https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/is-hers-rater-training-a-scam/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:03:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/is-hers-rater-training-a-scam/#comment-457 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:03:07 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=is-hers-rater-training-a-scam#comment-457 You’re right, Paul, and that
You’re right, Paul, and that’s why our class will be 8 days, not 5 or 5.5 days as most other training providers do. Over the past 2.5 years that I’ve been teaching HERS, that’s been one of my biggest concerns. The brain needs time to assimilate new information. Even 8 days isn’t enough, but I don’t think I could get anyone to register for a month-long HERS rater class. 
 
In the training sessions I attended at the RESNET conference this year, I kept hearing people talk about how ‘market forces’ determine that we can’t teach a class longer than a week. Ours is going to be 8 days in a row, from Saturday through Saturday, so that people can still do the class and miss only one week of work.

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/is-hers-rater-training-a-scam/#comment-456 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:49:37 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=is-hers-rater-training-a-scam#comment-456 Good overview, Allison …
Good overview, Allison … slightly off topic: it is understandable that some have a difficult time with HERS Certification. To expect the mind to absorb the amount of information made available is herculean; nearly impossible without a solid understanding of Building Science and basic common sense. Interesting how once one has “gotten it”, it seems so simple in retropect. 
 

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