Filling the Belly – Manufactured Home Floor Insulation
- Building Envelope/Insulation
Contractors will leave with a list of their favorite Program or utility floor insulation resources, a manufactured home floor insulation custom value proposition, a commitment to follow Program specifications, and experience choosing the tools, materials and the ideal steps to complete the job.
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Site Built Wall Insulation
- Building Envelope/Insulation
This training is designed for residential insulation, windows, HVAC or high-efficiency water heating contractors seeking to increase insulation sales and/or quality of work.
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Heat Pump Water Heater Opportunities + Installation Considerations
- Building Envelope/Insulation
- HVAC
Module 1: Heat Pump Water Heater Opportunities: Offers a business case and value proposition for selling HPWHs, and helps you identify qualifying homes.
Module 2: Heat Pump Water Heater Installation Considerations: Provides specific technical training and considerations for installers.
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Insulating Sloped Ceilings
- Building Envelope/Insulation
The training goal is to support installing contractors to apply knowledge from this training to the field, leading to increased quantity and quality of insulation measures.
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Simple and Effective Attic Insulation
- Building Envelope/Insulation
This module provides the baseline knowledge you’ll need for insulating residential structures and the practices to comply with utility incentive programs.
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Making the Most of HVAC Opportunities
- HVAC
This module focuses on HVAC opportunities and services for residential contractors.
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Zero Energy Buildings
- Solar/Renewables
Zero energy buildings combine energy efficiency and renewable energy generation to consume only as much energy as can be produced onsite through renewable resources over a specified time period.
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West Virginia Home Inspectors Continuing Education Credit Courses
- Auditing & Diagnostics
- CEU
Earn West Virginia Home Inspectors continuing education credits the easy, fast and affordable way! These engaging online multimedia courses were created specifically for adult learners, and provide lots of useful knowledge you can use in the field. Sign in whenever you have time, and go at your own pace.
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Home Performance Contractor Academy: Sales and Operations with Mike Rogers
- Business
Build the foundation for managing your business to improve profitability and sales with this 22 video course.
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GreenHomes America Online Training
- Auditing & Diagnostics
- Building Science Principles
- CEU
- HVAC
- Solar/Renewables
- Weatherization/QCI
The GreenHomes America Online Learning Portal is a resource for Home Performance training courses.
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How Does Solar Work?
- Solar/Renewables
Explore the basics of solar radiation, photovoltaic and concentrating solar-thermal power technologies, electrical grid systems integration, and the non-hardware aspects (soft costs) of solar energy.
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IREC Training Credentials and How to Apply
- Auditing & Diagnostics
- Building Science Principles
- Solar/Renewables
The IREC Credentialing Program accredits clean energy training programs and certifies instructors and master trainers. IREC’s leadership in this area provides quality assurance for the clean energy economy through training standards and credentials that foster a high-quality workforce. Our emphasis on industry-validated, credible credentials is a key factor in closing the skills gap between education and industry needs.
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Solar Decathlon Educator Resources
- Solar/Renewables
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon recommends the following free teacher resources to explore energy, building science, and solar energy in the classroom.
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National Energy Education Development Project Resources
- Building Science Principles
Since its founding over 40 years ago, NEED has kept its Kids Teaching Kids philosophy as a fundamental principle of NEED programming – encouraging students to explore, experiment, engage, and encouraging teachers to embrace student leadership in the classroom. NEED trains and assists teachers in harnessing the energy of the classroom – the energy of students.
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Green Training Programs
- Solar/Renewables
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office funded Bright Solar Futures (BSF) program is Pennsylvania’s first vocational high school program in solar energy and the first program of its kind in the nation. The recently completed BSF Solar Lab provides a state of the art teaching and learning environment for BSF students.
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