 BPI Building Analyst Training
Our internally developed BPI Building Analyst Training program includes four classroom days and two field days. The Building Analyst Certification is a fundamental BPI Certification, the basis of all the other specialist certifications. The training includes the fundamentals of Building Science - the house as a system.
BPI Building Analyst includes the fundamentals of building science and is the baseline for all the other classes.
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Day 1 includes House as a system, health and safety issues, the fundamental of thermodynamics, moisture issues, and client interview process;
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Day 2 includes the energy assessment overview, the "skeleton" of the house, insulation, windows, doors, thermal and pressure boundary, blower door testing and other diagnostic tools;
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Day 3 includes basic math, determining conductive heat loss through materials, cost effectiveness of energy measures, building airflows and ventilation, convective heat loss, combustion science basics;
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Day 4 includes HVAC systems, combustion safety, combustion safety testing, putting it all together.
Two field days help to bring the whole process home, making the classroom experiences real.
BPI Envelope Professional Training amplifies what is covered in the Analyst course and includes more insulation information. It is a two day classroom course with one field day.
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Day 1 includes health and safety issues, building envelope, thermal envelope, pressure boundary, building science fundamental review, moisture, insulating properties of materials, convective loss, blower door testing;
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Day 2 includes zonal pressure diagnostics, combustion safety, ventilation details including psychometrics, ducting and other delivery systems, professional ethics and customer communication.
The field day brings these processes together and demonstrates the use of field tools including combustion testing, blower door and pressure pan.
The Ducting Course is designed to examine how conditioned air systems can be designed, installed and maintained to operate effectively and create comfortable conditions in the house. It is a two day course - one day in the classroom and one day in a house.
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Classroom day includes an introduction to duct systems, description of system types, the ACCA manual design process including Manual J, duct leakage issues and impact on the house, multiple testing approaches.
The testing processes are demonstrated in a house during the field day.
Course Schedule:
WAP Combustion Safety Dec 19,2011
WAP Combustion Safety Dec. 28, 2011
Residential Ventilation January, 2011
Advance Pressure Diagnostics February, 2011
Contact Heyoka Solutions for actual dates, times, and locations.
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