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BPI certification training

Earning a BPI Certification is a crucial step in your career as an energy auditor. We’ll help you learn all the building science principles that you’ll need on the job, and to get BPI Certified.

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Credential
Building Performance Institute (BPI)
Everblue’s role
BPI Test Center, authorized to proctor written and field exams online or in person
Training
Self-paced online, 24/7, with 6 months access
Courses
8 BPI courses, from $599
What is BPI certification?

Earn your home energy auditor certification

BPI Certification is the most respected industry designation for residential contractors.

The Building Performance Institute (BPI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to standardizing procedures for home energy professionals. BPI relies on a network of affiliated organizations, such as Everblue, to provide training on the BPI Technical Standards and to administer the corresponding certification exams.

BPI energy auditors solve heating, cooling, and air leakage problems that drive high energy costs. You’ll use building science knowledge and diagnostic tests to assess the home’s energy use and make recommendations for energy efficiency improvements.

Why BPI certification?

  • Offers a new career path as a certified home energy auditor
  • Focuses on improving the energy efficiency of existing homes
  • Provides contractors with a nationally recognized certification

BPI’s technical processes

  • The “house-as-a-system” approach
  • Blower door and duct testing
  • Combustion safety testing
Who should get BPI certified?

Great for HVAC technicians and residential contractors

If you’re interested in offering home energy audits, BPI Certification is the right choice for you. Most use home energy auditing as a foot in the door to their primary business service, establishing a strong relationship with a potential client during the audit.

  • HVAC technicians
  • General contractors
  • Insulation installers

  • A reliable brand

    BPI’s third-party verification of your skills helps build a reliable brand.

  • Credibility with homeowners

    Enhanced credibility with homeowners makes it easier to get jobs.

  • A reputation for quality

    A reputation for quality work helps grow your business.

How it works

How to get BPI certified

All of our BPI certification courses start with self-paced online training and conclude with proctored certification exams.

  1. Step 1

    Take our course

    Pre-recorded video presentations, practice questions, and reading materials. Log in any time 24/7, with access to materials for 6 months.

  2. Step 2

    Choose an exam format

    Take your exam from home, or gain additional hands-on instruction and test in person. Everblue proctors the written and field exams either online or in person.

  3. Step 3

    Get BPI certified

    Depending on which BPI certification you pursue, this may be only a written exam, only a field exam, or both. Our packages include everything you need to get certified.

Credentials

BPI certification levels

Three steps to Building Analyst Professional, and one companion certification.

  1. Step 1

    Building Science Principles

    How the systems in a home work together to affect energy use, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality. Pass a 100-question multiple choice exam with a score of at least 70%.

    From $599 · View course
  2. Step 2

    Building Analyst Technician

    Conducts residential building science-based diagnostic tests and home performance data collection. A 4-hour proctored field exam, in person or by online video. No written exam.

    From $1,899 · View course
  3. Step 3

    Building Analyst Professional

    Uses energy modeling software to model the energy upgrade potential of a home. A proctored written exam. No field exam.

    From $1,499 · View course
  4. Optional

    Infiltration & Duct Leakage

    A companion certification for state building codes that require blower door and duct leakage testing. A 1.5-hour proctored field exam. No written exam.

    From $999 · View course

Want all three steps at once? The BPI Building Analyst Package includes BSP, BA-T and BA-P with every written and field exam, from $1,999 online.

BPI courses

Register for BPI certification training

Every BPI course in the catalog, with its formats and lowest current price.

Prices as listed on each course page on everbluetraining.com, October 21, 2026. See all BPI energy auditing courses by state and date

Certifying a crew?

Train your whole team at once

Our instructors will come to your location, on your schedule, and teach exactly what you need. Remote training is available too.

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If you’re ready to learn, you’re ready to achieve.

Call us today, and we’ll find a course to fit your goal.

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