Building Performance Institute (BPI) Training Courses
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Building Science Principles
Length: 5 Days, 35 hours
Experience Level: All Levels
Class limit: 12
Price: $1,700/pp (fee includes book and exam)
As the first step toward earning your BA-T and BA-P, BSP provides a foundation in Building Science. You’ll learn how applying science to residential building practices has transformed how we build to improve occupant health, building structural integrity, comfort, and saving energy.
You’ll learn how the many components of a home interact as we explore how the building is affected by heat transfer, air flow, and moisture transport.
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Building Analyst - Technician
Length: 5 Days, 35 hours
Experience Level: All Levels
Class limit: 10
Price: $1,700/pp (price includes exam fee)
Prerequisites: Building Science Principles Certificate
In this course, you’ll apply your knowledge of building science principles to conduct comprehensive energy audits of single-family homes. Training includes data collection, combustion safety, HVAC systems, blower door diagnostics, indoor air quality and baseload assessment. This certificate satisfies most utility-funded weatherization programs.
BPI’s Building Analyst Technician Certification
BPI’s Certification Scheme Handbook
Job Task Analysis
Field Test
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Building Analyst - Professional
Length: 5 Days, 35 hours
Experience Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Class limit: 12
Price: $1,700/pp (price includes exam fee)
Prerequisites: BA-T Certification
In this course you’ll complete Building Analyst training by learning how to manage the information you collected from the site visit to develop a comprehensive Energy Audit Report with a list of prioritized home performance recommendations. This includes compiling and analyzing all the appropriate building components and system efficiencies in an energy savings model.
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Energy Auditor Exam Prep
Length: 5 Days/35 hours
Experience Level: Advanced (time in field requirements apply – see BPI link below)
Class limit: 8
Price: $1,595/pp
BPI CEUs: 17
Prerequisites: BPI Prerequisites, BPI Approval Letter
The course will provide experienced weatherization workers with knowledge and skills to advance in their careers, and to prepare them for the BPI Energy Auditor Exam. This course is designed for someone who has extensive field experience and is looking to further their Energy Auditor credentials.
Topics covered in this course includes:
House as a System
Energy Movement
Calculating Envelope Energy Loss
The curriculum for this course is aligned with the NREL Job Task Analyses (JTAs). This training session is primarily in class with additional technical training in advanced blower door diagnostics, a review of current installation methodologies and combustion safety instruction.
This course is aligned with the NREL Job Task Analysis for Energy Auditor
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Energy Auditor Introduction & Exam Prep
Length: 10 Days, 70 hours
Experience Level: Entry Level (time in field requirements apply – see BPI link below)
Class limit: 8
Price: $2,595/pp
BPI CEUs: 34
Prerequisites: BPI Prerequisites, BPI Approval Letter
The course will provide inexperienced weatherization workers with knowledge and skills to advance in their careers, and to prepare them for the BPI Energy Auditor Exam. This course is designed for someone looking to get their Energy Auditor credentials for the first time.
Topics covered in this course includes:
House as a System
Energy Movement
Calculating Envelope Energy Loss
The curriculum for this course is aligned with the NREL Job Task Analyses (JTAs). This training session is primarily in class with additional technical training in advanced blower door diagnostics, a review of current installation methodologies and combustion safety instruction.
This course is aligned with the NREL Job Task Analysis for Energy Auditor.
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Quality Control Inspector
Length: 5 hours
Experience Level: Advanced
Class limit: 9
Price: $350/pp
BPI CEUs: 2. 5
Quality Control Inspector training will provide weatherization workers with expanded knowledge of weatherization. The training will help individuals understand how:
QC ensures completion of work performed according to specifications and standards
Perform safety and diagnostic tests
Record and report findings
How to deal with corrective actions based upon the building audit
This training is held in the classroom and with hands-on activities in the lab conducting diagnostic testing with IR infrared thermal imaging devices.
This course is aligned with the NREL Job Task Analysis for Quality Control Inspector.