Energy auditor training from scratch
by Grant
If I did a training program from RESNET, BPI, or Denby, would this be enough to take me from "newbie" to employable? Would I need further education before or after the training program? Thanks, Grant --- Answer from Mike Denby: Dear Grant, thanks for the question. One of the amazing things about the energy efficiency business is that you can walk or run. What I mean by that is you can start your program learning from someone like Denby and learn to walk – learn the essentials of energy efficiency, how to start and run your business and begin performing energy auditing for home and/or commercial. Next, if you feel you want to "add more" to your practice, you can learn to run. That is done by taking a BPI or RESNET course. These programs will increase your "tools" and your costs, but you have some added benefits. What is most important to understand is to realize that you need to learn to walk before you run. BPI has testing failure rates of around 50% or more. You need to be well prepared before you take on that course. The Denby programs are perfectly designed to do just this. And in fact, with the Denby programs you can start your business, and get employed by others, while you are building towards BPI materials. Also, you may be interested to know that Denby now offers a bundling of Denby and BPI so that people can learn the essentials of energy auditing, get started in the business under the Denby program and then build into BPI, greatly expanding the success and application of the materials. There is always room for further education in the energy business, but a program like Denby, RESNET or BPI by itself is sufficient to get you "employable" with firms who do energy efficiency work. Thanks, Mike Denby |
