Course Offerings

 Our 8 hour bilingual classroom or online training complements the Building Performance Institute BSP Study Guide and greatly improves your chances of passing the BPI BSP online examination (call or email for scheduling) – Nuestro entrenamiento bilingüe complementa la Guía de Estudio de BSP de BPI y aumenta considerablemente sus posibilidades de pasar el examen en línea 

• S01 Basic Building Science (2 hrs)
• S02 House as a System  (2 hrs)
• S03 Building Envelope (2 hrs)
• S04 “Green” Technology for New &  Existing Construction (2 hrs)

Astracor offers the required pre-licensure business course to new or prospective contractors on a monthly basis (next course SA 12.17 in Laurel MD) in bilingual format (Astracor ofrece el curso mandatorio de pre-licenciatura a los nuevos contratistas sobre base mensual en un formato bilingüe - llamar o enviar correo electrónico para la programación)

We also offer RBEA (Residential Building Energy Analyst) license training, consisting of completion of a BPI training program (S or B course series), passing a certification exam, and completion of job shadowing experience from our RBEA Boot Camp

• C01 Contractor Pre-Licensure (8 hrs - $110)
• C02 RBEA Boot Camp (8 hrs - $150)  

   This certification allows you to perform residential energy audits for most government and utility company rebate programs (we are holding a course for certified Dominion Energy Home Energy Retrofit contractors next weel from 02.21-02.26) 

• B01 Math for Energy Pros (2 hrs)
• B02 Combustion Safety (4 hrs)
• B03 Air Infiltration Testing (3 hrs)
• B04 Energy Modeling  (2 hrs)
• B05 BA Field Training (5 hrs)

   This certification allows you to perform residential energy audits and write work scopes for Federal Weatherization projects (call or email for scheduling) 

• A01 Preliminary Steps (1 hr)
• A02 Exterior Investigation (1.5 hrs)
• A03 Interior Investigation (1.5 hrs)
• A04 Attics & Foundations (1.5 hrs)
• A05 Appliances/Mechanicals (1.5 hrs)
• A06 Field Training (6 hrs)

This new microcredential certification is a joint venture of BPI and the Healthy Homes Training Network  (call or email for scheduling) 

• H01 Client Relations Protocol (1 hr)
• H02 Home Safety Hazards                     (1 hr)
• H03 Environmental Health Hazards (1.5 hrs)
• H04 Visual Inspection (1.5 hrs)
• H05 Quantitative Measurements  (1.5 hrs)
• H06 Intervention Strategies (1.5 hrs)
• H07 HHE Field Training (3 hrs)

Check the BPI CEU website for current onsite and online CEU offerings: https://exams.bpi.org/site/en/bpi