Home Energy Blower Door Training Course

Welcome to InterNACHI's free, online Home Energy Blower Door Training Course.

Goal:

The goal of this course is to teach the student how to perform an home energy inspection using a blower door.

Objective:

Upon successful completion of this course, the inspector will be able to perform a home energy blower door test on a residential property, including setting up the blower door, operating the equipment, and interpreting the test results.

Course includes:

6,341 words;
2 hours of video;
student book;
inspection and writing assignment;
research and writing assignment;
29 quiz questions;
30-question final exam (drawn from a larger pool);
instant grading; and
downloadable, printable Certificate of Completion.

You will learn the following topics:

Blower door components
Terminology
Set up
Equipment operation
Testing
Results interpretation
NACH levels
Calculating house volume
Blower door manufacturers and type of equipment
Basic blower door calculations
Pressurization vs. depressurization testing
Multifamily testing
Blower door software
Mechanical ventilation calculations
Air leakage principles
Thermal and pressure barriers
Thermal boundary
Common air leakage points
Construction types and framing
Convective loops
Sealing air leakage

Home Energy Blower Door Training Course Course # 4000 nachi.org/home-energy-blower-door-training
Activity	Assignments	Estimated hours for the average student
Academic Engagement	Reading online course instructional material at 140 words per minute	0.8
	Watching and listening to instructional video	2.0
	Taking quizzes	0.9
	Taking the exam	0.9
	Conducting a directed and independent inspection study performed according to the Standards of Practice, including the development of an inspection report	4.0
	Submitting an inspection and writing assignment	0.5
	Submitting a research and writing assignment	0.5
	Total	9.6

Preparation	Studying and reviewing instructional material in preparation for taking quizzes and exam	2.8
	Reading the downloaded student course book including taking the quizzes with the book	0.8
	Reading, research, and studying related to completing the research and writing assignment	4.0
	Studying and preparing for inspection processes according to a Standards of Practice, including capturing and storing digital images with a camera or device, making observations, evaluating conditions, deducing, formulating opinions, communicating observations in written form, attaining competency in performing inspections and using an inspection checklist or software and other inspection tools in producing a report.	10.0
	Total	17.6

	Sub Total	27.2
Overall Total		27.0 hours / 0.6 SCH

And, in keeping with InterNACHI's commitment to Continuing Education, this online training 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:

Upon completion of this course and passing of the 30-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.

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@internachi.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.