Jennifer M. Granholm, the United States Secretary of Energy, will be delivering a welcome message to attendees of the 2021 National Home Performance Virtual Conference on Monday, April 12. This event brings together contractors, weatherization professionals, trainers, program administrators, energy auditors, and others working in residential energy efficiency for the latest developments and education in …
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Green Buildings Career Map Launches, Showcasing Diverse Energy Efficiency Career Options
We’re excited to announce the brand new Green Buildings Career Map! The Green Buildings Career Map—created by Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) with the support of Building Performance Association, Building Performance Institute, National Community Action Partnership, National Institute of Building Sciences, and Home Builders Institute—is a highly interactive tool that explores careers in green buildings …
CLEAN Future Act Update
In early March, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) introduced the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act, which lays out the blueprint for how they propose to combat climate change …
Amplify Your Voice & Sign Our Constituent Letter
Please note, the deadline to sign this letter has passed. Click here to access our legislative action center for the latest opportunities to get involved. The Building Performance Association, with the support of E4TheFuture, is asking for your help. Our industry, like so many others, has been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. But with …
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Celebrating 35 Years With 35 Stories: Dick, Ken, & Paul
Continuing our interview series celebrating our 35th annual home performance conference, this week we’ve received a video from Dick Kornbluth of DickKornbluth, LLC, and done Q&As with Ken Riead of Hathmore Technologies, LLC, and Paul Raymer of Heyoka Solutions, LLC. This series highlights 35 incredible people that work in our industry by allowing them to …
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Celebrating 35 Years With 35 Stories: Alexandra, Rana, & Aldrich
Continuing our interview series celebrating our 35th annual home performance conference, this week we’ve done Q&As with Alexandra Baczek of Steven Baczek Architect, Rana Belshe of Conservation Connection Consulting, and Aldrich Raja of Sustainable Capital Finance. This series highlights 35 amazing people that work in our industry by allowing them to tell their stories. Below …
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Celebrating 35 Years With 35 Stories: Bronwyn, Chandler, & Tom
This week, we continue our interview series celebrating our 35th annual home performance conference. This series highlights 35 amazing people that work in our industry by allowing them to tell their stories. Below we’ve got three more Q&As with Bronwyn Barry of the North American Passive House Network, Chandler Von Schrader of CvS Consulting, LLC, …
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Virtually Support Residential EE Programs on Capitol Hill
These events have concluded. Thanks to all who supported energy efficiency! Do you care about HPwES? Home Energy Score? Government support for other residential energy efficiency initiatives? Well, now is your time to tell them! The Building Performance Association, in collaboration with E4TheFuture, is hosting a series of virtual lobby day meetings March 23, 24, …
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Celebrating 35 Years With 35 Stories: John & Casey
Last week began our interview series celebrating our 35th annual home performance conference. This series highlights 35 amazing people that work in our industry by allowing them to tell their stories. This week, we’ve got two more stories to share: John Johnson, Jr. of Ground Level Solutions, Inc. and Casey Murphy of Pearl Certification. John …
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Celebrating 35 Years With 35 Stories: Steve, Suzanne, & Andy
In April 2021, the Building Performance Association put on our 35th annual home performance conference. And, just like many of our members, we’ve been on quite a journey to get where we are today. We started as Affordable Comfort in 1986, but some of you may know us as ACI. No matter the name, we’ve …
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