Performance Matters -- E-Newsletter - October 2009



Responsible growth

We started 2009 with 70 training affiliate organizations. As of September 1st, we had 121, with 116 more in the process of becoming affiliates, and new inquiries coming in daily. Much of the interest is in locations where we did not have a presence before, like Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota and even Hawaii. As the training affiliate network grows, so does our capacity to train and certify more home performance professionals.

The impetus behind this rapidly growing interest in training home performance professionals is, of course, largely thanks to the funding for weatherization and energy efficiency retrofits provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)—$5 billion through the Weatherization Assistance Program and $3 billion for the State Energy Program.

Everyone wants in on the action, and many jurisdictions are scrambling to put an infrastructure in place to ramp-up weatherization assistance programs and expand or launch energy efficiency retrofit initiatives. Proper training to build competency and credentialing to ensure skills are in place are seen as prerequisites for success. It’s hardly surprising that BPI is seen as an ‘easy’ way to get programs up and running.

So we have growth. Rapid growth. The entire industry is expanding at an incredible rate. People are starting to understand and appreciate the economic, environmental and social benefits of improving the energy efficiency of America’s existing homes. But while we celebrate the fact that we’re finally getting some of the attention and respect we all know we deserve, we have to make sure that we manage this rapid growth responsibly.

We need to make sure that newcomers to the home performance industry comply with the same standards as the veterans. These standards are proven to produce results for homeowners—that’s precisely why directors are choosing to include BPI as part of their programs in the first place.

It is our responsibility to make sure the standards stay high, and that we strive for continuous improvement. Our mission is to Raise the bar in home performance contracting. Not every individual can be a BPI certified professional. Not every company can be a BPI accredited contractor. Not every training organization can be a BPI affiliate.

That’s why we’re working on developing some new standards. We’re also reviewing some of the tried-and-true standards to see where they can be improved. We won’t be relaxing. We won’t be lowering our expectations. We’re raising competency levels, adding new skills and adding new safeguards to ensure the right people get into this industry for the right reasons.

BPI has an important role to play as the home performance industry moves more into the mainstream. And you—our community of technicians, contractors, trainers and guides—can contribute by telling us how we can improve. Tell us how we can make the standards better. Tell us what is working in the field, and what isn’t. Tell us what’s missing. Tell us what should be protected.

This is indeed a time of massive, rapid growth. But as the saying goes, there’s no point in quantity without quality. The next few years may make or break the industry. If we get it right, we can flourish, become mainstream, help hundreds of thousands—even millions—of American families. If we get it wrong, we can damage our delicate reputation and shrink back into relative obscurity, even potentially never recover the respect we’ve recently gained.

Let’s make sure we get it right. Share your thoughts with us: info@bpi.org
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It’s that time of year again...

It’s show season! Every fall and winter we hit the road to help raise awareness and educate the wider industry about the value of home performance contracting, as well as training, professional certification, company accreditation and quality assurance. Here’s an overview of some of the events we’ve participated in—or will be participating in—this fall.

Mile-High Home Performance—2009 Excellence in Building Conference and Expo
We just got home from Denver after three days working at this great event put on by the The Energy & Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA). The conference offered a range of educational opportunities and many of the sessions counted toward BPI CEUs.

BPI’s CEO, Larry Zarker, was a panelist for Rater Update!, along with EEBA Executive Director Kathleen Guidera, RESNET’s Steve Baden and Rick Davenport, Vice President - Building Science at MASCO Corporation.

In the exhibit hall, traffic was brisk at the BPI booth. And while we saw a lot of old friends who dropped by to say hello, a large proportion of the rest of the 550 event attendees seemed to converge on our space to ask how they could get certified, become an affiliate or incorporate BPI standards into their home performance incentive program.

Take Off, Eh?—Energy Retrofits for Houses: Affordable Comfort for Canadians
This brand new event will be held for the first time in Toronto, Ontario on October 28-29. Steve Tratt from ZERODRAFT®—Canada’s first BPI training affiliate organization—will be presenting two sessions: Air Sealing Multifamily Buildings and Making Money by Air Sealing & Insulating. 42 of the sessions at the event qualify for BPI CEUs.

