BPI Certification Pathway for Canadian Home Renovators
The document discusses bringing Building Performance Institute (BPI) certification standards to Canada to help develop the energy efficient home renovation industry. It outlines 9 BPI standards, including Building Analyst Professional and standards related to envelope, heating, and air leakage control installation. Translating these certifications for the Canadian context would involve mapping the Building Analyst certification to the existing Canadian Certified Energy Advisor certification, while allowing individuals to also obtain certifications in envelope, heating, or air leakage control installation standards. An initial training curriculum is proposed that would be based on existing Canadian and US training materials for these standards but would not create additional evaluator layers like the CEA.
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- 1. The Easy Button for Trades Certification in Canada?! An Interim Solution to Help Create and Foster ! the Building-Science Based Energy Efficient Home Renovation Industry! 1 June 2011! Bfreehomes Design Ltd. ! !
- 2. BPI Certification! BPI has 9 Standards! ! The Five Key Standards for Small Homes Building Analyst Professional! BPI-101: Home Energy Auditing Standard Aug 3 2010! BPI-104: Envelope Professional! Heating Professional! Residential Building Envelope Whole House Air Leakage Control Installer ! ! Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Professional! Multi-Family Building Analyst Professional! Multi-Family Energy Efficient Building Operator! Multi-Family Hydronic Heating Professional! Manufactured Housing Professional Trades Certification! 17 May 2011!
- 3. BPI Certification! The primary related standards to be ‘Canadianized’ BPI Standards reference the following! ! Combustible appliance testing requirements and limits! Mechanical ventilation requirements based on ASHRAE 62-89! Heat loss calculations through assemblies based on ASHRAE Manual J (Q= U*A*∂T)! ! Occupant safety! Indoor air quality! Connection between interior/exterior (house-to-garage, house-to-attic, house-tobasement)! Reducing air leakage ! Improving thermal envelope! House-as-a-system approach! ! Trades Certification! 17 May 2011!
- 4. BPI Certification! Translate Certifications into Canadian Context! ! ! Building Analyst Building Analyst is parallel to CEA without Hot2000 modelling skills + one or all of the following: • Envelope Professional! • Heating Professional! • Residential Building Envelope Whole House Air Leakage Control Installer Trades Certification! 17 May 2011!
- 5. BPI Certification! Proposed Initial Training Curriculum! ! EnerGuide for Houses ! Certified Energy Evaluator Non-Hot2000 components • Envelope Professional curriculum OR! (to be modified/developed from existing CDN/US training materials)! • Heating Professional OR! (to be modified/developed from existing CDN/US training materials)! • Residential Building Envelope Whole House Air Leakage Control Installer Hot2000 training CEA! IMPORTANT:! Training for BPI Certification based on the fundamentals of CEA training but DOES NOT lead to layers of evaluators.! (to be modified/developed from existing CDN/US training materials)! Trades Certification! 17 May 2011!