Are you a builder or contractor interested in adding home performance contracting services to your business? Home Energy Partners has developed a new course that will provide you with the knowledge you need to provide your clients with energy efficiency and performance upgrades to their homes.
You might be asking how big of an opportunity is home performance contracting? Take a look at the US housing stock and you will see there is a clearly an opportunity. The DOE Buildings Energy Data Book states that houses built before 1990 account for 76% of the total US housing stock. As we know, with rare exceptions older homes use more energy than homes being built to modern code. They also tend to have more safety and indoor air quality issues. Home performance contracting can provide the answers your homeowners are looking for.
HVAC Contractors and builders are perfectly placed to provide this service to their clients. Armed with an understanding of building science, high performance HVAC you can make a significant impact on a homes energy consumption. According to the DOE, 72% of a homes energy consumption comes from space heating and cooling and water heating. This translates into big opportunity for HVAC contractors who can also oversee implementation of building envelope improvements. Home Energy Partners Introduction to Home Performance Contracting Training will show you:
- Why your customers want these service and are looking for qualified contractors
- The importance of home performance contracting and why it is needed
- The basic building science principles and practices
- Building envelope practices that you will need to make a high performance home
- Lighting and water heating strategies
- High performance HVAC practices, equipment, and installation techniques
- How to complete and energy audit
- How to prepare a verifiable scope of work to make any home a high performance home
With our advanced training you will also learn:
- How to setup and use blower door and duct testing equipment
- The differences between the two main manufactures of leakage testing equipment – Retrotec and The Energy Conservatory
- How to understand and interpret the results of the blower door and duct leakage test