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Alphabet Soup for Home Performance Contractors: National
Organizations That You Should Know How to Spell
Originally presented
Thursday, August 26, 2010
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Audio/Video
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Once registered, you
will receive an e-mail with information on how to access
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Can you spell Home Performance? Not without
the acronyms of several leading national
organizations! This Contractor Web Exchange will introduce you to key national
organizations for home improvement contractors who
are thinking about entering into the home
performance business.
Meet the organizations that can
help your company succeed! Learn how to
distinguish from among all the national, regional,
state and local organizations representing issues
related to the home improvement and home performance
contracting companies to determine those
organization that best represent your company’s
interest.
This Web Exchange will
introduce five leading organizations that bring
information and value to your industry.
Each presenter has an intimate knowledge of
the industry and can provide you with valuable
insights into what you should do next to prepare
your company for growth in the new energy economy.
Hear from people active within the following
organizations (in alphabetical order):
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ACI which spells Affordable Comfort, Inc.
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BPI which spells Building Performance Institute
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EF which spells Efficiency First
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EGIA which spells Electric & Gas Industries
Association
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RESNET which spells Residential Energy Services
Network
Bonus: Everyone who registers for this free
event will receive a discount on a subscription to
Home Energy magazine which is the leading national
publication for home performance contractors.
Who should attend? This
web-based session is designed to be attended jointly
by owners, senior management, sales and marketing
staff, office managers, and other key employees with
companies focused on Home Performance and other
residential and small commercial remodeling,
replacement and contracting services. Plan to bring
together all the key players in your company around
one computer screen and a speaker phone.
No need to travel! Learn at
your computer! As easy as a conference call! Your
Contractor Web Exchange registration includes one
phone line (or Voice-Over-Internet) connection plus
a web link to the presentations. You are welcome to
use the phone connection on a speaker phone and
project the web link in a conference room so an
unlimited number of your associates may participate.
After the event, you will receive an archived web
link with unlimited access to presentation slides
with an audio recording of the presenters and
question-and-answer discussion.
Can't participate on this date/time?
No problem, register anyway, participate live with
those from your organization who can make it, and
you will receive a video/audio recording link
afterward to view and share with others in your
organization
PRESENTERS
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ACI
represented by Amy Fazio, Executive
Director, Affordable Comfort, Inc. |
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 Amy
Fazio is the executive director of ACI. She
has more than 15 years of nonprofit
experience in business development,
fundraising and marketing, with three years
in senior management. Amy received a
Master's degree from Colorado State
University in political science with an
emphasis on environmental policy. As a
campaign director for US PIRG, she began her
career as a grassroots advocate and
community organizer for consumer rights and
environmental policy. Amy is an adjunct
professor teaching a sustainability issues
course and at Community College of Beaver
County. She resides in New Brighton,
Pennsylvania. |
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BPI
represented by Tiger Adolf, Western Region Director,
Building Performance Institute |
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 Tiger
Adolf is the Building Performance Institute’s
Western Regional Director. She brings to BPI more
than 20 years experience working with federal and
state agencies, as well as investor-owned,
cooperative association and municipal utilities.
Prior to joining the BPI team, Tiger was the
Executive Director of the Wyoming Energy Council,
Inc., non-profit corporation that pursued its
mission of natural energy resource conservation
through residential energy retrofit. She directed
three crews performing more than 300 retrofits per
year in 18,000 sq miles as part of the Wyoming
Weatherization Assistance Program Wyoming. Tiger
launched Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Program
in Wyoming, taking the program state wide and
driving the effort to make WEC the first BPI
affiliate in Wyoming. |
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EF
represented by Greg Thomas, CEO, Performance Systems
Development |
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Gregory Thomas has
thirty years experience in building performance, as
a consultant, trainer, heating contractor, home
performance contractor, director of an energy
service company, energy and green building
conference planner, as well as an energy program
designer, implementer, and energy software
developer. He built a blower door and started
offering whole house audits in 1979. Greg was the
first blower door trainer for the low income
weatherization programs in Pennsylvania and New
York. He is past president of Affordable Comfort
Inc., and served on the Affordable Comfort board for
over 15 years. He is President of Efficiency
First,
the home performance contractor trade association.
He was the ACEEE 2010 Summer Study residential
program design track co-chair, and has been elected
to the RESNET Board of Directors. |
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EGIA
represented by Stephen M. Self, Vice President,
Electric & Gas Industries Association |
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Prior to joining
EGIA this month, Stephen was owner of
Sustainable Interiors in Boulder, Colorado
where he worked as a general contractor to
integrate energy-efficiency and improved
indoor-air-quality into remodeling and
renovation projects with a focus on existing
homes.
As principal of Able Ideas Consulting in
Boulder, Stephen organized and built a
mentoring program for energy auditors and
home performance contractors serving
community non-profits, seniors and veterans.
He is certified as a BPI Building Analyst,
RESNET HERS Rater, RESNET Green Rater, and
AIA Registered Provider.
Stephen earned a Master’s degree in
Classics from St. John’s College Graduate
Institute and an undergraduate degree in
Cognitive Science from Pennsylvania State
University.
Prior to attending college, Stephen
served as a United States Marine. |
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RESNET
represented by Barb Yankie, Green Building
Consulting & Homes+, Inc. |
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 Barb
Yankie is President of Green Building
Consulting, LLC and Homes +, Inc. The
companies provide energy efficiency audits,
Energy Star certifications, infrared
diagnostic surveys, LEED certification and
other testing and consulting services for
the residential and commercial structures.
