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America's
Home Energy Rating Org.
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Welcome
to America's Energy Efficiency Spotlight, "Our
goal is to help our Raters become successful through Energy
Efficiency and Green
building practices across America, we are your
friend."
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home energy rater must successfully complete
training by a RESNET Accredited Rater Training
Provider and must be certified by a RESNET
Accredited Rating Provider.
The training is conducted in accordance with
a syllabus developed by RESNET and
addresses the following:
- Basic principles of building science
(i.e., viewing the home as a system)
- Thermal resistance of insulation materials
- The minimum rated features for buildings
- Blower door testing procedures
- Duct leakage testing procedures
- Variations in construction types and their
ramifications
- Types and efficiencies of windows
- Types and efficiencies of heating,
cooling, water heating, and lighting systems
- Types and characteristics of space
conditioning and domestic hot water
distribution systems
- Types of thermostatic controls
- Determination of azimuth
- Determination of air leakage
- Determination of fuels used by major
appliances
- Utility rate structures
- On-site inspection procedures
- Producing a scaled and dimensioned drawing
of a home
- Calculating the area of rectangles,
triangles, circles, ovals and combinations
of these shapes
- Calculating the volume of boxes, pyramids,
spheres, and other geometric shapes
- Completing a home energy rating checklist
or entering data into a home energy rating
software program
- Completing a home energy improvement
analysis or entering data into a home energy
rating software program that performs
improvements analysis
- Basic knowledge of financial incentive
programs and energy efficient mortgages
- Communicating the benefits of energy
saving measures and practices to the
consumer
- Quality assurance
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Initial
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