Live Webinars
Join BPI’s live webinars to explore the latest in building science, energy efficiency, healthy housing, and industry best practices. Hosted by experts and designed for professionals, our webinars offer practical insights, real-world examples, and continuing education opportunities.
Please note that a small registration fee applies to some webinars for participants who are not GoldStar Contractors or BPI Test Centers. Be sure to review each webinar description for details. All webinars qualify for 1 BPI CEU.
Upcoming Webinars
May
26
Developing & Selecting Your Successor: Succession Planning Part 2
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
3:00 PM EST
This session focuses on the development and selection of your successor - whether that person comes from within your family, your leadership team, or outside the organization. You’ll explore how delegation shapes leadership readiness, how communication styles influence transition success, and how to evaluate whether your team is truly prepared to carry the company forward.
By the end of the session, you’ll have practical tools to clarify your options, strengthen your bench, and make more confident decisions about who is ready to lead your business into its next chapter.
Learning Objectives:
- Evaluate potential successors based on leadership readiness, delegation capacity, and organizational fit
- Analyze how communication styles and family dynamics influence succession outcomes
- Apply the five levels of delegation and 10 basics of delegation to your strategy
Bill Kinnard is the President of Grandy and Associates. He has over 30 years of experience in Business Training, HVAC Sales, Service Management, Sales Management and Customer Service. He has worked with companies both large and small and has a unique ability to connect with people. He is an individual with a real passion for teaching contractors to better understand their businesses and help their employees become superior performers.
June
09
Show Up Strong: The Professional Habits That Make You Stand Out at Work
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
3:00 PM EST
Learning Objectives:
- Identify key behaviors and habits that define professionalism on the job site
- Demonstrate how reliability, preparation, and accountability impact job quality and trust
- Apply strategies to improve organization, time management, and daily work habits
- Strengthen customer-facing conduct to enhance communication, respect, and professionalism
Chris DeVany is the founder and president of Pinnacle Performance Improvement Worldwide, a firm which focuses on management and organization development. Pinnacle’s clients include government agencies from the United States, the Royal Government of Saudi Arabia, Canada, Cayman Islands, global organizations such as Visa International, Cadence Design Systems, Coca Cola, Sprint, Microsoft, Aviva Insurance, Schlumberger and over 500 other organizations in 22 countries. His book 90 Days to a High-Performance Team, published by McGraw Hill, is helping thousands of executives, managers and team leaders improve performance.
June
23
The Harmonic Team
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
3:00 PM EST
During this webinar, we’ll look at how teams can move away from “Analog Noise” characterized by gossip, confusion, inconsistent expectations, and micromanagement, toward a state of 60Hz Resonance where work feels weightless and results are predictable.
Using the “Tesla vs. Edison” leadership model, this webinar will explore the difference between reactive management and scalable systems that empower the people doing the work. Attendees will also be introduced to the 18 Management Imperatives designed to strengthen communication, improve consistency, and support long-term team success.
Whether you lead a contracting company, nonprofit, or corporate team, this session offers practical ideas for creating stronger systems, reducing friction, and building a healthier, more sustainable workplace culture.
Learning Objectives:
- Explore how Edison and Tesla set the foundation for management physics that will assure a Harmonic Team
- Identify the 18 Management Imperatives that support a stronger and more harmonic team
- Gain skills to help team members accomplish a state of “Flow” where a hour seems as though it were 10 minutes
John Tooley is an award-winning Home Performance and Energy Efficiency Expert who has been involved in the building science world for 40 years. He has been honored with some of the most coveted awards in our industry receiving the EEBA Joule Award for Excellence in Advancing Energy Efficiency in 2006 and being inducted into the Building Performance Institute's Hall of Fame for lifetime commitment and dedication to the Home Performance Industry. He was the 2013 recipient of the Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry.
July
14
Heat Pump Water Heaters from Conventional Homes to Smaller Spaces: Split Systems are the Future
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
3:00 PM EST
This webinar explores how heat pump water heaters actually work, the practical problems created by integrated tower designs, and why split systems are rapidly becoming a practical solution for contractors and homeowners across single-family, manufactured, multi-family, and ADU applications. You’ll see performance comparisons, real-world efficiency data, and clear guidance on when and why to consider split systems.
Get ready to move beyond the limitations of tower units and deliver better hot water solutions that prioritize customer comfort and long-term satisfaction.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify where split-system heat pump water heaters can provide advantages for contractors and homeowners
- Compare the advantages of splits over unitary towers
- Evaluate the potential energy savings and efficiency improvements offered by split-system heat pump water heaters
Rod Williams was born in Australia and is currently the President of Eco-logical. After completing his commerce studies, he left home to see the world at age twenty-three. His first overseas trip saw him catch the Trans-Siberian railroad across Russia which excited him for more adventure.
He has lived and worked in Australia, France, Switzerland, London and Newburyport Massachusetts and conducted business in forty countries during his business development career. He has always had a keen interest in history and what makes people tick in each of those societies.
During the last 15 years he has worked in the energy efficiency and electrification industry whilst living in Santa Cruz California with his wife Sheila and youngest daughter, Sophie. He considers himself bi-coastal, but in his case, meaning West Coast USA and East Coast Australia.
July
28
Preparing Your Business: Succession Planning Part 3
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
3:00 PM EST
This session focuses on what it takes to prepare your business for long-term success. You’ll explore how to build stronger business acumen within your team, interpret key financial ratios, and position your company for a stronger valuation.
By the end of the session, you’ll have a clearer roadmap for strengthening both leadership capability and financial health so your company is truly ready for its next chapter.
Learning Objectives:
- Preparing your successor for business leadership
- Interpret key financial ratios and their relationship to company performance and valuation
- Compare strategies for business valuation and methods for extracting value from the company
Bill Kinnard is the President of Grandy and Associates. He has over 30 years of experience in Business Training, HVAC Sales, Service Management, Sales Management and Customer Service. He has worked with companies both large and small and has a unique ability to connect with people. He is an individual with a real passion for teaching contractors to better understand their businesses and help their employees become superior performers.