The highlight will be BPI’s presentation of the Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry in Canada. Like its American counterpart, awarded for the first time in the United States in April, the Canadian award (Tony was, after all, Canadian) will be given to the individual who has most advanced the home performance industry, through dedication and activism, over the past year. Watch for an announcement of the winner in the next issue of Performance Matters!

Joining the HVAC Mainstream—2010 AHR Expo
BPI will be exhibiting at the 2010 AHR Expo in Orlando, Florida January 25-27, 2010. This event is one of the world’s largest HVAC trade shows, featuring more than 1,800 exhibiting companies, dozens of industry organizations and over 25,000 visitors from all 50 states and over 120 countries. Click here to read a special report from the event organizers!
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BPI News

Meet the new BPI Board of Directors

The summer of 2009 saw some changes at BPI, thanks to the election of a new board of directors. Some familiar faces decided to stick around for more punishment, and some new faces have bravely stepped in to join the fray.

Executive Committee and Voting Directors

David Hepinstall
Chairman
Association for Energy Affordability

Brian Castelli
Vice Chairman
Alliance to Save Energy

Helen Perrine
Treasurer
Affordable Comfort Institute

Howard Katzman
Secretary
GreenChoice Consulting LLC

Laverne Dalgleish
Immediate Past Chairman, Director
Building Professionals Consortium

Voting Directors

Rex Boynton
Director
North American Technician Excellence

Steve Cowell
Director
Conservation Services Group

Dave Finet
Director
Opportunity Council

Rick Gerardi
Director
Masco Home Services, Inc.

Richard Kornbluth
Director
GreenHomes America by Entherm

John Tooley
Director
Advanced Energy, Inc.

Ex-Officio (Non-Voting Directors)

Jim Fitzgerald
Past Chairman, Director
Conservation Services Group, Inc.

Federal Liaisons

Michael Freedberg
Federal Liaison
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

David Lee
Federal Liaison
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Edward Pollock, Jr.
Federal Liaison
U.S. Department of Energy

Liaison

John Jones
Liaison
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

Click here to see the directors’ bios and contact information.

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Building Science Tech launches new DVD to prepare candidates for BPI Building Analyst exams

BPI trainers Glenn Dickey and Asa Foss have developed a 90-minute, BPI-recognized training video to help prepare candidates for the Building Performance Institute (BPI) Building Analyst and Envelope field examinations. To pass the BPI field exams you need to score a minimum of 70% on the overall exam, and 85% on the combustion safety and carbon monoxide testing modules.

The video provides and overview on:

  • Worst-case combustion safety testing of furnaces, boilers and water heaters
  • Blower door setup and air leakage testing (using Retrotec and Minneapolis blower doors)
  • Advanced pressure diagnostics
  • Indoor air quality and durability inspections
  • Making recommendations based on BPI standards

The video is designed to help BPI exam candidates and those training to become energy auditors. This training is targeted for people wanting to become home energy auditors. It is perfect for those who have taken an online or in person building science course and need an in-depth review of the diagnostics tests covered in the BPI Building Analyst or Envelope field examinations. We strongly recommend that trainees watch this video prior to taking the BPI written examination as well, since it visually demonstrates the core concepts of the exam.

This training will show residential professionals what is included in an energy audit, where energy efficiency problems arise in existing homes, and building science and energy efficiency best practices. Whether you're an architect, builder or realtor, you'll gain a new technical understanding of how to improve the efficiency of existing homes. This training qualifies you for 1.5 BPI CEUs.
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New BPI.org coming soon

Any day now! The plans are approved and development is underway on a comprehensive overhaul of www.bpi.org. Features of the new site will include easier navigation (so you can find what you need), more detailed information (so the info you need is actually on the site), interactive contractor and affiliate locator maps (so more people can find you), searchable course schedules and more.
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Are you LinkedIn?

LinkedIn is a high-profile social networking site for professionals, and now there is a RESNET BPI – Energy Audit and Home Performance group. Come join the conversations on topics that range from job opportunities to marketing your business, from safety tips to how-tos and from program and industry news to where to take BPI CEUs. To join LinkedIn, visit www.linkedin.com. Already a LinkedIn member? Click here to see the BPI group profile and join the fun!


