Guest post by David Richardson of Thermal Performance Services in the Lexington, Kentucky area. David is an EVER rater, HVAC contractor, and combustion safety instructor for the National Comfort Institute. This is his second guest post in the EV Blog,…
If you read my article last week, you know that most insulation materials don't stop infiltration, although it's commonly believed that adding insulation is the solution to a drafty house. That's only one of many limitations you need to be…
Guest post by Ed Voytovich of Building Efficiency Resources (The BER). I know Ed mainly through our interactions in the LinkedIn RESNET BPI group, where he's a frequent and knowledgeable contributor, though we also met IRL (in real life) at…
Whether you're brand new in the community of home energy auditors, home energy raters, and home performance pros or have been in it for years, these two events are at the top of the heap for learning and networking. Whether…
Yesterday we began our latest HERS rater class, training a new group of home energy raters. We have 11 students this time, mostly from Georgia but also one from Virginia and one from Tennessee. We spent the first half of…
The RESNET conference is coming up at the end of February in Orlando, Florida, and Energy Vanguard will be teaching a two-day ENERGY STAR Version 3 class for HERS raters immediately afterward. Why not combine the amazing learning and networking…
The new Georgia energy code, based on the 2009 IECC, moves our state a step ahead of other states. The major new requirement is that all new homes be tested for infiltration rates with a Blower Door. As far as…
After receiving accreditation from RESNET as a HERS Rater Training Provider, Energy Vanguard has moved quickly to establish itself as one of the leaders in the field. One resource we provide that is unparalleled among HERS trainers is our blog,…
As I mentioned in my review of the first day of this special ENERGY STAR Version 3 training, it wasn’t really a train-the-trainer session, and they admitted as much at the beginning of day 1. What it became instead was…
Allison Bailes, Energy Vanguard's founder and president, will be giving two presentations at the 2011 RESNET conference in Orlando, Florida. One is titled "The Evolution of HERS Rater Training - Setting the Next Generation of HERS Raters on the Path…