BPI's Building Analyst Course offered at TC3.biz in March!

Nancy S. Lieberman Extension Center, March 22-29, 2010

TC3, in conjunction with Broome Community College, is pleased to offer the Building Performance Institute’s Building Analyst (BA) course at the Lieberman Extension Center, Ithaca, March 22-29, 2010.

This training program will help you prepare for the Building Performance Institute’s Building Analyst online and field tests, and will open your eyes to a new way of thinking about residential buildings. You’ll come to understand how the house works as a system, why some homes fail, and how to use the latest building science technology to help resolve residential heating, cooling, and base- load air leakage problems. By using a “whole house” performance‐based approach, you’ll address a comprehensive range of interrelated building issues and be able to provide your clients with a more comfortable, safe, durable, and energy-efficient home.  The exam can be taken for an additional fee.

• Health & Safety
• Fundamentals of building science
• Energy consumption and analysis
• Building Airflow Standard
• Heat loss calculations for existing and improved conditions
• Identify building performance problems including ice dams, mold and mildew, indoor air quality issues
• Analyze buildings using “blower door” technology and other diagnostic equipment
• Assess building tightness, mechanical and distribution systems, combustion safety for a “whole house” Performance‐based approach
• Practical application of “blower door,” combustion safety testing, and other diagnostics for assessing air leakage and efficiency in buildings
  
  

To learn more about this class, download the flyer (pdf) and for more information please call (607) 778-5012.
To sign up for this course fill out the attached application and fax to (607) 778-5535. Download an application form (pdf).