New Directions for BPI Certifications

New Directions for BPI Certifications
Raising the Bar in Home
Performance Contracting
Larry Zarker
BPI
[email protected]
Home
performance
is NOT for
Do It
Yourselfers.
What Happens When Hot
and Cold Collide?
Worse things happen than
when the Hatfields and the
McCoys get together.
Money is in Existing Housing
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Source: “A New Decade of Growth for Remodeling,” January 2011, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
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Red Rocks CC ALC Installer Props
The Solution:
Air Seal (left)
and….
…Insulate
Properly
(right)
Home Performance Contracting is the Low
Hanging Fruit in the Clean Energy Discussion
So is it like
picking
peaches?
…or is it like picking blueberries?
Imagine picking 130 million
blueberries from this field….
The Challenge
 Nearly 130,000,000 housing units in U.S.
 NY HPwES program reaching 7,000 units per
year; after 9 years only 1% of the housing stock
transformed.
 How do we ramp up to a ten year upgrade on all
existing homes in the country?
Ramping Up Home Performance
Scenarios for Achieving Scale:
State
U.S. Total
Units of
Housing
10,000
Years
1000
Years
100
Years
10
Years
130,000,000
13,000
130,000
1,300,000
13,000,000
We are currently on at least a 1,000 year path to
systematically upgrading the performance of the
nation’s housing stock.
* Source: U.S. Census, 2009
Good News
Over 700,000 units were
weatherized in the WAP
program with ARRA
funds.
Low income weatherization was
the second largest creator of
new jobs in the stimulus period.
BPI’s Green Jobs Connection
http://www.bpi.org/greencollar.aspx
A job bank connecting HP contractors
with a talent pool of highly trained
technicians in the WAP community.
Was the Stimulus Funding Insufficient?
$2.5 Trillion
$1.2 Trillion
$800 Billion
$700 Billion
Not Enough Stimulus?
Not Enough Stimulus?
Doomsday Scenario
without Stimulus
Not Enough Stimulus?
* 8.1% - April 2012
Doomsday Scenario
without Stimulus
Administration Projection
with Stimulus
(Through April 2012)
(Through April 2012)
(Through April 2012)
115,000 jobs added in
April 2012; 12.5
million unemployed.
Small Firms Dominate in Remodeling
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Source: “A New Decade of Growth for Remodeling,” January 2011, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
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Remodeling is a $300 Billion Industry
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Source: “A New Decade of Growth for Remodeling,” January 2011, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
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Money is in Existing Housing
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Source: “A New Decade of Growth for Remodeling,” January 2011, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
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Guidelines for Home Energy Professionals: Project Overview

Guidelines for Home Energy Professionals Project
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Combines 30 years of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Weatherization
Assistance Program (WAP) experience
with input from 2,000 home performance industry members.
Consists of three components:
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Guidelines for Quality Work
Guidelines for Effective Training
Guidelines for Professional Certifications
The project is critical to DOE efforts to reduce U.S. energy consumption and
strengthen the home energy upgrade market.
Guidelines for Home Energy Professionals: Project Components, Benefits, and Outcomes
Prerequisites for the Certification Exams
Career Path for Home Performance
 Introduction – Basic Building Science Certificate
 Diagnostic Tester/BA Certification
 Air Leakage Control Installer (Entry Level)
 Energy Auditor*
 Installer*
 Crew Leader*
 Quality Control Inspector*
 Envelope/Heating/Air Conditioning
*BPI/NREL/DOE Home Energy Professional Certifications
SAVE THE DATE!
Proposals are now being accepted. Go to www.affordablecomfort.org
Thank you
Further Questions Contact me at:
Larry Zarker
[email protected]