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Industry News

Energy Trust of Oregon wins big with Home Energy Makeover contest

Four Oregon homeowners got to transform their energy hog homes into lean, mean, money-saving machines this summer, thanks to Energy Trust of Oregon, the local Home Performance with ENERGY STAR® program sponsor.

More than 6,000 homeowners entered the contest. After interviewing 40 semi-finalists and evaluating the homes of 20 finalists, the four winners from Bend, Medford, Portland and Salem were chosen on June 15, 2009. Each winner will receive energy-saving home improvements valued at up to $25,000.

Visit www.HomeEnergyMakeoverOregon.org to meet the winners and hear their home performance stories.

DOE to Fund up to $454 Million for Retrofit Ramp-Ups in Energy Efficiency

On September 14, 2009, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced a new $454 million program designed to catalyze a nationwide energy upgrade that experts estimate could save $100 million annually in utility bills for households and businesses. The Recovery Act's "Retrofit Ramp-Up" program will pioneer innovative models for rolling out energy efficiency to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in a variety of communities. Much like past roll-outs for cable TV or the Internet, the Department of Energy (DOE) intends to create models that, when undertaken nationally, will save consumers billions of dollars on their utility bills and make the huge savings of energy efficiency available to everyone.

"Energy efficiency isn't just low-hanging fruit; it's fruit lying on the ground. We have the tools to reduce energy use at home and at work and to provide huge savings to families and businesses on their energy bills. But use of these technologies has been far too limited because we lack the simple and effective ways for people to access them," said Chu.

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Joe’s Marketing Corner


Let’s review some basics

I talk to home performance people wherever I go. Seems folks are still struggling with one fundamental question: how do we sell energy efficiency retrofits?

My simple answer (heck, my constant refrain for the last few decades): we don’t sell energy efficiency, we sell comfortCOMFORT! The energy efficiency is free!

Oh sure, we’ll getThere will always be a certain percentage of your some calls from a few people who understand that we all need to reduce our impact on the environment. Thanks to all the public attention on “gGreen” and the incentives floating around these days, we’ll get some calls from people whose primary motivation is lowering an inflated energy bill and luckily for us, that segment of the market is growing. Utility rates are likely to continue to rise as well. But most of the time – the vast majority of the time – we get the job because someone in the house is uncomfortable AND tired of paying for it.

As soon as we start trying to sell energy efficiency, someone asks the dreaded question: what’s the payback? But they never ask about the payback on the en suite bathroom, fancy kitchen, plasma screen TV, cozy new couch or wall-to-wall carpet. They make those purchases because they improve their comfort and convenience.

They don’t expect a payback. They don’t ask the sales clerk at the furniture store to whip out a computer and start modeling the savings they can expect on the new couch versus the old couch. They don’t care! They’re willing to pay almost anything! It’s more comfortable!

I’ve talked a lot in previous columns about finding the customer’s pain. Unfortunately there is no category for ‘comfort’ in the Yellow Pages™. Best we can do isSo, therefore, let’s try to think of every section to which a homeowner might turn to with a comfort problem and place an ad in all of them with COMFORT in big, bold type. When we build websites we need to make sure people searching for answers to their comfort problems on Google or Yahoo can find us too.

Now, where does energy efficiency fit into the sales pitch? It’s the rational justification, of course! A home performance retrofit is not alwaysrarely a cheap proposition, and it doesn’t have the same boast-to-your-friends aspect for most people as, say a new kitchen might. For the most part it’s invisible to the naked eye. For some reason, that can make it hard for some folks to understand what it is, exactly, that they’re buying with their dollar.

It has been said that the buying decision is an emotional one, and then the mind looks for a rational reason to justify the emotional decision that was made. Being able to justify the investment in their family’s comfort as “energy savings” makes a lot ofmost people feel better about the expense. That’s where the energy savings can help you close a deal. Be careful about getting too geeked-out about it, though. We all love our software – and we love to show our diagnostic toys to other people. Some homeowners want to see the energy modeling and really get into it. Most find the infrared camera fascinating. Others don’t have the time or inclination to get into that much detail. For them, just knowing that they can recoup their investment through energy savings in two years (or three, or four, or whatever) is enough to make them sign on the dotted line.

