The annual fee for accreditation as a Home Energy Audit Provider is $1750.00. There is a non-refundable application fee of $500. If the application for accreditation is approved the $500 application fee will be credited to the accreditation fee. If you are already a Rating Provider there is a onetime application fee of $500 to become a Home Energy Audit Provider. If you are already a Home Energy Survey Provider there is no cost for becoming a Home Energy Audit Provider.
Part One: Applicant Information
Legal name and full address of home energy audit program. This name and address will appear on the Certificate of Accreditation and the national register of accredited home energy audit quality assurance providers that is used by utilities, government agencies, and sponsoring programs.
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Part Two: Criteria for Accreditation
*Please note that all submitted curricula, training materials, examination materials and other supporting documents will be held in strict confidence, as any proprietary materials. However, these materials cannot be returned to the applicant.
1. Please describe your process for compliance with RESNET Home Energy Audit guidelines 2.A. - Performance evaluation of ability to perform accurate Home Energy Surveys and Building Performance Audits in accordance with RESNET guidelines. Please be as specific as possible.
2. Please describe your process for meeting RESNET guidelines - Professional Development.
3. Please describe your process for meeting RESNET guidelines - Home Energy Survey Professional and Building Performance Auditor Testing.
4. Please describe your process for meeting RESNET guidelines - Recertification of Home Energy Survey Professionals and Building Performance Auditors.
5. Please attach an unexecuted copy of your Home Energy Survey Professional/Building Performance Auditor written agreement to this application. Agreements must at a minimum meet the requirements of RESNET guidelines. (Please note that the RESNET Code of Ethics must be attached to the agreement.)
6. Please attach your organization’s Policies and Procedures Manual. The manual must include at a minimum the requirements described in RESNET guidelines.
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The Policies and Procedures Manual must include a detailed description of your conflict of interest provisions, discipline procedures, quality assurance plan, auditor registry and complaint response process.
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The Policies and Procedures Manual must include a detailed description of the process, procedures and reports required for an In-Home Energy Survey and Building Performance Audit.
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The Policy and Procedures Manual must address how your organization will determine and document that potential home energy survey professional and Building Performance Auditor candidates have the minimum skills required to conduct the In-Home Energy Survey and Building Performance Audits.
7.Please describe your written conflict of interest provisions that include the requirements described in RESNET guidelines (Do not simply refer to your Policy and Procedures Manual when answering this question).
8. Please describe your written discipline procedures that include the requirements described in RESNET guidelines (Do not simply refer to your Policy and Procedures Manual when answering this question).
9. Please describe your Quality Assurance Plan that at a minimum, includes all provisions described in RESNET guidelines (Do not simply refer to your Policy and Procedures Manual when answering this question).
The documentation of the qualifications of your quality assurance designee.
A written, signed letter of intention between your organization and your quality assurance designee that a formal relationship will be entered into if this application for accreditation is approved.
10. Please provide a template of the auditor registry your organization will be using. (The template does not need to include any information at this time.)
11. Please provide your process for meeting the requirements of RESNET guidelines - Complaint Response Process. Please describe how you will ensure that auditors inform all clients about this process and how you as a provider can verify that this communication has transpired. (Do not simply refer to your Policy and Procedures Manual when answering this question).
12. Please provide a copy of your organization's In-Home Energy Survey Form as required in the RESNET guidelines.
13. Please provide a copy of your organization's Minimum In-Home Energy Survey Report as required in the RESNET guidelines.
14. Please provide a copy of your organization's Building Performance Audit Form as required in the RESNET guidelines.
15. Please provide a copy of your organization's Building Performance Audit Report as required in the RESNET guidelines.
16. Please answer the following questions:
Have the individual or individuals applying for this accreditation ever been revoked under the name of this organization or any other organization accredited by RESNET? *
Has any one associated with your organization or anyone associated with your company, including officers or certified raters, ever been suspended or revoked while performing as a RESNET certified rater or serving under another RESNET Providership, for violations of the RESNET Standards (including RESNET's quality assurance standards) or any other violations of RESNET's rating procedures, by either RESNET or a RESNET Rater Provider? *
Has any one associated with your organization or anyone associated with your company, including officers or certified raters, been found by RESNET to violate the RESNET Standards? *
Part Three: Application Certification and Representation
By checking this box, I affirm that the information on this application is complete and accurate
Part Four: Payment
The annual fee for accreditation as a Home Energy Audit Provider is $1750.00. There is a non-refundable application fee of $500. If the application for accreditation is approved the $500 application fee will be credited to the accreditation fee. If you are already a Rating Provider there is a onetime application fee of $500 to become a Home Energy Audit Provider.