About the Course

BPI Healthy Housing Principles: Have you ever entered a home and known right away that something wasn't right? There was a stale quality to the air, or a musty odor. In some cases, the air quality may have been so poor that it made your eyes sting or you could feel it in your throat. We instinctively know to leave these environments as quickly as possible, but what about that home's occupants?

Earning the Healthy Housing Principles (HHP) Certificate of Knowledge proves your knowledge of how the different components of a home interact to affect occupant health.

Who Should Get the Healthy Housing Principles Certificate?

Anyone interested in the connection between human health symptoms and the possible home issues that could be causing them should consider earning the Healthy Housing Principles Certificate.

By earning the HHP, the following groups will gain insight that could help shape their careers:

• Community health workers, in-home nurses, and asthma educators

• County and city health department staff

• Public and private medical facility staff and administrators

• Utility program representatives

• Remodelers, insulation, HVAC, and other trades professionals

• Home inspectors and realtors

• Federal, state, and local government program managers and staff

• Secondary and post-secondary teachers and students

If you are already working in home performance, chances are you are already improving your clients’ health. In fact, the Department of Energy (DOE) found that home performance upgrades done with energy efficiency in mind also improve overall occupant health.

Take your home performance knowledge and experience to the next level by learning how to integrate health into your home performance work.

BPI Certified Professionals can earn eight (8) BPI CEU credits by passing the HHP exam and uploading their HHP Certificate of Knowledge through BPI’s CEU Account.

Location: Remote

Date: May 7-8, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time

Your Instructors:

• Sonia Cruz entered the home energy services industry in 2013 as a Home Performance Specialist, leading a team of trained professionals conducting home energy assessments. She has an extensive knowledge of the home performance space and is certified as a BPI Building Analyst, Envelope Professional, and Healthy Homes Evaluator/Practitioner; a DOE Qualified Assessor; and holds US EPA Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting and OSHA-10 certifications.

• Michelle Long entered the home energy services industry in 2010 as a Home Performance Specialist, leading a team of trained professionals conducting home energy assessments and insulation projects. She has an extensive knowledge of the home performance space and is certified as a BPI Building Analyst, Envelope Professional, and Healthy Homes Evaluator/Practitioner; a DOE Qualified Assessor; and  US EPA Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting certified.