Retrofit Refresh: Best Practices for Existing Home Audits

This training program is designed to provide a deep understanding of the existing home audit process – providing practical, “boots on the ground” guidance and lessons learned for each building and administrative component; highlight potential modelling challenges; and offer information that supports the work of existing home EAs – contributing to confidence in the delivery of consistent EA services.

THE INSTRUCTOR:

Liam Butters, Owner, Ecology Consulting

Liam is a Professional Engineer and CEM and spent the last 15-years working in the industrial and construction sectors. He has extensive hands-on experience as an REA, and will share his deep understanding of the ERS, existing home evaluations, and residential HVAC design.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
• Newly licensed EAs
• REAs seeking a refresh of the existing home audit process
• EA candidates who have ideally passed NRCan’s Foundation and EA (House) exams
• Industry stakeholders who want to better understand the existing home audit process.

NOTE: This program assumes participants have a general understanding of building science, building processes and materials, and the Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) EnerGuide Rating System requirements, processes, HOT2000 modelling, and on-site practices, e.g., running a blower door.