Thank you for your interest in the Energy Auditor and Quality Control Inspector Pilot. The pilot exam period is now over. Please see the Energy Auditor and Quality Control Inspector webpages for information relevant to the new exams.
What's New in the Updated Certifications?
BPI Home Energy Professional certifications are reviewed every 5-7 years to stay current with industry best practices and ensure the exams reflect changes in job expectations, the updated job task analysis, and to improve accessibility. Changes to the exams have been finalized and the updated exams will replace the ones currently available. Updated exams launched on February 28th, replacing the current versions.
Key changes include:
- Certification cycle extended from 3 to 5 years.
- Streamlined prerequisites for Energy Auditor certification.
- New CEU requirements:
- EA: 30 CEUs over 5 years (was 24 over 3 years)
- QCI: 6 CEUs remains unchanged
- 1 hour = 1 CEU standard applied across both.
- Exams aligned with updated schemes and improved questions.
- Revised gated items in field exams (must-pass tasks).
- Exams now available in Spanish.
Anyone currently EA certified or who has already received approval to take the EA exams, does not need to reapply. Their previous approval will still count for the new exams.
EA and QCI Pilot exam results are now available in the BPI portal for all candidates who participated in pilot testing. Please login to your BPI portal to view your results. Certifications that were earned or renewed through the pilot exams will be updated in portals by March 10th. Passing scores for the pilot exams are listed below:
QCI written: 72%
EA written: 75%
EA field: 83% and must successfully complete each gated task
Quick Links
- Energy Auditor Pilot Scheme Handbook
- Energy Auditor Pilot Field Guide
- Spanish Energy Auditor Pilot Field Guide
- Análisis de Tareas del Auditor Energético
- Análisis de Tareas del Inspector de Control de Calidad
- Energy Auditor Field Guide Comparison: 2019 to 2025
- Energy Auditor Job Task Analysis
- QCI Pilot Scheme Handbook
- QCI Job Task Analysis
- Redline Changes to the Job Task Analyses
Introducing the 5 Year
Recertification Cycle
The certification cycle has been extended from 3 to 5 years.
