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John Tooley of Advanced Energy Receives BPI's 2013 Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry
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Joe Kuonen, Michael Blasnik and Rick Chitwood inducted into Building Performance Industry Hall of Fame …Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Diane Chojnowski May 9.
BPI Announces Release of 2012 Annual Report
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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 this discussion. Last reply by Joe Romero Apr 30.
Stump the Chump - March 2013
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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 this discussion. Last reply by David Eakin Apr 25.
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
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Diane Chojnowski replied to Mike Kandel's discussion John Tooley of Advanced Energy Receives BPI's 2013 Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry
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 performance. Join Efficiency First for this free webinar to learn how BPI's new Building Science Principles (BSP) Certificate of Knowledge can benefit you and your customers. Click here to learn more and register.See More
Check out some pics from our 20th Anniversary bash at ACI National in Denver!
BPI celebrated its 20th Anniversary this past week at ACI National in Denver, Colorado. About 300 people came out to help us recognize this milestone, and honor the hard work of everyone that has contributed to this achievement.Have a look at a few of the pictures here:…See More
Doug Pearl replied to Mike Kandel's discussion John Tooley of Advanced Energy Receives BPI's 2013 Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry in the group Building Performance Institute (BPI)"When Mr. Tooley gave the keynote address in Austin a couple years ago, he really inspired me to do the right thing right. This is a well deserved award!"
tedkidd replied to Mike Kandel's discussion John Tooley of Advanced Energy Receives BPI's 2013 Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry in the group Building Performance Institute (BPI)"After seeing this great presentation by John Tooley http://bit.ly/qualityTRUSTcultureTooley I think this award is really well deserved. This guys is a thought leader.
I met Rick Chitwood this winter - that guy is one of the fathers…"
John Tooley of Advanced Energy Receives BPI's 2013 Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry
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 John Tooley of Advanced Energy by naming him the 2013 recipient of the Tony Woods Award for Excellence in…See More
John Tooley of Advanced Energy Receives BPI's 2013 Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry
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 John Tooley of Advanced Energy by naming him the 2013 recipient of the Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry, at the Opening Plenary ceremony of the ACI National Home Performance Conference in Denver, Colorado.Tooley was nominated by industry peers and selected by…See More
Joe Romero replied to Mike Kandel's discussion BPI Announces Release of 2012 Annual Report"What do you think? I just wanted to know your opinion on this as I am not so much familiar with this, but I think this is going to be helpful for the future. I will wait and see what could be the impact of this news."
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 credentialing and standards setting organization, and the industry as a whole. Check it out here: http://www.bpi.org/news_expansion.aspx?selectedID=1397See More
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 credentialing and standards setting organization, and the industry as a whole. Check it out here: http://www.bpi.org/news_expansion.aspx?selectedID=1397See More
David Eakin replied to Mike Kandel's discussion Stump the Chump - March 2013"OK - he kept the boilers, but the labor to extend the returns to every radiator would have been a tremendous labor/material cost (not to mention eyesore). And how did the hot water get to the radiators? He would have needed to add at least 2…"
Daniel Dempsey replied to Mike Kandel's discussion Stump the Chump - March 2013"Then it sounds like he kept the existing boiler? I read it wrong then; my bad. "
Sean Lintow Sr replied to Mike Kandel's discussion Stump the Chump - March 2013"Well it just came out & I quote... "He explains that our crusader “upgraded the two single pipe steam boilers to hot water boilers by modifying the distribution piping and adding a pipe to each of the radiators. This allowed the…"
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 classic case of stack effect, or so he thought.The developer of the $30 million + multifamily construction project looking for LEED certification was in trouble, so they engaged BB&E to perform an ASTM 779-10 test of the building as part of the LEED certification process.ASTM 779-10 tests are…See More
Daniel Dempsey replied to Mike Kandel's discussion Stump the Chump - March 2013"Somebody want to tell me how much the final "simple upgrade" cost? What was the SIR on that upgrade? I would venture to say that this upgrade was very non-cost-effective. BPI should be promoting cost-effective remedies. Replacing a working…"
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