BPI Building Analyst Flex Course
To allow you to minimize the time spent away from work, CleanEdison is now offering the ultimate in flexible scheduling for achieving your Building Performance Institute (BPI) Certification in the Building Analyst. This live flex course includes a webinar, hosted by CleanEdison’s top instructors for each topic, which takes place two hours a day on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, either during the workday or in the evening. You can choose whether to sign up for the online portion by itself, or the entire course package of webinar, field training, and testing, below.
If you have conflicts with any of the live broadcast schedule, you will be able to access the recorded seminar any time after noon the day after it is broadcast, and those recorded sessions will remain accessible for the remainder of the course.
Like the in-class course, through the webinar, you will gain a solid understanding of the basic principles of building science, enabling you to assess energy efficiency in a home while also monitoring conditions that have a direct impact on human health and safety. The live online format will allow you to ask questions in real time, as well as to engage in discussion with your fellow students.
An energy auditor with BPI certification gives homeowners peace of mind through the knowledge that the professional meets the national standards of the Building Performance Institute, the most quickly growing industry credential in Residential Energy Performance.
- Learn basic principles of building science & 'house-as-a-system' approach
- Learn how to use a blower door fan & other diagnostic equipments
- Help homeowners save money on their energy bill
- Train to become a certified BPI professional, from the comfort of your own home for learning the concepts, and with hands-on field training for putting the concepts in action
Don’t delay! Classes are filling up fast. Sign up for our BPI Flex course today.
Why?
BPI Standards have been crafted with one important fact in mind: The house is a system and everything is connected. The relationship between all interconnected systems of the house is the key to its overall performance, efficiency, and durability. Moreover, home performance is essential to the health, safety, and comfort of occupants. Certified BPI professionals are trained to quickly target, diagnose, and solve household performance problems such as mold, mildew, ice dams, drafts, and high utility bills to name a few.
Who?
- HERS Raters
- Home Inspectors
- HVAC Professionals
- Insulation Professionals
- General Contractors
- Home Builders
- Engineers
- Architects
Results
Becoming a BPI Building Analyst can be both expensive and time consuming. Our programs are designed to get you through the process quickly and easily.
We are so confident that you'll pass your BPI Building Analyst exam after taking our course that we'll let you retake our course as many times as you need to until you earn your accreditation.
Repeat testing fees of $250 for the written exam and $495 for the field exam are not included with the guarantee.
Includes
Depending on the option of webinar package you choose, you will receive some or all of the following materials:
- Pre-course study material
- Quizzes and one complete practice exam
- 16 hours of live webinar, accessible the day after broadcast and for the remainder of the course
- Hard copies of course materials – slides, BPI standards, and study guide
- CleanEdison best-in-class curriculum
- 16 hours of live webinar, accessible the day after broadcast and for the remainder of the course
- Online forum discussion with your fellow course attendees and an expert moderator
- 8 hours of hands-on field training to cement the classroom concepts (only included in some of the options below)
- BPI Building Analyst 2-hour proctored written exam and written exam fee (included where specified below)
- BPI Building Analyst 2-hour one-on-one proctored field exam and field exam fee (included where specified below)
Prerequisites
While there are no prerequisites for our BPI Building Analyst course, we find that this course is best suited for those individuals who have a background in residential construction, contracting or inspection industries. High school level math is also recommended. If for any reason you need a little more study time or practice in the field, you may make arrangements to take the written and/or field test at our next area course. A laptop with internet access is required for written testing on Thursday.
Testimonials
I would like to thank CleanEdison for all of your help and support. I completed the Building Analyst and Envelope Professional courses and passed both of the exams and field test. Our instructor was fantastic. He has the unique ability to take the theory of Building Science and explain it in simple to understand terms. I would highly recommend CleanEdison.
- M. Nachurski -Morristown, NJ
Syllabus
The BPI Building Analyst course is the first step to becoming a professional energy auditor. CleanEdison's course covers the following topics designed to help you understand energy efficient home analysis topics:
WEBINAR PORTION- Principles of Energy and Building Science
- The Energy Audit Process
- Building Shell and Thermal Envelope
- Airflow Basics
- Moisture Management
- Air Quality
- Combustion Safety and CO Monitoring
- Building Systems: HVAC, Lighting, Appliances, and DHW
- Diagnosing Common Building Problems
- Blower Door Testing
- Combustion Testing and Safety
CleanEdison's BPI Building Analyst Field Training applies the fundamental principles learned in the classroom to an actual residential home. The training will have a large focus on Combustion Appliance Zone testing due to its importance with maintaining the health of the housing occupants. You will go on location and be taught how to identify common residential problems and learn to use the following equipment:
FIELD PORTION EQUIPMENT- Blower door
- Ambient Carbon Monoxide detector
- Manometer
- Natural gas detector
- Flue gas detector
Last Updated: Monday, May 21 2012 04:16
