For four decades, the National Home Performance Conference has been a launching pad for ideas, partnerships, and real progress in home performance, weatherization, and healthy housing. This milestone year is about more than looking back—it’s about building on the momentum we’ve created together and shaping the future.
Join us in Columbus in 2026 as thousands of contractors, weatherization professionals, healthy homes experts, trainers, program administrators, energy auditors, and others in residential energy efficiency gather for the latest industry education and networking.
This Building Science Principles course is a 1- day training designed to introduce weatherization and building science principles. Students will participate in classroom instruction and laboratory work using the Building Performance Institute’s Building Science Principles Reference Guide.
Designed specifically for analysts, auditors and technicians who may perform inspections. Our IREC-accredited 5-day Energy Analyst course prepares participants to complete a comprehensive evaluation of a performance-based energy audit to include requisite documentation.
REA Energy Analyst is in alignment with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory/U.S. Department of Energy Job Task Analysis (JTA) of the Energy Auditor. The course is broken down into five days of instruction focusing on the job description/duties outlined in the JTA.
This course is designed for the comprehensive evaluation and documentation of a performance-based energy audit specifically of the building shell, assessment of the efficiency and safety of the mechanical systems, and to establish the most cost-effective weatherization strategies using skills learned in the course. These include principles of energy, energy and the building shell, air leakage and the dynamics of pressure differentials, insulation types, windows and doors, heating and cooling systems, indoor air quality (including ASHRAE 62.2-2016 calculations), lighting and appliances, water heating, and health and safety. Students will learn the fundamental concepts related to building science, air leakage testing, and performance-based energy auditing.
