RESNET's standards are officially recognized by the U.S. mortgage industry for capitalizing a building's energy performance in the mortgage loan, certification of "White Tags" for private financial investors, and by the federal government for verification of building energy performance for such programs as federal tax incentives, the Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR program and the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America Program.

Apple Blossom is fully accredited by the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET).

RESNET Ratings provides a relative energy use index called the HERS® Index - a HERS Index of 100 represents the energy use of the "American Standard Building" and an Index of 0 (zero) indicates that the Proposed Building uses no net purchased energy (a Zero Energy Building). A set of rater recommendations for cost-effective improvements that can be achieved by the Rated Building is also produced.

"Setting the Standard for Quality in Building Energy Performance with the RESNET HERS Training Program"

AppleBlossom Energy realizes the need for more home performance building professionals with the coming opportunities for improving the energy efficiency performance of our nations existing housing inventory.

We are committed to affecting this monumental task by offering certification training in compliance with the RESNET Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Standards andthe Building Performance Institute (BPI) Building Analyst Certification.

HERS Certification Training

The AppleBlossom Energy HERS rater training course is a five day training course, with the RESNET National Examination being given on the morning of the 6^th day.  This course will give a foundational explanation of why buildings work as designed or fail.  We will cover the issues associated with heat, air, moisture movement within a home.  The foundation of any HERS system is the RESNET National Standards ( www.resnet.us ), which will be a major portion of this week of intensive instruction.  The student will be instructed in the methods used to evaluate the energy position of a home including the operation of the blower door and the duct testing fan to measure the performance of the home.

Please view our calendar below for class dates, times and locations.  In our effort to work with our clients we will offer training at a remote site from our Training Center in Concord, NC.  We will take our program to a sponsors location when he can realize a savings in training cost for his employees.  Please contact our office for details.

Home Star

 The Home Star program as currently defined will utilize both the certified BPI Building Analyst and the certified RESNET HERS Rater in the performance and quality assurance for the Gold Level participants.

  Michael Guy is our principal HERS Trainer, James McGarvey is our backup HERS Trainer.  Click Here for their Bio's

To Register Call Christine Hess at 800-606-1900