Green Lining to Recession's Dark Clouds

[rspermo]

Peter,

I am a RESNET Certified Energy Rater and I own a blower door, a duct blaster and an IR camera. The duct blaster is required to certify new homes as Energy Star. I would love to do a home show but we do not have one until Sept! My obvious weakness is marketing!

[jrivera]

Originally Posted by rspermo

I would love to do a home show but we do not have one until Sept! My obvious weakness is marketing!

Like he said, seminars are great. Here's an idea, Adult continuing Ed., Libraries, Rotaries, alot of people want speakers and being Certified, whether BPI/HERS adds a more credibility (adds a little more in the chest area too, LOL).

Shoot I spent enough time in my HERS class and I don't even want to talk about that friggin' test (lost hairs probably).

You've got the basic knowledge, flaunt it, or someone else will.

Learn, Educate, Serve and have fun doing it! (hmm, I think I've heard that before.)


Mic

[Peter C. Russell]

Originally Posted by mcyr

Hi. Peter;

Seeing that tax credits will be given for energy savings and repairs done to the homes this year, I believe your prospects in this bussiness might turn out to be somewhat lucrative for you Peter.
The worlds minds are all on energy these days, and the energy audits appears to be the first step for most to find out how much is being spent to heat and cool their homes.

Good luck to you.

Marcel

Thanks Marcel, Hows the Brentwood project doing?

[Peter C. Russell]

Originally Posted by rspermo

Peter,

I am a RESNET Certified Energy Rater and I own a blower door, a duct blaster and an IR camera. The duct blaster is required to certify new homes as Energy Star. I would love to do a home show but we do not have one until Sept! My obvious weakness is marketing!

I plan on mostly existing housing and energy star ratings won't be necessary. When I took the BPI class we learned how to test duct work using the manometer and pressure pans. The pressure pans were cool because you can use them on electrical outlets and switches. I think using the blower door, manometer and IR will work good for existing homes, before and after testing will show the improvements.

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Originally Posted by prussell

Thanks Marcel, Hows the Brentwood project doing?

Pretty good Peter.
If interested, I have posted quite a few pictures on YLH.
I should be there another month for finish work.

[John McKenna]

Originally Posted by jrivera

Check out RESNET's Blog

Good resource Mickey... here is the link

http://www.natresnet.org/resblog/index.asp

[John McKenna]

Originally Posted by jburkeson1

Thanks John, please keep me in the loop on this one.

Everyone that wants on my personal email list for updates should
send me an email ..... john@infrared-certified.com

I will be posting lots of updates on the forum. Good news coming
in the energy side of things and don't forget we have the FREE
IR conference (2 days of free training in Denver CO) coming this summer.

[John McKenna]

Originally Posted by prussell

I have a booth coming up at the local home show where I'll be giving away two free energy audits and with the home show coupon my clients will get their energy audit free if they hire my company to complete the scope of work.

Good idea.

[David Sorge]

Originally Posted by jmckenna1

It's a little early, but I am going let the cat out of the bag...

We are going to start a FREE 4 hour "Energy Audit & Weatherization"
class once a month. It will based on a 12 point energy audit standard
and will be a good place to ask questions and kick around new ideas
about marketing. It will be perfect for those who already use the
infrared camera and want to know what to expect as they expand
their business into the Energy Audit market, like you are doing.

The webinar class will be live and free to everyone.

More info to follow...

Now that's wicked-good stuff to hear