The Performance Gap: Bridging The Worlds of HVAC and Building Science @GreenHomeInstitute
The Performance Gap: Bridging The Worlds of HVAC and Building Science  @GreenHomeInstitute
Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Home performance, at its core, has always been about optimizing residential spaces for utmost comfort, safety, and energy efficiency. Unfortunately, high barriers of entry (tool investment, training, time on site) has restricted the adoption of home performance projects to only a small group of homeowners and professionals, and the labor shortage in the residential buildings industry is just making the situation worse. While incentive and training programs attempt to address these challenges, exponential tools are necessary to rapidly shift the affordability and accessibility of home performance practices. Today's rapid convergence of digital technology allows home performance professionals to overcome the traditional time-consuming processes (manual calculations, labor-intensive assessments, analog tool deployment) and realize exponential efficiency gains and cost reduction on every project. This session is a collaborative effort between leading experts from Conduit Tech and measureQuick, who will introduce attendees to the next generation of process-driven digital tools for home service professionals.



Continuing Education Units (CEUS) submitted 1 hour in*

• Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI)
• Building Performance Institute (BPI) NonWholeHouse
• Submitted for American Institute of Architects - AIA (HSW)
• Certified Green Professional (NARI & CGP)
• Certified GreenHome Professional (CGHP) Pillar(s): Energy, Health, Materials, Water, Place
• American Institute of Building Designers (AIBD)
• State Architect / Builder License may be applicable
• Building Science Institute (BSI) Verifier
• Passive House Consultant US (CPHC)


Lessons Learned:

1. Upon completion, participants will be able to identify the key features and benefits of using exponential digital tools in modern home performance assessments.
2. Upon completion, participants will be able to understand how to streamline workflows while deploying exponential digital tools, enhancing the precision and speed of home evaluations.
3. Upon completion, participants will be able to deploy exponential digital tools in real-world scenarios, optimizing residential energy efficiency while reducing time and labor costs.
4. Upon completion, participants will understand how to adopt these tools into their business models, ensuring better customer satisfaction and fostering sustainable growth in the evolving home performance landscape.


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Speakers:

Shelby Breger is a Co-Founder of Conduit Tech, a platform building home evaluation and sales tools for residential HVAC contractors and energy auditors. Conduit's first solution is a mobile app that produces high-quality room-by-room HVAC load calculations, 2D floor plans and 3D models of homes with detailed data on building materials integrated with sleek, customized sales materials in 15 minutes or less. Prior to launching Conduit, Shelby helped scale an industrial energy efficiency startup focused on the pulp & paper industry. Shelby holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Master of Business Administration from Stanford University.

Ben Reed is a resilient & versatile product leader with 10+ years of experience leading multi-disciplinary hardware and software teams through the development of connected products. Ben's experience is in telecommunications engineering and product management, but he has since started a product consultancy called Teal Maker with a mission to transform the residential building market through innovative technology and human centered processes. Ben recently spent 4 years at HAVEN IAQ leading the go-to-market initiatives for residential HVAC contractors and is now working with measureQuick as a growth specialist.
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