Basic Level
This Exam Prep Program is designed to prepare you for the Foundation Exam. If you have less than 5 years experience in the industry or no building science background this course is for you!
The main categories covered in our Exam Prep Program include:
- An Overview of the Role of an Energy Advisor
- Plans Reading
- Safety Considerations
- Building Science Principles and the House-as-a-System
- Concept Construction and Renovation of Low Rise Housing
- The Envelope First Approach (New and Existing Homes)
- Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (New and Existing Homes)
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Course Overview
This Exam Prep Program is designed to prepare you for the Foundation Exam. The main categories covered include:
- An Overview of the Role of an Energy Advisor
- Plans Reading
- Safety Considerations
- Building Science Principles and the House-as-a-System Concept
- Construction and Renovation of Low Rise Housing
- The Envelope First Approach (New and Existing Homes)
- Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (New and Existing Homes)
If you have less than 5 years experience in the industry or no building science background this course is for you! Your training plan is laid it out so that you can ‘ladder’, or build up, your knowledge and understanding as you go. Our learning sequence is based on good instructional design principles and the latest in brain science and adult learning. We want you to succeed by getting the strongest Foundation!
You will learn each concept and topic through a short video lesson, a worksheet that helps you to apply what you learned in the video to a real-world situation, and some questions or actions that will help you solidify your understanding of the topic.
You get points for each piece you complete. There’s a community forum where you can ask questions, and a curated resource list that you can sort and filter to suit your own path.
Our learning platform also comes with an AI assistant that will help you find the information you want when it comes to review and study time.
Includes:
- Video Lessons (with pdf transcripts)
- Worksheets
- Interactive Exercises
- Challenges and Quizzes
- Curated Resource Hub
- Community Forum
- Email Support
- Practice Timed Exam
- Audio-only version for on-the-go
Important Details
- This course takes about 50-70 hours (including reviews, quizzes, etc.)
- Like all BHE courses, you have access for 12 months
- The course is best viewed on a laptop or desktop. It works on tablets, but it’s really hard to see all the detail on a phone!
- Sales within Canada are subject to GST/HST
- Download course outline
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Course Outline
Certification Steps
Step 1: Pass the Foundation Exam
Step 2: Pass the EA (House) Exam
Step 3: Be affiliated with a service organisation
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Disclaimer, Waiver & Indemnification
This Energy Advisor Foundation Exam Preparation package is not a program of study. It is simply one of the training and development activities you may engage in to pass any exams to become an Energy Advisor.
Blue House Energy (BHE) does not make any representations or warranties, or provide any guarantees, regarding your likelihood of passing any exams as an Energy Advisor following your completion of the Energy Advisor Foundation Exam Preparation package.
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