Climate change has an undeniable affect on indoor air quality. This lesson covers the basics of climate change and explains how changes in the natural environment incite changes in the built environment.

Gain a foundational understanding of core building science principles in this comprehensive lesson.

This foundational lesson reviews the various components of a house and explains how they work together as an interdependent system.

In this lesson, you’ll learn best practices for maintaining a safe job site and workplace to protect yourself, your team, and your customers.

Understanding the house as a system is integral to home and HVAC performance. Learn how the house works as a system and how that system affects energy efficiency, occupant health and safety, and more in this lesson.

This lesson covers the existing mechanical conventional systems and explains how they interact with each other and other systems within a home.

This lesson explains the fundamentals of spray foam insulation, including different types, benefits, and more.

Learn how cellulose insulation works, how it’s installed, and how to answer common home questions regarding insulation types.

Covers the basics of air sealing and weatherization and the role they play in healthy home services.

Fresh air systems are one of the essential components of a healthy home. Learn more about the fundamentals of ventilation system operation, including ERVs and HRVs.

Learn more about different solutions to help improve indoor air quality in a home, including air filtration and air dilution.

Covers energy efficient plumbing upgrade basics including tankless and heat pump hot water heaters, water-saving faucets, toilets, showerheads, and more.

Controlling humidity levels improves indoor air quality and reduces the risk of mold and moisture problems in a home. This lesson explains the basics of air dehumidification.

In a well-sealed, air-tight home, ventilation is incredibly important—learn more about how the bathroom is one of the most common areas where moisture problems occur and why properly functioning bath exhaust fans are so important to healthy home operation.

More and more homeowners are asking questions about heat pumps, and expect you to be able to explain complicated HVAC technology clearly and simply. This lesson introduces you to the basics of ducted heat pump, mini split, and geothermal operation.

Properly sized heating and cooling loads are essential to healthy home operation—learn more about Manual J calculations and how to plan for an efficient duct system.

This lesson covers the ins and outs of making in-home sales, including best practices and techniques for addressing homeowner questions.

Energy modeling software is used to measure a building’s energy consumption, pre and post improvements—learn more about the different software programs available, what they do, and how they can accurately predict energy savings

Learn how to conduct Manual J HVAC load calculations and correctly determine the amount of heating or cooling a home needs to keep its occupants comfortable.

This lesson teaches best practices for conducting healthy home evaluations and shows how to use the results to improve your sales process.

In this class, you’ll be shown effective sales procedures for healthy home inspection services.

For a period of 5 to 10 days, you’ll undergo in-person field training and shadow a current Healthy Home Expert and Healthy Home Inspection team to see best practices in action.

Prospective Healthy Home Energy & Consulting employees will be shadowed by current Healthy Home Experts and members of the Healthy Home Inspection team for evaluation and feedback.