Home Energy Audit Training Courses
For BPI Certification
Home Energy Audit Training Courses
For BPI Certification
Why Choose the “Training for BPI Certification"?With the "Training for BPI Certification", you get permium training course to prepare you to take the BPI Building Analyst certification test (written and field exam). You would choose this option for: 1) Getting started now. This option gives you the online learning so you can start immediatley training for BPI Certification; 2) Training. You know you want to pursue the BPI Building Analyst Certificaiton. 3) Targeting Rebates and Incentives. If you have a local incentive you are trying to compete for, odds are BPI certification will get you there. (Note – not the same package as “Home Turn-Key” Home "Turn-Key" has Denby Energy "Pro" Package included.) |
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Training for the BPI Building Analyst Certification – Home Audit Training |
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You get the full Training Course to prepare you for the BPI Building Analyst Certification exams. The course is an online course available 24/7 for the best learning around. Also, you will receive a hard copy of the Residential Energy Book. All the testing fees necesary for BPI written and field certification tests are included in this price.
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Why Energy Audit Training Courses For BPI Certification?
There are three main reasons people choose BPI Certification.
| 1) They want to use BPI Certification to inspect existing homes. 2) They want to do retrofit work (remodel existing homes). A number of the BPI certified energy auditors are contractors that focus on retrofit work. 3) They want to qualify for State or local incentive programs. The BPI organization has spent a lot of time lobbying for acceptance by government programs and drafting legislation to have their standards used as a basis for home energy auditing verification. |
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BPI and RESNET do not offer Commercial Energy Audit Training. They focus on Home only. Click here to learn about adding Commercial to your BPI training with Denby Energy’s exclusive Level 1 and Level 2 Commercial Energy Audit Training and Certification Courses.
The Training
Training for the BPI certification has 3 parts.
First, there is the learning part.
This can be done in a classroom or through online training. We chose online training because it has a tremendous advantage over classroom training. It delivers better test results and it results in better long-term comprehension. In other words, during a typical “classroom” training, you will get a ton of information dumped on you in a very short period of time.
The result is a lot of that information is lost. You may remember enough to get through the test, but long term memory in such classroom sessions is difficult.
Online learning is key. It allows you to review the materials. It allows you to take your time to get the information down where you really know it. If you wake up the next day and can’t remember whether it was 30 or 50 pascals for the blower door testing, you simply rewind the online learning and review. This process makes
learning easy, fast and permanent.
This course provides all the training necessary to become certified as BPI Building Analyst Professional.
The Home Energy Audit Training course for BPI package includes:
– Access to the exclusive Online e-Learning Training Course. 24-hours of e-Learning Modules with a video instructor
– 90-min Energy Audit Training & Field Exam Prep DVD
– 1-day of Onsite Hands-On Field Training
– The Residential Energy textbook by Krigger and Dorsi – mailed to you so you have a hard-copy for learning and taking notes.
– Course Study Guides that help you prepare for and study better.
- Practice Exam Questions to make the exam easier.
- The BPI Building Analyst Written Exam
– The BPI Building Analyst Practical Field Exam
Second, there is the written examination part.
You must sit for a written exam (computer based) in the presence of a BPI certified proctor. When you take your training with us, you will have access to the 9 different training locations across the United States to take your written exam.
so you can ask your proctor questions and get last minute advice before starting your test.
Third, is the Field Exam.
To get BPI certification, you are required to take and pass a live field exam. The Field Exam included with this package provides you with a full day training and overview using the actual blower doors, combustion analyzers and other tools that you will use in the exam. (You do not need tools to take the field exam, all tools will be provided for you).
The field exam is a 2 hour exam, with a BPI Proctor monitoring you and grading your performance. You will perform an actual audit, focusing the majority of your time on combusion analysis and combustion zone depressurization testing and CO testing using the tools provided for the exam. (You will need your own tools for doing your own audits, and we sell those as well. Click here to visit our tools page. If you want to purchase your tools and bring them to the field exam, you can do that and the instructors will help you get familiar with your new tools).
When you take your training with us, you will have access to our 9 separate training locations across the United States to take your Field Exam.
What if I don’t pass the written or field exam?
If you fail to pass your certification exam, for any reason, you can retake the online course curriculum at no additional charge until you achieve a passing grade. (You will need to pay for the re-testing fees to BPI and the Proctor fees. Your first written and field testing fees are included in this package price.)
With our exclusive online learning, there is a 90+% pass rate, so you are in good hands.
What’s the Difference between BPI, RESNET and Denby
This quick chart will help you see some of the major differences
| Program | Training Level | Tools | Pricing | Continued Learning |
| Denby Energy Home Energy Audit Training Course | Denby Energy is a Level 1 home energy audit training focused on significant energy efficiency improvements without the big ticket costs. | You can use them if you want, but they are not required. | Denby Energy programs start as low as $397. | Opportunity for continued learning. |
| Training for BPI Building Analyst. | Level 2 Training. It is a “Tool based” training, which means you need tools to complete an audit under the BPI protocols. | Tools start at just under $5,000 and go up from there. | Training for the BPI certification starts at $1,797. | Opportunity for continued learning. |
| Training for RESNET- Home Energy Survey Professional (HESP) | Level 2 Training. It is a “Tool based” training, which means you need tools to complete an audit under the RESNET protocols. | Tools start at just under $5,000 and go up from there. | Training for the RESNET certification starts at $500. | Opportunity for continued learning. |
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Certification is Important
BPI Certification is one of the most recognized certifications in the Energy Audit profession. To get the certification, you need to first pass the written exam, then pass the field exam.
The two exams can be taken as separate times. Generally, you have up to 1 year after passing the written exam to take and pass the field exam.
Failure to pass the written or field exam means you must retest. Each time you retest you must pay the written and field exam fees to both the proctor for their time to proctor your test and to BPI for the certifciation process.
You will recevie a written assessment of your written exam and of your field exam from BPI. If you pass, you will be provided with a BPI certification for your specialty you chose. Most people start with the BPI Building Analyst then go on to take the Building Envelope course.
Do I Need To Be Certified?
Short answer. Depends.
(YES). If you want to perform audits that require BPI diagnostic results as proof of before and after energy use, then yes. There are a number of state and local incentives that use the BPI energy audit as the threshold.
(NO). If you want to perform energy audits that do not require the BPI diagnostics, then you do not need the BPI certification.
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Training for BPI Building Analyst Online Training Platform
We have an industry leading online training platform to teach you exactly what you need to know to take and pass the BPI Building Analyst Certification exams.
Course Description
This course provides all the training necessary to become certified as BPI Building Analyst Professional.
The course package includes:
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24-hours of Self-paced e-Learning Modules with a video instructor
(includes RESNET HESP curriculum) - 90-min Energy Audit Training & Field Exam Prep DVD
- 1-day of Onsite Hands-On Field Training
- The Residential Energy textbook by Krigger and Dorsi
- Course Study Guide with Practice Exam Questions
- The BPI Building Analyst Written Exam
- The BPI Building Analyst Practical Field Exam
Course Topics Include:
- BPI Building Evaluation Standards
- Heat loss and savings calculations
- Step-by-step energy audit & diagnostic procedures:
- Worst-case depressurization test
- Combustion appliance evaluation
- Blower door tests
- Duct leakage evaluation
- Developing and prioritizing a retrofit work scope.
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You Get All of ThisTraining for BPI Building Analyst CertificationFor Only $1,797 |
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Includes everything in the “Training for BPI” Package such as On-Line learning, certification fees, and more PLUS!