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Are you a reliable, professional individual with experience in residential construction or home inspection?

Are you passionate about energy efficiency, skilled at customer service, and dedicated to making a difference in the world?

Become an energy advisor

If you answered “yes” to the above, you could find your future with us. HomePerformance Energy Advisors are a vital part of our effort to deliver Natural Resources Canada’s ecoENERGY Retrofit Incentive in communities across Canada.

When you join our team of independent professionals, you will ...

Join a network of dedicated advisors.
Help homeowners solve their energy efficiency concerns.
Help reduce the impact of home energy use on our environment.
Get trained and coached by Building Insight Technologies, a leader in home energy audits.
Provide your customers with our exclusive EnergyClip membership service.
Feel proud to deliver a high-quality, cost-efficient home energy audit — a service unchallenged in the marketplace.

What you need

To become a HomePerformance Advisor, you’ll need pre-requisite skills, an equipment package, training and certification to operate as an official energy auditor under the ecoENERGY Retrofit program. For more details, see below.

Pre-requisite skills

To apply to become a HomePerformance Advisor, you should have a number of pre-requisite skills or experience, including ...

Home inspector training or ...
A minimum of two years experience in the building/renovation industry.

Plus ...

An understanding of construction terminology, building materials and techniques.
A thorough understanding of household heating appliances.
Be physically fit.
Be computer literate.
Have excellent communication skills.

Building Insight does not offer upgrade training for advisors who do not meet the pre-requisite skills — please contact your local college for upgrade training.

Equipment requirements

To become a HomePerformance Energy Advisor, you must have your own equipment, including ...

Your own vehicle
A blower door
Notebook or desktop computer (1GHz or higher) with colour printer
A digital camera
Sheet feed scanner
High-speed internet connection
Portable ladder
A variety of small hand tools

Training

You’ll learn the specific skills you’ll need to be a HomePerformance Advisor at an official training course. During this four-day intensive, you’ll receive ...

Extensive classroom theory
Opportunities for field practice
Computer and software set-up assistance
Technical support

Certification

Once you complete training, you will demonstrate competency by performing five solo ecoENERGY audits. Your instructor will review your work and provide valuable feedback.

You’ll become officially certified once you have successfully passed a two-hour online examination administered by Natural Resources Canada.

By signing a contract, advisors agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of Building Insight’s license agreement with Natural Resources Canada. Advisors who fail to follow these terms and conditions will be de-certified.

Building Insight performs regular quality assurance on all aspects of an advisor’s work. Quality assurance activities include surveying customers and on-site visits by our field coaches.

Code of Ethics

You’ll work under strict Code of Ethics guidelines developed by Natural Resources Canada.

As a HomePerformance Advisor, you are a professional who offers unbiased advice. Your duties must be exercised with integrity, fairness, and impartiality and shall not be influenced by conflicting interests.
Advisors must recommend customers receive more than one bid prior to selecting a contractor.
Under no conditions may an Advisor accept nor offer a commission for retrofit services and materials.

Next Step

If you are interested in applying to become a HomePerformance Energy Advisor, send your resume and two references, and any questions you might have, to:

Email: advisor@homeperformance.com

Applicants will be carefully screened.

If you have the appropriate background and pre-requisite skills, we will send you a package on “Operating a HomePerformance Energy Advisor business”. If you decide you are interested in this business opportunity, you may then apply for registration in our next available training course.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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