Building Performance Association
Building Performance Association serves the industry through advocacy, careers, education, membership, and networking.
We are now accepting applications for volunteers are our 2023 National Home Performance Conference & Trade Show, hosted April 17-20 in Seattle, WA. Volunteers play an important role at our conferences by assisting presenters and attendees in sessions as session assistants. Session assistants ensure that sessions at conferences run efficiently by: Session assistants are required …
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The Building Performance Association (BPA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are partnering together for the first time ever at the 2023 National Home Performance Conference in Seattle, WA. The goal of this partnership is to more easily connect industry professionals with the healthy homes education they need. Every year, BPA …
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The US job market has been on a roller coaster for the last few years, with workforce issues and The Great Resignation looming large while unemployment rates are hitting pre-pandemic levels. Those searching for a job want to do meaningful work that they enjoy while working for a company they trust in a growing industry. …
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BPA held a call with the Bureau Chief of the DEQ and his team to keep up to date on impending funding opportunities including supporting their SEP+ formula submission for FY23.
BPA held quarterly meetings with Charles Cormany of Efficiency First California to discuss the current state of energy efficiency in his state and around the nation.
The State held its yearly Governor’s Energy Summit in Roanoke, WV. BPA attended and presented the State report data provided by E4TheFuture and current activities around residential energy efficiency. We also released the Affiliate webpage with numerous leaders, links to reports, and updated call listings. BPA staff conducted several working group calls with stakeholders around …
Continue reading “January 2023 – West Virginia State Update”
BPA has had regular quarterly communication with Allied Partner, BPPA VT, specifically around their whole-home decarbonization program and its connection to NEEP Total Energy Pathways program working towards a new BPI Credential. We interacted with the State Energy Office requesting inclusion into ongoing training plan development for brick and mortar training center.
There has been increased collaboration with Penn Tech college, the Energy Coordinating Agency, and Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance to further the Registered Apprenticeship program and coordinate contractors in the state.
State leaders have agreed to move forward with a formal BPA Affiliation agreement. The kick-off meeting will take place on February 2, 2023. You may join that meeting here.
BPA and BPCA have weekly scheduled calls and communications with executive officers surrounding collaborations, workforce development opportunities inside and outside existing programs. BPCA continues to increase push for stakeholder cooperation to prevent programs from being created in a vacuum. The association has become a qualified vendor with NYSERDA for impending funds implementation through a detailed …