It’s easy to confuse and intimidate them with too much of the wizardry. Yes, we have a responsibility to educate the consumer about what we do and why it works. But we can keep it relatively high level unless they indicate they want more rationale and explanation. They don’t need to know about the physics behind air leakage, for example. They just need the logic-based basics: Sealing air leaks = no more drafts. Sealing air leaks = conditioned air stays inside. Sealing air leaks = comfort + energy savings. The exception might be the engineers, the technicians, and the bean-counters. They will let you know when it’s appropriate to go there, and you should be ready to explain the details if needed.

When For the rest, if we keep it simple and concentrate on selling comfort, we succeed more often. Stick to the basics and solve the customer’s pain, whatever it may be.
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Events

Remember: Online training courses are available at any time from Saturn Resource Management, Inc. and HVAC-R Education.net

Cooling Professional
begins October 15, 2009
Wisdom & Associates, Anchorage, AK
315-453-4409
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Cooling Professional
begins October 15, 2009
Wisdom & Associates, Anchorage, AK
315-453-4409
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Building Analyst Training/Mentoring
October 16, 2009
Virginia Home Performance, Richmond, VA
757-309-4786
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BPI Field Testing
Begins October 16, 2009
Accurate Rater Network (Independence, Missouri*Kansas City/Central USA)
816-224-5550
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Building Analyst Training
Begins October 19, 2009
CleanEdison, Everett WA, Everett Community College
888-513-3476
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Building Analyst Training
Begins October 19, 2009
CleanEdison, Morristown, NJ
888-513-3476
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Heating Professional
Begins October 19, 2009
Lee G. Peters Training Center, Liverpool, NY
315-453-4409
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Building Performance Analyst Training
Begins October 19, 2009
Atlas Efficiency Solutions, Salt Lake City, UT
888-410-6722
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BPI Certified Building Analyst 5-Day Classes
Begins October 19, 2009
Tandem Enterprises, San Antonio, TX
512-712-4028
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BPI Certified Building Analyst 5-Day Classes
Begins October 19, 2009
Tandem Enterprises, Portland, OR
512-712-4028
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Building Analyst Training
Begins October 19, 2009
CleanEdison, North Andover, MA, Northern Essex Community College
888-513-3476
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MCC - Building Analyst Training
Begins October 19, 2009
MCC Applied Technology Center, Rochester, NY
518-629-4111
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BCC - Envelope Professional Training
Begins October 19, 2009
BCC, St. John Street Education Center, Monticello, NY
607-778-5012
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Building Analyst
Begins October 19, 2009
Building Performance Engineering, Boone, NC
828-265-4888
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BPI Building Analyst Training
Begins October 19, 2009
EnergyLogic, Berthoud, CO
970-556-7194
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Building Analyst
Begins October 19, 2009
EAM Associates, Burlington County Community College, NJ
609-877-4520 x3021
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Building Analyst Professional Training
Begins October 20, 2009
Kingsborough Community College-Brooklyn, NY
718-289-5100 x.3733
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Right-suite UNIVERSAL 2-day session
10/20/09 - 10/21/09
Parsipanny, NJ
781-862-8719
Email Contact

NEAT Software - Beginner/Intermediate
10/21/09, 10/22/09, 11/11/09, 11/12/09
Lansing, MI
616-882-2311
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Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Training
October 21, 2009
Southface, Atalanta, GA
404-604-3613
Email Contact
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Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Training
Begins October 21, 2009
Southface, Atalanta, GA
404-604-3613
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AEA - Building Analyst Training
Begins October 21, 2009
Bronx Community College, NY
718-292-6733, x204
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Basic Blower Door
October 20 & 21, 2009
Wisdom & Associates, Fairbanks, AK
907-283-0629
Email Contact

Combustion Safety Testing
October 22, 2009
Wisdom & Associates, Fairbanks, AK
907-283-0629
Email Contact

Baltimore Profit w/ Home Performance Contracting
October 22, 2009
Columbia, MD
724-627-5200
Email Contact

