Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve written about why a home energy auditor would want to get a BPI certification, and how to become bpi certified. In this post, we’ll get a little more specific about what you can expect in the BPI Building Analyst Course.
The BPI Building Analyst Course
The BPI course will take you through all of their specific building evaluation standards as they differ somewhat from those of RESNET. The course will also guide you through the procedures that a BPI Building Analyst has to perform including heat loss and savings calculations, writing the appropriate reports, how to detail retrofit requirements, and other home energy audit procedures.
The course consists of a 6 our online learning module that teaches the theory portion, a 90 minutes Energy Audit Training video, and a field training portion that will give you hands on experience performing the tasks of an energy auditor.
Also as a part of the course, you will receive a course study guide, the energy audit training video mentioned above, a technical resources guide, and a data collection form. It is also recommended that you purchase the textbook “Residential Energy” by Krigger and Dorsi to aid your studies for the BPI exam.
The RESNET Level 2 course also has a field training portion, so if you would like to take these 2 courses simultaneously, you would only have to complete the field training once to count towards both certifications. For more information about the BPI accreditation or to sign up for a course right now, visit the BPI Building Analyst Certification Course page on the Home Energy Team Institute site.