Barb is a certified HERS Rater, Builders
Challenge Verifier and Level II Thermographer (ASNT complaint). She has
conducted training sessions for builders,
contractors, inspectors, realtors, and
others. Additional affiliations and
certifications include: Residential Energy
Services Network National Board of
Directors, NAHB 2008 & 2009 Energy Value
Housing Award National Judge, Building
Performance Institute Technical
Advisory Committee, and Habitat for Humanity
Partner. |
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Moderator:
Ed Thomas, Vice President, Electric & Gas Industries
Association
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Registration fees:
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Free to EGIA member and affiliated companies, and program participating
contractors nationwide
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Free to all BPI certified individuals, accredited
companies, and training affiliates nationwide
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Free to all Efficiency First member companies nationwide
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Free to all Home Energy subscribers
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Free to all ACI National and Regional Conference past
participants
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Free to all RESNET members
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Free to Build It Green Contractors
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Free to all Renewable Funding guests
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Free to all California Energy Efficiency Industry
Council members
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$45 "early bird discount" to all others ($95 after
August 25, 2010)
You MUST register in advance to receive dial-in information and
web access to the presentations
Registration includes unlimited access for anyone in your
organization to presentation slides with an audio/video
recording of the presenters and question-and-answer
discussion. Full contact information for all presenters is
provided so you may contact them directly to ask your own
questions.
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This Contractor Web Exchange is hosted by:
 The
Electric & Gas Industries Association (EGIA) is
a non-profit organization that serves a over 2,500
installation contractors, regional distributors,
product manufacturers and other trade allies
delivering energy efficiency and renewable energy
solutions to millions of homes and businesses. EGIA
also delivers services on behalf of electric, gas,
water utilities and municipalities, including
financing, rebate program administration and rebate
processing; contractor network management, training
and certification; and sales channel development and
support. EGIA has facilitated the financing of over
50,000 residential and business projects valued in
excess of $700 million, and has administered over
$300 million in rebate payments.
www.egia.com
Promotional consideration
provided by:
 Affordable Comfort, Inc.
(ACI)
convenes thought leaders in home energy efficiency
to provide cutting-edge events focused on home
performance, green building, and “house-as-a-system”
training for building trades, housing groups, and
program professionals. ACI’s vision is that every
family has a home that is energy efficient, durable,
comfortable, affordable, healthy, and safe.
www.affordablecomfort.org
 Build
It Green is a non-profit membership
organization whose mission is to promote healthy,
energy- and resource-efficient building practices in
California. We work with mainstream stakeholders in
the housing industry to accelerate the adoption of
green building practices.
www.builditgreen.org
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Building Performance Institute, Inc. (BPI) is a
recognized global leader, supporting the development
of a highly professional building performance
industry through individual and organizational
credentialing and a rigorous quality assurance
program. BPI works with building performance
industry stakeholders to ensure that the
professional bar for excellence in building
performance contracting is established and
maintained by creating and regularly updating
technical requirements through an open, transparent,
consensus-based development process.
www.bpi.org
The
California Building Performance Contractors
Association is a non-profit membership
association whose mission is to support, and teach
contractors how to make existing residential
buildings energy efficient, improve comfort,
durability, and indoor air quality. CBPCA is a BPI
Accredited Training Provider.
Through our training, contractors, consultants,
insulation and heating, ventilation and air
conditioning, (HVAC) companies learn how to
diagnose, analyze and fix energy and air issues in
houses.
www.cbpca.org
 The
California Energy Efficiency Industry Council
(Efficiency Council) is an industry trade group
representing non-utility companies that provide
energy efficiency services and products in
California. Our member companies employ thousands of
people supporting the efficient use of energy in
California and throughout the world. We represent a
wealth of knowledge, experience and dedication
focused on improving our energy efficiency
infrastructure and our environment.
www.efficiencycouncil.org
 Efficiency
First is organized so that the Home Performance
Workforce can be represented in both National and
State level policy conversations. Efficiency First
is dedicated to retrofitting of America's homes,
building the industry infrastructure to create jobs,
and reducing energy consumption, carbon emissions,
and our dependence on foreign oil. Efficiency First
represents America's Home Performance Workforce,
ranging from energy auditors and raters to
contractors who are the front line of our climate
battle, embodied in green-collar jobs from
weatherization to HVAC.
www.efficiencyfirst.org
 Home Energy
Magazine.
Home Energy
magazine’s mission is to disseminate objective and
practical information on residential energy
efficiency, performance, comfort, and affordability.
It is the only magazine that thoroughly covers
residential comfort issues from the only approach
that really works, systems engineering.
Learn More (PDF)
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April 1995, the National Association of State Energy
Officials and Energy Rated Homes of America founded the
Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET)
to develop a national market for home energy rating systems
and energy efficient mortgages. RESNET's standards are
officially recognized by the federal government for
verification of building energy performance for such
programs as federal tax incentives, the Environmental
Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR program and the U.S.
Department of Energy's Building America Program. RESNET
standards are also recognized by the U.S. mortgage industry
for capitalizing a building's energy performance in the
mortgage loan, and certification of "White Tags" for private
financial investors.
http://resnet.us/
 Renewable
Funding provides turnkey administration, financing and
technology services for clean energy programs to hundreds of
cities and counties across the country. We specialize in
innovative financing models, like Property Assessed Clean
Energy (PACE), that help local governments create green
jobs, dramatically reduce carbon emissions and save property
owners money on their utility bills. Learn more at
www.renewfund.com
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