Comments on: A Home Energy Rater Class Is Just the Beginning

By: Allison Bailes

Allison Bailes — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:02:57 +0000

Nate A.:
Nate A.: How in the world did I forget Home Energy Magazine?! I've added to the list above, so thanks for the reminder.

Andrew: Yes, absolutely teaching is a great way to learn. I've added it to the list above, too. Blogging is another way to do that and another surprising omission that's now in the list.

Mark C.: Residential Energy by Krigger & Dorsi is a great resource! I think most, if not all, HERS rater classes use it as a textbook, but reading it over again more thoroughly after the class helps a lot, too.

By: Mark Crawford

Mark Crawford — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:39:39 +0000

Another great publication you
Another great publication you may have just missed or its a given is Residential energy By John Krigger and you are so right taking a class and getting certified is just a start I have all the IECC energy code certifiactions as well as resnet

plus 20 years of custom home building and I,m not talkin about these crakerjack boxes I see in these monopoly developements ..as far as duct blast testing were does the blue refernce hose go... Just kidding!!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:12:30 +0000

PJ: Not only is your rhetoric
PJ: Not only is your rhetoric agonizing to read, it's even more troublesome that you offer a multitude of problems and zero solutions. If you do not have something beneficial to say, please don't say it.

/end rant

I also wanted to say that if you get the opportunity, teach. If you can effectively teach someone something you just learned, then you have a good handle on the subject. Also when teaching,students will ask questions that you do not know the answer to. This will also expand your knowledge in the search for answers for your students, because in most cases, its out there, you just have to find it.

By: Brett Moyer

Brett Moyer — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:36:36 +0000

PJ,

PJ,

Your whole anti-government shtick is getting really old. We get it, you're a capitalist.

Can we move on now?

By: pj

pj — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:31:59 +0000

Alison,

Alison,

It would seem economics is what is missing from the proposed studies. There was once a concept called "capitalism". An idea that goods and services would naturally flow to the most productive use.

It seems Home Energy "Pros" think like socialists where the state directs the resources.They like the idea of "smart" bureaucrats making choices for us, telling us what to do,subsidizing some products, not others, and picking the winners.

Why do HEP's know better than me, what is best for me? Why should you use my money to help buy my neighbors air sealing?

I hope someday the HP folks can live, prosper, stand on their own two feet, and stop begging.

The communist system failed for a reason.

Thanks,

Pj

By: Nate Adams

Nate Adams — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:50:48 +0000
I also like Home Energy
I also like Home Energy Magazine. Being an insulation contractor teaches you all kinds of stuff too, but it's not really practical for raters! Thanks for the good tips, I signed up for the Home Energy Pros site and Linked In group!

By: Allison Bailes

Allison Bailes — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:40:39 +0000
pj: I don
pj: I don't think anyone wants a course in economics from me, but I'll give you my favorite quote from an economist:

Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.

~ Kenneth Boulding

Josh: Yep, you get enough to get started and the rest is up to you. Like many things, you get out of it what you put into it.

Green Curmudgeon: I like the skydiving metaphor! I'll have to use that in or next class.

By: Green Curmudgeon

Green Curmudgeon — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:54:08 +0000

Definitely true. You leave
Definitely true. You leave the class all revved up thinking you know everything until you get out on a job site all by yourself, look at the equipment, and think, what the hell do I do with all this stuff? Reminds me of a friend who went skydiving – they drilled them in the sequence for pulling your chute by jumping off a short ladder over and over again until complete boredom set in and they were convince that they knew how to do it. Then, when they jumped out of the plane, it was “Oh @#%$^, what do I do now?” Our industry isn’t quite as dangerous, but equally confusing when you’re on your own.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:13:16 +0000
It is true, the learning does
It is true, the learning does not begin until you get out in the field. Kind of like architecture school, they give you enough education to get started, the rest is learned on the job.

By: pj

pj — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:28:37 +0000
Allison,

Allison,

I hope, after 30 years, Home Energy Pros, will finally learn how to make a living without Tax Subsidies, Rate Payer Tariffs, and the other peoples money?

How about a course in economics?

Thanks and keep em coming,

Pj