Training the Best Workforce! Larry D. Armanda Therma-View Infrared and Energy Consultants S....

Training the Best Workforce!

Larry D. Armanda

Therma-View Infrared and Energy Consultants

S. Williamsport, PA

&

A. Tamasin Sterner

Pure Energy Coach LLC

Lancaster, PA

Two Main Goals for This Time Together

1. Preview what you will see outside if you take the tour

2. Share information about COACH so you can decide if you’d like to use COACH

Why Did We Create COACH?►We love and respect the people who work in

weatherization and the home performance industry, and

►We saw a need for a mobile, hands-on training lab, and

►We want to support you as you learn and practice, and

►We want to be the BPI Affiliate companies you choose to train and test you and your staff

House as a System

When we air seal and insulate, we change how the building and all its

systems operate.

We need to inspect and test to make sure we are safe, the occupants are safe, and the building is safe: before we start and

when we leave.

History►Found and purchased: Summer of 2010► Reality Check…: Fall and Winter, 2010

Removed bedroom and bathroom Discovered rotten roof Rebuilt roof Interior finished Furnaces installed

►Maiden Voyage: May 2011►Graphics: August 2011

What You Can Learn in COACH

►All about gas and oil combustion appliances: Safety Controls Venting Testing:

• Draft Pressure• Carbon Monoxide• Efficiency• CAZ Depressurization• Gas Leaks• Different Test Equipment

Furnaces Through the Ages

Oil Burners

Combustion Appliances That Can Backdraft

Air Leakage Testing

►Blower Door►Zone Testing►Pressure Pan►Exhaust Fan Flow

Measurement►Infrared with the

Blower Door

Zone Testing

ZPD House

Exhaust Fan Flow Testing

Pressure PanAUDITOR’S TOOLBOX

Photo courtesy of The US Department of Energy

Duct Blaster

Use duct pressurization testing to quantify:

►Total duct leakage

►Duct leakage to outdoor

Photos courtesy of Energy Conservatory

BUILDING ASSESSMENT

Blower Door

INDOOR AIR QUALITY

Photos courtesy of The US Department of Energy

Infrared Scanning

Photo courtesy of PA Weatherization Training Center

BUILDING ASSESSMENT

Testing, Re-Certification, CEU’s

Who Has Already Benefited

►The State of Connecticut 50 WAP and ARRA Contractors

►First Energy 15 Program Managers

►J&F Energy Solutions Hosted Two Sessions, 25 Technicians

And Other Guidelines

Thank YouLarry D. Armanda A. Tamasin Sterner