[constGard]

I might get a better answer on GBA, but any building performance folks you'd recommend connecting with in the SF Bay Area? I'm not in the building industry at all, but love hearing talks and daydreaming about changing careers. Finding some material for folks outside of the PNW, New England, and the South West would be amazing. Temperate climates like the bay seem especially challenging to get specific info for, so maybe it's a case where I need to understand the principles well and apply it myself.

Love the book by the way; it's what I wish I'd had when I was looking to buy my first home. I'm going to be gifting it to a few people in my family over the next few years.

[danans]

> I might get a better answer on GBA, but any building performance folks you'd recommend connecting with in the SF Bay Area?

I'm halfway down that road, having completed a high performance remodel in the Bay Area, and contemplated a career shift into some adjacent field.

High performance building is not as organized a movement here, but instead a patchwork of architects, contractors and consultants that I had to assemble for my project. Assembling a team that was willing to work in a high performance modality was probably the hardest part. It's still unfamiliar to many customers and professionals.

I also did a good amount of the high performance work on my house, so I got to know the principles and practicals pretty well. It was a lot of work, but I enjoyed the process and the learnings (and living in the result).

[constGard]

Would you be open to sharing some details about your project(s)? Things like costs, who you worked with, guiding principles, etc. would be amazing. I feel like maybe finding the kind of people that will do high performance work is just outside of my budget, so I'm curious what you did and with what resources.