbins, CEM CSDP

3519 Moffett Road

Morningview, KY 41063-8748

Phone: (859) 363-0376

E-mail: johnfrobbins@insightbb.com