BPI Building Analyst Training
Begins October 22, & 28-29, 2009
Southface, Atalanta, GA
404-604-3613
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BPI Building Analyst Written Exam
October 22, 2009
Wisdom & Associates, Fairbanks, AK
907-283-0629
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Building Analyst Training/Mentoring
October 23, 2009
Virginia Home Performance, Richmond, VA
757-309-4786
Email Contact
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Envelope Professional Training
Begins October 26, 2009
The Center for Energy Efficiency and Building Science, Melville, NY
518-629-4111
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Building Analyst 1 and Shell and Envelope
Begins October 26, 2009
Green Stamp, Waltham, MA
781-899-3618
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Building Analyst Training
Begins October 26, 2009
HVCC, Troy, NY
518-629-4111
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BPI Certified Building Analyst Training 5-Day Classes
Begins October 26, 2009
Tandem Enterprises, Seattle, WA
512-712-4028
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BPI Certified Building Analyst
1 Tandem Enterprises, Portland, OR
Begins October 26, 2009
512-712-4028

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BPI Certified Building Analyst 5-Day Classes
Begins October 26, 2009
Tandem Enterprises, Austin, TX
512-712-4028
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Building Analyst Professional Building Performance/Basic Auditor Training
Begins October 26, 2009
Energy Audits Unlimited, The Common Man Restaurant, Manchester, NH
603-617-2469
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Combustion Appliances Webinar
October 26, 2009
Online
607-277-6240 x280
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Building Analyst Training
Begins October 26, 2009
SENCON, Virginia Beach, VA
757-498-0100
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Building Analyst Training
Begins October 26, 2009
Westchester Community College Valhalla, NY
914-606-6658
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Building Analyst Certification
Begins October 26, 2009
101 Green Building Science Certification, Dallas, TX
866-247-7271
Email Contact
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The Codes-New & Green Technologies: Hot Topics from the Home Building Industry
October 27, 2009
Holiday Inn-Liverpool, NY
518-664-1308
Email Contact

OCM BOCES - Sales and Marketing Training
October 27, 2009
Lee G. Peters Training Center, Liverpool, NY
315-453-4409
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Building Analyst Training
Begins October 27, 2009
HVCC, Troy, NY
518-629-4111
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EnergyStar to Green: Going Blue Before You Go Green
October 27, 2009
Holiday Inn-Liverpool, NY
631-537-8734
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Builders, Buildings, and Building Sciences in the 21st Century
October 27, 2009
Holiday Inn-Liverpool, NY
315-382-1114
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Energy Code Update 2009: Coming Changes
October 27, 2009
Holiday Inn-Liverpool, NY
518-664-1308
Email Contact

