Course Description: This Building Science Principles, formerly Introduction to Weatherization and Building Science, course is a 1-day training designed to introduce weatherization and building science principles. Students will participate in classroom instruction referencing the Building Performance Institute’s Building Science Principles Reference Guide. Resources: BPI Building Science Principles Guide – ($$) NREL Standard Work Specifications Course Content […]

Course Description: This in-person Intro to Home Energy Auditing course is a 1- day (6 hour) training designed to instruct and guide students through the comprehensive process of a weatherization audit. Pre-visit, home visit, and post visit procedures and documentation will be both discussed and practiced on BPC test houses. The class will use individual […]

This in-person course is centered around the BPI Healthy Housing Principles certificate. Students who successfully complete the course will learn how to evaluate residential structures, recognize hazards to human health, and advise occupants on ways to potentially improve health outcomes in their home environment. The class is appropriate for students with intermediate experience in the weatherization […]

8 Keys to Bring Every Project in on Time and on Budget If project management is giving you a headache, this webinar is the prescription! Here you will receive the tools, techniques and best practices to bring projects in on time and on budget. We’ll identify key project challenges and best practices to solve them. […]

*This online event will be live streamed on Zoom and you will be enrolled in a Moodle Learning Management System (LMS). After registration, a link to the Zoom event, as well as a link to the Moodle LMS, will be emailed to you approximately one week prior to training start date. This ONLINE Energy Auditor […]

Instructors Javier Montalbo - PGE Host CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

Join us on Zoom for this informative and FREE webinar series on mobile home weatherization. March 27: Introduction to Mobile Home Weatherization April 24: Insulating Walls May 15: Insulating Bellies June 26: Insulating Roofs 

Instructors Javier Montalbo - PGE Host CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

Live training with Bruce Manclark will teach HVAC technicians how to commission heat pumps according to PTCS specifications. This is an in-person class at the Benton REA West Richland office. To register call (800) 941-3867 or email ResHVAC@bpa.gov.

Participants in this class will learn to be the ultimate air leakage sleuths by practicing pro-level skills for balancing heating systems, solving air leakage mysteries, and avoiding combustion. This will be an intensive 2.5 days of manometer mayhem that will help participants perform audits, lead crews, and do Quality Control Inspector (QCI) inspections at a […]