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Blower Door – Beyond The Basics | March 2, 2016

As a Home Performance Contractor, you strive to bring building science and home comfort together to provide an outstanding experience for your customers.  Leveraging your equipment to solve complex housing design issues is one of the best ways to provide comprehensive solutions to increase the comfort and efficiency.  This month we will look at the best tool in your toolbox to achieve this mission, your blower door.

This month’s technical webinar will dive deeper into this fundamental piece of diagnostic equipment that is commonly used on a daily basis.

Topics to be covered will include the following:

  • Blower door technology and the future
  • Using your blower door with additional equipment like IR and smoke
  • Home configuration and zonal pressure
  • Blower door for internal quality assurance
  • Using the blower door to drive sales

Earl Hicks, Senior Technical Analyst, and Ryan Moore, Senior Account Manager, from CLEAResult presented this training.

Click here to download a PDF of the deck slide from this presentation.

This webinar was previously presented live. It does not qualify for BPI CEUs. Check the Events Calendar for upcoming events.

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BPI-1200 Implementation in the HPwES Program | January 30, 2016

With a focus on combustion safety, and new equipment that will lead to a more efficient combustible gas detection and fan flow measurements, this hands on presentation will focus on the differences between this new standard and BPI’s “legacy” standards.  The training was held at Bruni and Campisi’s Training Room in Elmsford, NY. No recording is available.

Topics covered in the BPI-1200 Implementation in the HPwES Program presentation included:

  • BPI-1200 Highlights of Key Changes
  • ASHRAE 62.2-2013
  • Implementation in HPwES Program
    • Timeline
    • MIG Revisions & Feedback
    • Quality Assurance Inspections
  • Clearing Up Misconceptions

Peter Hoke, Senior Account Manager, Lea Campbell, Contractor Support and Response Manager, and Earl Hicks, Sr. Technical Analyst, from CLEAResult presented this training.

Click here to download a PDF of the deck slide from this presentation.

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Best Business Practices in Home Performance Contracting | January 20, 2016

In this webinar we will review and share some of the most successful strategies being used today and focus on how you can implement these practices to be more efficient and more profitable.

With feedback from customers and contractors alike we have highlighted some of the best ways to help create a successful home performance business. Even the most successful contractors will be able to take away at least one thing they can implement in 2016.

Topics to be covered will include the following:

  • Managing Processes from Customer Intake to Payment
  • Workmanship and Professionalism
  • Contracts and Sub-Contracting
  • Customer Service
  • Dispute Resolution

Ryan Moore, Senior Account Manager and Lea Campbell, Contractor Support and Response Manager, from CLEAResult presented this training.

Click here to download a PDF of the deck slide from this presentation.

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BPI 1200 & ASHRAE Standards | December 16, 2015

As the Home Performance industry matures so does the standards that drive it. BPI and ASHRAE have updated standards the HPwES Program is based on and these changes will have an impact on both the way you interact with your customers and their homes.

With the introduction of the BPI 1200 Standard Practice for Basic Analysis of Buildings, it is important to identify the major differences from the soon-to-be retired BPI Building Analysis Standard and how it affects the way you test buildings and provide recommendations. The BPI 1200 Standard incorporates ASHRAE’s 62.2-2013 Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings Standard which modifies the way air-tightness is considered.

These Standards will become effective January 1, 2016. Our goal is to make sure that you are familiar with the requirements of these standards and are prepared to deploy them. This webinar will explore the changes and how these new standards impact your projects.

Topics to be covered in the webinar:

  • Key differences between BPI 1200 and legacy BPI Standards
  • Diagnostic test equipment requirements to comply with the BPI 1200 Standard
  • Identifying the differences in ventilation requirements
  • Program implementation of ASHRAE 62.2-2013
  • Changes to Program forms for data collection

Louis Marrongelli and Earl Hicks, Sr. Technical Analysts from CLEAResult presented this training.

Click here to download a PDF of the deck slide from this presentation.

This webinar was previously presented live. It does not qualify for BPI CEUs. Check the Events Calendar for upcoming events.

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Understanding the Comprehensive Audit Report Webinar | December 3, 2015

Steve Smith, Program Analyst at CLEAResult, and Peter Hoke, Senior Account Manager at CLEAResult, provide overview explanations for a variety of audit reports from several auditing software vendors in this webinar. The energy model reporting tools examined during these session are Cake, Energy Design Systems (Auditor), Optimiser, Snugg Pro, and TREAT. Each of these reports could be generated by participating Home Performance with ENERGY STAR contractors that operate in the NYSERDA HPwES Program; the reports are then provided to homeowners.

Click here to download a PDF of the deck slide from this presentation.

Click here to access sample CHA reports.

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