This course provides the basics of building construction and includes an emphisis on air sealing and insulation as well as the inspection of these critical items. It concludes with a comprehensive video trip to the field to view these same areas and understand what happens over time if proper air sealing and insulation is not completed.

--- For those interested in certification as a LEED Qualified Energy Rater ---

The course is approved for eight hours of training for students who wish to be LEED Qualified Energy Raters.  You will receive the four hours of air sealing inspections and four hours of insulation inspections.  It is designed to provide a portion of the training required by the USGBC for those wishing to become a LEED Qualfied Energy Rater for projects located outside of the United States and Canada.  A LEED Qualified Energy Rater can perform the HERS Rater or qualified energy rater tasks  for these projects.

Once you have completed this on-line portion of the training, as well as its companion four hour course (Building Science Fundamentals), you will enter an apprenticeship where you will gain experience performing energy inspections and testing on at least two building projects with a similar scope of work as the LEED Projects you plan to undertake.  If the projects will include blower door and duct testing, you must also gain hands-on experience with the tools and perform testing and verification under the guidance of a LEED for Homes Provider.   Your experience will be documented and your certification completed by the Provider.