Tallahassee Builders Association is now on Houzz! Join us on this social network by adding our association's badge to your profile, you will helpshowcase your industry credibility and be a part of our member directory. To add our logo badge to your profile, go to our page HERE, look on the left side and add click "Add as Affiliation" just under our Members area. If you are not yet on Houzz, you can set up a free profile here. Houzz is the leading online destination for remodeling and new home construction design, providing the consumer with ideas to complete a remodeling project from start-to-finish. Houzz connects the consumer with home improvement professionals around the work and currently has over 30 million unique users per month. Join TBA on Houzz today!

TBA's Green Building Council will host "Building Energy Efficient Homes: Understanding the House as a System" with nationally renownedresidential energy-efficiency expert Steve Easley onTuesday, August 11, 2015 from 10 am to Noon at theHoliday Inn & Suites at 2725 Graves Road (I-10 and North Monroe). Lunch will be provided by the seminar sponsors:DuPont™ Tyvek and Parksite. The two-hour course offers continuing education credits for builders and architects. For FL contractors, the course is CILB #0608302-High Performance Housing(two general hours of CEUs) and for architects, the course is FBAID #9878179-High Performance Housing (two HSW Level 1 CEUs) requirements. The Florida Green Building Coalition (FGBC) is sponsoring the continuing education credits under their Provider number 004878. SEATING is LIMITED. Reserve your space today. The cut-off for reservations is August 5. To make your reservation contact Lynne Edwards at[email protected].

Get 8 FREE CEUs Advanced Code & Code Related General August 26 and 27when the Department of Business and Professional and the Regulation,Florida Building Commission. The free day 1 program sponsored by the DBPR will provide students with an overview of the science of energy use contributors in buildings, energy code compliance methods, tools and field verification issues, and prepare them to address common questions. The course is comprised of three main sections-- Building Science, The Residential Florida Energy Code (including a discussion of compliance and energy saving improvement options), and Residential Energy Code Forms. (4 CEU's or PDH's). Attendees can opt to take the second day of education and earn an additional 6 credits for $150. Click here for more information or to register.