EnergyStar to Green: Beyond EnergyStar
October 28, 2009
Holiday Inn-Liverpool, NY
631-537-8734
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EnergyStar to Green: The Future of Green Building
October 28, 2009
Holiday Inn-Liverpool, NY
631-537-8734
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EnergyStar® to Green
10/28/2009
Holiday Inn Liverpool
518-465-2492
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ECC - Building Analyst Training
Begins October 28, 2009
ECC City Campus, Buffalo, NY
716-851-1800
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Energy Retrofits for Houses: Affordable Comfort for Canadians Conference
October 28-29, 2009
Sheraton Toronto Airport Hotel & Conference Centre, Canada
416-489-5542
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Building Analyst Field Training/Mentoring
October 30, 2009
Virginia Home Performance, Richmond, VA
757-309-4786
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Building Analyst Certification
Begins November 2, 2009
101 Green Building Science, Austin, TX
866-247-7271
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Building Analyst
Begins November 2, 2009
Building Science Academy, Lansing, MI
616-887-2311
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BPI Building Analyst (BA1)
Begins November 2, 2009
Ithaca, NY
607-277-6240 x280
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Building Performance Workshop
Begins November 2, 2009
Green Dream Group, Chicago Center for Green Technology, Chicago, IL
773-271-5310
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Building Analyst Training
Begins November 2, 2009
CleanEdison, Jefferson College, Hillsboro, MO
888-513-3476
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Building Analyst Professional Training
Begins November 2, 2009
CACTUS, Miami, FL
786-389-8938
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BPI Building Analyst Written Exam
November 2, 2009
Wisdom & Associates, Anchorage, AK
907-283-0629
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Building Analyst Training
Begins November 2, 2009
CleanEdison, Stark State COT, North Canton, OH
888-513-3476
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BPI Certified Building Analyst 5-Day Classes
Begins November 2, 2009
1 Tandem Enterprises, Seattle, WA
512-712-4028
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BPI Certified Building Analyst 5-Day Classes
Begins November 2, 2009
1 Tandem Enterprises, Portland, OR
512-712-4028
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Envelope Professional Training
Begins November 2, 2009
Coastal Training Consultants, Charleston, SC
843-762-6316
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Building Science for Home Weatherization Course
Begins November 3, 2009
Accurate Rater Network (Independence, Missouri*Kansas City/Central USA)
816-224-5550
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BPI Building Analyst Practical Field Exam
November 3, 2009
Wisdom & Associates, Anchorage, AK
907-283-0629
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Advanced Blower Door
November 4 & 5, 2009
Wisdom & Associates, Anchorage, AK
907-283-0629
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RESNET/BPI Building Science Review and Test Proctoring Course Information
Begins November 4, 2009
Accurate Rater Network (Independence, Missouri*Kansas City/Central USA)
816-224-5550
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Envelope Professional Training
Begins November 5, 2009
Kingsborough Community College-Brooklyn, NY
718-289-5100 x.3733
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Earthcraft House Renovation
November 5, 2009
Southface-Atlanta, GA
404-604-3627
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Building Analyst Certification
Begins November 6, 2009
Champions School of Real Estate, Austin, TX
512-244-3545
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Charlottesville Profit w/ Home Performance Contracting
November 6, 2009
Charlottesville, VA
724-627-5200
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Home Energy Rating System Training
November 8-13, 2009
Southface-Atlanta, GA
404-604-3620
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Cooling Systems Webinar
November 9, 2009, noon EST
Online
607-277-6240 x280
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TREAT 101: Basic Intro to TREAT Software
November 9, 2009, noon EST
Ithaca, NY
607-277-6240 x280
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Building Performance Analyst Training
Begins November 9, 2009
Atlas Efficiency Solutions, Austin, TX
888-410-6722
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BPI Certified Building Analyst 5-Day Classes
Begins November 9, 2009
1 Tandem Enterprises, Seattle, WA
512-712-4028
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Building Analyst Training
Begins November 9, 2009
Building Performance Engineering, Boone, NC
828-265-4888
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BPI Certified Building Analyst 5-Day Classes
Begins November 9, 2009
1 Tandem Enterprises, Portland, OR
512-712-4028
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ECC - Envelope Professional Training
Begins November 9, 2009
ECC City Campus, Buffalo, NY
716-851-1800
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Blower Door - Beginner/Intermediate
11/9/09 - 11/10/09
Lansing, MI
616-882-2311
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Building Analyst Training
Begins November 9, 2009
CleanEdison, Green Mountain Technical & Career Center, Hyde Park, VT
888-513-3476
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BPI Building Analyst Training
Begins November 9, 2009
Accurate Rater Network (Independence, Missouri*Kansas City/Central USA)
816-224-5550
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Building Analyst Training
Begins November 9, 2009
The Center for Energy Efficiency and Building Science, Melville, NY
518-629-4111
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Building Analyst Training
Begins November 9, 2009
CleanEdison, Garden City Community College, Garden City, KS
888-513-3476
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Advanced Blower Door
November 9 & 10, 2009
Wisdom & Associates, Fairbanks, AK
907-283-0629
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EnergyStar to Green: Going Blue Before You Go Green
November 10, 2009
DoubleTree Hotel-Tarrytown, NY
631-537-8734
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TREAT 201: Advanced Single-Family TREAT Software
November 10, 2009
Ithaca, NY
607-277-6240 x280
Email Contact
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EnergyStar Labeled Homes Review
November 10, 2009
DoubleTree Hotel-Tarrytown, NY
914-847-0238


Email Contact

Energy Code Update 2009: Coming Changes
November 11, 2009
DoubleTree Hotel-Tarrytown, NY
518-664-1308
Email Contact

