Retrofit Installer Technician
Pressure Diagnostics 101
- Class times: 1 day
- Course tuition: $300 if paid separately
- Course CEUs: N/A
Description:
This course will provide for an understanding of pressure diagnostics analysis and includes both classroom and laboratory experience. Participants will use the Minneapolis Blower Door to perform pressure diagnostics to locate solutions to ineffective energy problems with the residential environment.
Energy 101
- Class times: 1 day
- Course tuition: $300 if paid separately
- Course CEUs: N/A
Description:
This one-day training will provide the participant with an overview of basic building science principles including weatherization basics, principles of applied building science, pressure diagnostics, and thermal performance.
Combustion Safety 101
- Class times: 1 day
- Course tuition: $300 if paid separately
- Course CEUs: N/A
Description:
This course demonstrates the need for combustion and workplace safety.
Residential Energy Retrofit Applications 101
- Class times: 2 days
- Course tuition: $600 if paid separately
- Course CEUs: N/A
Description:
Day one of this course covers typical weatherization measures, mobile home basics and assessment/evaluation. Day two consists of a review of day one,a field test and a written test.
Thermal Performance 101
- Class times: 1 day
- Course tuition: $300 if paid separately
- Course CEUs: N/A
Description:
This course will review the basic physics of how heat flows into and out of a house; installation standards, both new and retrofit; techniques that can be employed to find potential insulation problems including visual inspection, pressure diagnostics and infrared thermography. Review of common insulation types and their properties. Introduction to a number of potential solutions to common thermal defects found in homes. Introduction to infrared thermography, its use in the residential environment and basic ways to use infrared imaging to improve effectiveness of diagnostics. In addition, the course will cover basic ground rules for effective use of the camera, including conditions which will increase/decrease effectiveness and ideas on how to document and record work.