"Energy Movement for Inspectors" course

Welcome to InterNACHI's free, online Energy Movement for Inspectors course.

By completing this course, students will:

understand the principles of energy and energy movement;
learn the three methods of heat transfer;
understand the difference between thermal and air barriers and the proper location of each;
recognize the forces that cause air leakage;
understand the connection between air leakage, energy waste, and moisture problems; and
understand how air ducts affect the pressure balance within the home.

The U.S. Department of Energy and InterNACHI, the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors, Inc., are working in cooperation to develop and offer energy inspection courses to InterNACHI members.

In keeping with InterNACHI's commitment to Continuing Education, this course is open and free to all members, and can be taken again and again, without limit.

Reminder to members: InterNACHI's Code of Ethics 1.10 requires that you comply with all government rules and licensing requirements of the jurisdiction where you conduct business. InterNACHI's courses and Standards generally exceed the Standards of Practice that you are required to abide by locally.

This course has been approved by:

The Energy Movement course includes:

34 sections;
over 50 photos and illustrations;
46-minute training video;
4 quizzes;
50-question final exam (drawn from a larger pool);
instant grading;
a downloadable, printable Certificate of Completion; and
accreditations and state approvals.

This course covers the following topics

Learning Objectives
Definitions
What is Energy?
Renewable or Not
How Does Energy Move?
Where Does Our Energy Come From?
Heat Transfer
Radiation
Everything Radiates And/Or Absorbs
Conduction
Convection
Heat Transfer Mechanisms
Comfort, Safety and Efficiency
Thermal Boundary
Insulated Attic
Air Barrier
Moisture
Driving Forces of Air Movement
Air Movement: Temperature
Air Movement: Pressure
Air Leakage 1
Air Leakage 2
Air Leakage 3
Air Leakage Definitions
Air Movement: Driving Forces
Driving Forces: Wind Effect
Driving Forces: Stack Effect
Driving Forces: Combustion & Fans
Driving Forces: Duct Leakage, Part 1
Driving Forces: Duct Leakage, Part 2
Driving Forces: Imbalances
Controlled Driving Force: Blower Door
Video: Performing a Home Energy Audit
Summary

Upon completion of this course and passing of the 20-question final exam (drawn from a larger pool), the student can download and print their own Certificate of Completion which is auto-generated in their own name.

The student's (InterNACHI member's) information is recorded on InterNACHI's servers for membership compliance verification, and automatically logs completion into InterNACHI's online Continuing Education log. It counts as two InterNACHI Continuing Education hours.

Non-members may view only the first page of the course.

Members will need their username and password. If you have forgotten your password, CLICK HERE (instant response) or email fastreply@nachi.org and request it (don't forget your name).

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Some features which make InterNACHI's courses superior to existing continuing education options:

The course is free for all InterNACHI members.
The course is written in pure XHTML code for quick loading. The course loads fine on old computers and loads fast, even with dial-up.
The course is designed using a hierarchal menu coupled with a sequential page navigation. This provides the student with the option to easily repeat areas of weakness.
The course permits the student to start, stop and restart any part of the course as often as desired.
There are a variety of images within the course, including diagrams, illustrations and photos.
The illustrations can be enlarged for clearer viewing by clicking on them.
The text is integrated into InterNACHI's Inspector Glossary. Rolling over blue-colored terms provides their definition.
The final exam uses multiple-choice questions that reference the images.
The course's quizzes and final exam have numerous advantages over traditional exam systems:
1. The course, quizzes and final exam incorporate built-in intelligence which identifies and strengthens each student's unique subject weaknesses.
2. Not only is each question weighted with regard to score, but each answer is weighted, as well as the correctness of each answer being weighted.
  1. Answers to easy questions are weighted such that the student is penalized, in terms of score, for answering incorrectly, but rewarded modestly for answering correctly.
  2. Answers to difficult questions are weighted such that the student is rewarded, in terms of score, for answering correctly, but not penalized for answering incorrectly.
  3. Answers to questions regarding basic safety, or questions every inspector should know the answer to, are weighted such that the student is severely penalized, in terms of score, for answering incorrectly.
Upon passing the final exam, the student can print out a Certificate of Completion which is auto-generated in their own name.

Why online inspector education is better than classroom inspector education.

InterNACHI Members: Take the free, online Energy Movement for Inspectors course now (free to InterNACHI members).

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