The Codes-New & Green Technologies: Hot Topics from the Home Building Industry
November 11, 2009
DoubleTree Hotel-Tarrytown, NY
518-664-1308
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EnergyStar to Green: Beyond EnergyStar
November 11, 2009
DoubleTree Hotel-Tarrytown, NY
631-537-8734
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Cost Effective Solar Heat and Hot Water
November 11, 2009
DoubleTree Hotel
845-266-3723
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BPI Building Analyst Training for HERS Raters
Begins November 11, 2009
Accurate Rater Network (Independence, Missouri*Kansas City/Central USA)
816-224-5550
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EnergyStar to Green: the Future of Green Building
November 11, 2009
DoubleTree Hotel, Tarrytown, NY
631-537-8734
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Building Analyst Training
Begins November 12, 2009
HVCC, Troy, NY
518-629-4111
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Advanced Duct Leakage
11/13/09
Lansing, MI
616-882-2311
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BPI Field Testing
Begins November 13, 2009
Accurate Rater Network (Independence, Missouri*Kansas City/Central USA)
816-224-5550
Email Contact
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Advanced Building Science
Begins November 14, 2009
Wisdom & Associates, Fairbanks, AK
907-283-0629
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BPI Certified Building Analyst 5-Day Classes
Begins November 16, 2009
1 Tandem Enterprises, Portland, OR
512-712-4028
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BPI Building Analyst & Envelope Professional Combo Training
Begins November 16, 2009
Coastal Training Consultants, Sleep Inn Lake Norman, Huntersville, NC
843-762-6316
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BPI Building Analyst 5-Day Classes
Begins November 16, 2009
1 Tandem Enterprises, Seattle, WA
512-712-4028
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Building Analyst for HERS Raters
Begins November 16, 2009
Building Performance Engineering, Boone, NC
828-265-4888
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Combustion Safety Testing
November 16, 2009
Wisdom & Associates, Kodiak, AK
907-283-0629
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Building Analyst Certification
Begins November 16, 2009
101 Green Building Science Certification, Houston, TX
866-247-7271
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BPI Building Analyst for HERS Raters Training
November 16-17, 2009
Southface, Atalanta, GA
404-604-3613
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Building Analyst Training
Begins November 17, 2009
Center for Energy Efficiency & Building Science, Binghamton, NY
607-778-5012
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Advanced Blower Door
November 17 & 18, 2009
Wisdom & Associates, Kodiak, AK
907-283-0629
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BPI Field Testing Procedure Review
November 20, 2009
Wisdom & Associates, Kodiak, AK
907-283-0629
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Building Analyst Training
Begins November 22, 2009
Center for Sustainable Energy at Bronx Community College
718-289-5100 x3733
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Building Analyst Training
Begins November 22, 2009
Center for Sustainable Energy at Bronx Community College
718-289-5100 x3733
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Distribution Systems Webinar
November 23, 2009, noon EST
Online
607-277-6240 x280
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Building Analyst Training
Begins November 24, 2009
HVCC, Troy, NY
518-629-4111
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Envelope Professional Training
Begins November 30, 2009
HVCC, Troy, NY
518-629-4111
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BPI Certified Building Analyst 5-Day Classes
Begins November 30, 2009
1 Tandem Enterprises, San Antonio, TX
512-712-4028
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BPI Certified Building Analyst 5-Day Classes
Begins November 30, 2009
1 Tandem Enterprises, Austin, TX
512-712-4028
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Envelope Professional Traiing
Begins November 30, 2009
Center for Energy Efficiency & Building Science, Binghamton, NY
607-778-5012
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Envelope Professional Training
Begins November 30, 2009
Westchester Community College Valhalla, NY
914-606-6658
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Building Analyst
Begins November 30, 2009
Building Science Academy, Detroit, MI
616-887-2311
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BPI Certified Building Analyst 5-Day Classes
Begins November 30, 2009
1 Tandem Enterprises, Dallas/FW, TX
512-712-4028
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Envelope Professional Training
Begins November 30, 2009
The Center for Energy Efficiency and Building Science, Melville, NY
518-629-4111
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