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Building Performance Institute (BPI)
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BPI is the nation's premier standards development, quality assurance and credentialing organization for residential energy efficiency retrofit work.
Website: http://www.bpi.org
Location: Malta, New York
Members: 271
Latest Activity: on Thursday
BPI is approved by the American National Standards Institute, Inc. (ANSI) as an accredited developer of American National Standards and as a certifying body for personnel credentials.
BPI offers the following:
- National standards to ensure top quality, consistent protocols are being followed throughout the home performance and weatherization workforce
- Certification of individuals in building analyst, heating, AC/heat pump, shell/envelope and multi-family designations
- Accreditation of contracting companies committed to delivering quality home performance improvements
- Quality assurance to verify conformance with BPI standards and provide feedback for continuing improvement
- Partnership with testing organizations that deliver BPI services in their market
Discussion Forum
Not Everyone Needs to be an Energy Auditor: Exploring BPI's Building Science Principles Certificate of Knowledge
While not everyone at a home performance contracting company needs to be a certified home energy technician, there is a value to every employee having basic knowledge about the science behind home…Continue
Tags: BSP, Certificate, Webinar, First, Efficiency
Started by Mike Kandel May 7.
Check out some pics from our 20th Anniversary bash at ACI National in Denver!
BPI…Continue
Started by Mike Kandel May 6.
John Tooley of Advanced Energy Receives BPI's 2013 Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry 2 Replies
Joe Kuonen, Michael Blasnik and Rick Chitwood inducted into Building Performance Industry Hall of Fame Denver, Colorado, May 1, 2013 - Today the Building Performance Institute, Inc. (BPI) honored…Continue
Tags: Fame, ACI, of, Hall, Tony
Started by Mike Kandel. Last reply by Doug Pearl May 1.
BPI Announces Release of 2012 Annual Report
The Building Performance Institute, Inc. (BPI) announces the release of its 2012 Annual Report, detailing a year of productive work leading to several major milestones for the home performance…Continue
Started by Mike Kandel Apr 29.
April's Stump the Chump!
During a recent evaluation of a newly constructed multifamily building, Jerritt Gluck of Bonded Building and Engineering in Oyster Bay, NY, encountered a…Continue
Tags: Newsletter, Chump, the, Stump, BPI
Started by Mike Kandel Apr 25.
New Manual-S Speedsheet Now Available
You're invited to check out the latest and greatest Manual-S Speedsheet. It actually HELPS you complete…Continue
Tags: design, HVAC, ACCA, Speedsheet, Manual-S
Started by Isaac Savage Apr 7.
Stump the Chump - March 2013 1 Reply
This month's stump the chump comes from a mystery contributor, a caped crusading building performance specialist from Burlington, Vermont.During a recent job, the crusader was reminded of a stumper…Continue
Started by Mike Kandel. Last reply by Daniel Dempsey Mar 27.
Temp Field Auditors Needed in NC
Greetings BPI Group Members,We have a need for some temporary help performing multifamily audits in NC, beginning first of April.If your firm has field auditors that could use some side-work to keep…Continue
Started by Isaac Savage Mar 20.
BPI's Home Performance-Related Data Standards Released for Public Comment
The Building Performance Institute, Inc. (BPI) is pleased to announce that its BPI-2100-S-2013: Standard for Home Performance-Related Data Transfer and BPI-2200-S-2013: Standard for Home…Continue
Tags: Performance, Public, Comment, Home, Transfer
Started by Mike Kandel Mar 12.
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Comment by A. Tamasin Sterner on March 7, 2011 at 9:49am -
Isn't it great that these terms: home performance contracting, energy audits, ratings, certification, team approach, leads, sales, marketing, money... are out there big time in webinars and presentations as more and more contractors and providers are getting with this industry. Let's not lose site of this: PEOPLE use energy, not houses. Yes, we want to close deals to get the work done. And, we want to assist our customers in getting what THEY want. We remember to Listen and Love our customers.
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Comment by A. Tamasin Sterner on March 4, 2011 at 5:42am
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To answer zenmastermeg, we have many different brands and models, but we've settled mostly on Testo combustion analyzers with flexible probes and printers; Sensit combustible gas leak detectors with ppm on display; and ToxiRae "personal" CO alarms.
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Comment by A. Tamasin Sterner on March 2, 2011 at 10:18am
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Heard it from the 'horse's mouth': For any of you wanting to confirm that "System Airflow" in the BPI Heating Professional Standards means "actual as tested system airflow" and not the rated air flow on the air handler fan or nameplate, the answer is "actual". There has been discussion about this. Some were told to use the listed CFM. We always test, and wanted to be sure ya'll knew the same. Test On!
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Comment by Andrew McDowell on February 16, 2011 at 10:40am -
Tamasin,
I'm using both a static pressure probe and the Testo 327 combustion analyzer (draft function) and the readings are very close to each other.
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Comment by A. Tamasin Sterner on December 7, 2010 at 3:11pm
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I sure would love to know what type of probe folks are using to measure draft pressure. Are you using a static pressure probe tip? Or a straight metal probe? How did you decide which probe to use? We found differences in pressure measurements between the two probes. You?
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