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WAP Program Management/Administration
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I'm in the process of performing a literature review of sorts collecting as much information about WAP program management and/or administration. If anyone has any relevant articles, powerpoints,…Continue
Tags: WAP, policies, administration, management, program
Started this discussion. Last reply by Fred Stratton Jan 24.
Low-Rise Multifamily Infiltration Data
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A couple of weeks ago at the ACI Conference I was afforded the opportunity to present at a Building America Expert Meeting for the discussion on Determining Air Change Rates in Envelope Leakage in…Continue
Tags: Envelope, Attached, Leakage, Air, Low-Rise
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ryan Moore Apr 19, 2012.
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I'm in the process of performing a literature review of sorts collecting as much information about WAP program management and/or administration. If anyone has any relevant articles, powerpoints, success stories, effective policies, etc. that would be willing to share them, please contact me or email them directly to: chase.counts@gmail.comAlso, any WAP program managers/administrators that would be willing to answer a few questions or share some success stories, please contact me and I'd love…See More
Tom White replied to Chase Counts's discussion WAP Program Management/Administration"Chase, you'll find a few articles on WAP program design, and some case studies related to management at http://www.homeenergy.org/list/category/nav/weatherization . Please let us know what you hear. We're always…"
Chase Counts posted a discussionWAP Program Management/Administration
I'm in the process of performing a literature review of sorts collecting as much information about WAP program management and/or administration. If anyone has any relevant articles, powerpoints, success stories, effective policies, etc. that would be willing to share them, please contact me or email them directly to: chase.counts@gmail.comAlso, any WAP program managers/administrators that would be willing to answer a few questions or share some success stories, please contact me and I'd love…See More
Rodney Purnell replied to Chase Counts's discussion Conflict Resolution in the group Trainers and Mentors"All the best with it!"
Chase Counts replied to Chase Counts's discussion Conflict Resolution in the group Trainers and Mentors"Thank you all for your recommendations and philosophies! This has definitely been helpful. I have only one cohort of trainees for 4-6 weeks at a time and this latest group has had no problems. I'll try some of these techniques…"
Rodney Purnell replied to Chase Counts's discussion Conflict Resolution in the group Trainers and Mentors"I agree with some of the other posts. However, something that is missing is the behavior of the other students. Are they fully invested in the success of the class cumulatively? Do they respect the presence of the program originated students? And…"
"Chase,
One thing that I learned recently that might help is at the beginning of class pull out a flip chart and have the students define the "class rules"...these may simply be, no talking on cell phone, respect others... etc. Then after…"
Matthew Redmond replied to Chase Counts's discussion Conflict Resolution in the group Trainers and Mentors"Chase, It's tough but I have trained BS and EE retrofit in correctional settings here in NY and I have found that right off at the start of the class I inform the students "that we're all adults and I expect all…"
Chase Counts replied to Chase Counts's discussion Conflict Resolution in the group Trainers and Mentors"Thank you for the response! Yes, you make some great points that I will be sure to consider if or when this comes up again. In this case, I thought it had cooled off but it did come to head and a hostile dispute did come up between the…"
Tracy Crowson replied to Chase Counts's discussion Conflict Resolution in the group Trainers and Mentors"When I was a remodeling contractor I hired a lot of mugs, thugs & rogues that I trained to work for me. The majority of them were African American & so am I. People come from front different economic back grounds, home…"
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Conflict Resolution
I'm currently training in Washington, DC and one of the grants my organization has involves training individuals with non-violent criminal backgrounds recently released from incarceration in the trade of weatherization to put them back in the work force. A handful of students over the classes have had a hard time working with the other students and I'm still trying to finesse my conflict resolution capacity. I'm wondering what other trainers have done in similar situations?See More
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Ryan Moore replied to Chase Counts's discussion Low-Rise Multifamily Infiltration Data"ryan@edi-arch.com
Thanks Chase."
Amanda Ayoub replied to Chase Counts's discussion Low-Rise Multifamily Infiltration Data"Chase,
Please share this information with me. I appreciate it.
Kind regards,
Amanda Ayoub
PECI
AAyoub@peci.org
503-467-0902"
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- Weatherization Assistance Program Training and Technical Assistance Provider
Originally started training how to conduct energy audits and perform hands-on weatherization for WAP agencies primarily in Virginia. After about a year we moved into conducting audits on Low-Rise and Mid-Rise Multifamily Housing including developing protocol and best practices for infiltration testing, zonal pressure diagnostics, visual inspections, HVAC diagnostics, CAZ testing, baseload measurements, and meeting ventilation standards. Also, developing protocol to provide quality assurance and final test-outs on low-rise/mid-rise multifamily housing.
Using proper building science to evoke energy efficient buildings is my primary focus but I am looking to move into installing renewable energy systems and continuing to refine low-rise/mid-rise energy audits, QA, and final test-outs.
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