Length: 5 Days, 35 hours

Experience Level: All Levels

Class limit: 12

Price: $1,700/pp (fee includes book and exam)

BPI CEUs: n/a

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.

Length: 5 Days, 35 hours

Experience Level: Entry Level to Advanced

Class limit: 15

Price: $1,595/pp

BPI CEUs: 17

Prerequisites: BSP Certification

This five (5) day training is a continuation of Building Science Principles, giving students the fundamentals to complete a complete home assessment. Students will learn:

• Home As A System

• Blower Door Testing

• Health & Safety Diagnostics

• Energy Auditor’s Toolbox

• Indoor Air Quality

• Ventilation

• Blower Door Basics

• Zonal Pressure Diagnostics

• Infrared Camera Usage

• Thermal & Pressure Boundaries

• Retrofit Strategies

This class is designed for those individuals that will be working in the Low-Income Network primarily under the DOE WAP Program and those who may start out in the Utility Programs with plans to move to DOE WAP. This class will have extensive time in the lab area practicing different testing procedures of the program, while using the facility’s props. No tools are needed other than a notebook, flashlight, clipboard, and tape measure. Additional textbook reading will be assigned with a written test at the conclusion of the week.

Length: 5 Days, 35 hours

Experience Level: Beginner

Class limit: 15

Price: $550/pp

BPI CEUs: 17

This training will consist of a review of previous sessions, practice of diagnostic testing and additional DOE WAP Program requirements (Priority List Training & Intro to NEAT). On days 3 & 4 students will be tested for their knowledge of using equipment in Building Diagnostics that include:

• Worst Case Combustion Appliance Zone Testing

• Combustion Efficiency Testing

• Blower Door Testing and Zonal Pressure Diagnostics.

The final day will consist of a written test. Upon completion and passing of all tests the students will receive their Massachusetts DHCD/DOE WAP Certification. The only other requirements needed will be the following safety trainings: LEAD RRP, OSHA-10 & OSHA Confined Space. No tools are needed other than a notebook, flashlight, clipboard, and tape measure.

Certificate will be issued upon course completion.

EOHLC Approved curriculum.