The ENERGY STAR program was created by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a means to combat climate change through increases in energy efficiency. Since 1995, homes have been labeled as an ENERGY STAR product, using the RESNET Home Energy Rating System standards and RESNET certified Home Energy Raters as the verifiers. With three paths to certification, the ENERGY STAR program has proven to be viable for production builders, custom builders and affordable housing providers.

ENERGY STAR version 2.5 is going to be implemented
July 1, 2011* All Raters that intend to work with ENERGY STAR builders must attend a course given by a RESNET-accredited Training Provider that covers the program changes. IBS Advisors is pleased to announce that we now offer this course for 18 hours of Rater Professional Development.

IBS Advisors has a long history of successfully training Raters for the marketplace, with 97% of our students passing the Rater test this year. We bring the same level of experience and expertise to this program course which has a written exam provided by the EPA. If you really want to know what changes have been made to your role, and how you must implement those changes, and how it will affect your profitability, you should attend this course.

*Single family homes permitted before April 1, 2011 can continue to be qualified under v2 through June 30, 2011 (if this deadline is missed, homes will be subject to v2.5 (for homes completed between 7/1/11 and 12/31/11) or v3 (for homes completed beginning 1/1/12). All homes permitted AND completed in 2011 must be qualified under v2.5 (if this deadline is missed, homes will be subject to v3). All homes completed on or after January 1, 2012 must be qualified under v3.

We teach the following courses on the ENERGY STAR program:

• How to Sell ENERGY STAR Homes
• ENERGY STAR: Past, Present & Future
• ENERGY STAR for Affordable Housing
• ENERGY STAR: A Program Overview
• ENERGY STAR Version 3 for Raters