Getting GOLD STAR Ready:
Roadmap to Accreditation with Building Performance Institute for Rocky Mountain Region Home Performance Contractors
Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 10:00 a.m. Mountain
Qualifies for 1.5 Building Performance Institute Continuing Education Credits

Live, interactive web training

 

Once registered, you will receive an e-mail with event log in information.

This is a regional presentation especially for Rocky Mountain Region area home performance contractors, but open to anyone nationwide.

HOME STAR, also known as 'Cash for Caulkers', is a proposed nationwide incentive program for home performance retrofit and weatherization projects, intended to encourage homeowners to invest in improving the energy efficiency of their homes, while also creating sustainable jobs in local communities.  The federal legislation has been approved by the U.S. House of Representatives and was proposed in the U.S. Senate with bipartisan support.  It is expected to become part of a comprehensive energy bill to be introduced into the Senate in September.

Building Performance Institute (BPI) Accredited Contracting Companies will play a major role in this $5-6 billion program. Why? Because only BPI accredited companies - or a comparable accreditation approved by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy - will be allowed to implement energy efficiency improvement measures under the Gold Star portion of the program. That’s to protect the investment of homeowner and taxpayer dollars.

State and utility-sponsored programs -  such as the New York’s Home Performance with ENERGY STAR® program, several California rebate and retrofit programs, and Energy Trust of Oregon’s Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program -  require or give preferential treatment to BPI Accredited Contracting Companies.

Register for this web-based seminar to learn how your home improvement company can become a BPI GOLD STAR Accredited Contracting Company.

Skills and Insights You Will Gain!

• Learn about the federal and state programs requiring BPI Certification or Accreditation to access top-dollar rebate and incentive programs

• Understand what Building Performance Institute is, what it does, and why it is the only approved accreditation provider for GOLD STAR

• Hear from two successful home performance contractors how accreditation has grown their companies
  before GOLD STAR

• Get the details on the accreditation application process  

Who should attend?  This web-based session is designed to be attended jointly by owners, senior management, accountant/bookkeeper staff, 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

Larry Zarker, Chief Executive Officer, Building Performance Institute
		Larry Zarker is the Chief Executive Officer of the Building Performance Institute, the professional credentialing organization for both the weatherization and home performance contracting industries. He directly oversees BPI's national expansion of affiliate organizations who deliver training and credentialing services in key markets throughout the country. He is responsible for the development of BPI's national standards relating to weatherization and home performance work, the certification process for weatherization and home performance professionals, the accreditation of home performance contracting companies, and the independent, third-party quality assurance covering the work of BPI Accredited companies. Larry also serves on the Board of Directors of Efficiency First, the trade association for America’s home performance workforce.
John Jones, National Technical Director, Building Performance Institute
		John joined BPI in 2010 and holds the position of National Technical Director. Previously, John was the Program Manager of the Home Performance Programs for the Residential Efficiency and Affordability Program at NYSERDA. John joined NYSERDA in 2005, as a project manager, where he provided technical support as well as assisted in the daily operations of the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR® and New York ENERGY STAR Homes programs. He was the Quality Assurance manager for the NYSERDA programs and oversaw many product demonstration projects. Prior to joining NYSERDA, John owned and operated a residential and light commercial HVAC business serving central New York. He assisted in the development of the NYSERDA building science curricula and served as an instructor for the New York Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Program. John holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Technical and Trades Education.
JJohn Krigger, Saturn Resources Management
		John Krigger founded Target Energy Savers in 1981, a small energy service company, providing diverse energy-conservation services for residential and light commercial buildings. He sold Target in 1988, and the company still operates successfully in Helena, Montana.  In 1987, John founded Saturn Resource Management and began publishing books on energy conservation and energy efficiency for buildings. Since then, he has authored or co-authored dozens of energy publications. The best known of these are "Residential Energy: Cost Savings and Comfort for Existing Buildings," "Your Mobile Home: Energy and Repair Guide for Manufactured Housing," and Saturn’s popular weatherization field guides, which are used by approximately 32 state weatherization programs.  John worked from 2006 to 2008 with the Building Performance Institute (BPI) and the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) to integrate job-based competencies, test questions, and training curricula together into a system of education and certification for energy raters and building analysts.
Chris Compton,  Chief Executive Officer,  HVACReducation.net
		As a 17-year HVACR instructor at North Idaho College, Chris Compton saw a unique opportunity in online education to help traditional and non-degree seeking students, contractors, and the HVACR industry.  Chris is a specialist in online curriculum development, the psychology behind online learning, creating web pages, use of video instruction, and learning through the web. Chris brings with him a total of 31 years experience in the HVACR field. He is certified at the Installation and Service level in five of the NATE certifications. In 1998 he was selected as one of the top 10 outstanding Trades and Industry Educators in the U.S. by ACTE (Association of Career and Technical Education) formally AVA (American Vocational Association). He received the Imperial award from RSES for his CMS (Commercial Refrigeration) in 1997 and is a CMS member of RSES. Chris serves as a consultant, advisor, and board member to HVACR and online learning efforts all across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Tiger Adolf, Western Regional Director, Building Performance Institute
		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.