RESNET versus Eco Institution

HIGHLIGHTS RESNET Eco Institution
Tuition: $1,500  $120 
Required Equipment Costs: $12,150 - $29,200  $0 
Final Exam Fee: $50  $0 
Final Exam Retake Fee: $50  $0 
Accreditation: resnet accreditation eco insitution is not an accredited course
Enrollment Prequalifications: resnet accreditation eco insitution is not an accredited course
Course Difficulty: Difficult Intermediate
Course Objectives: Deliver an energy rating Run a business that reduces client's consumption
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT RESNET Eco Institution
    - Blower Door:
Google Search $2,500 - $8,000 
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    - Duct Leakage Tester:
Google Search $2,000 - $5,000 
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    - Thermal Camera (Recommended):
Google Search $4,000 - $7,000 
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    - Carbon Monoxide Meter (Recommended):
Google Search $500 - $1,000 
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    - Light Transmittance Meter (Recommended):
Google Search $150 - $200 
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COURSE PREREQUISITES RESNET Eco Institution
Recommended Background: Residential construction -
Required Course Work: 39 in-class hours 45 self-paced hours
Skills:
1. Geometry
2. Algebra
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SERVICE MARKETING TOOLS RESNET Eco Institution
Business marketing kit: resnet does not include a marketing kit to promote your services eco institution education includes a marketing kit to promote your services
    - Diploma: resnet training does not include a diploma eco institution training includes a diploma
    - Website: resnet does not include a website to promote your services eco institution training includes a website to promote your services
    - Business Cards: resnet does not include business card designs to promote your services eco institution training includes business card designs to promote your services
    - Green Home Savings Calculator: resnet training does not include a green home calculator eco institution training includes a green home calculator
    - Green Home Survey: resnet training does not include a green home survey eco institution training includes a green home survey
    - Green Office Survey: resnet training does not include a green office survey eco institution training includes a green office survey
    - Tri-fold Brochure: resnet does not include tri-fold brochure designs to promote your services eco institution training includes tri-fold brochure designs to promote your services
    - Poster: resnet does not include a website to promote your services eco institution training includes a poster to promote your services
More Post Graduation Support   MORE SERVICE MARKETING TOOLS
GRADUATION REQUIRMENTS RESNET Eco Institution
Final Exam Questions: 50 68
Unlimited Final Exam Time Limit: resnet sets a 2 hour time limit on its final exam eco institution does not set a final exam timelimit
Subject to Inspection Board: resnet graduates are subjected to an inspection board eco institution education includes a marketing kit to promote your services
MSRP RATES RESNET Eco Institution
Client Green Home Audit: $400 - $500  $100 - $200 
Client Green Office Audit: $750 - $1,000  $250 - $350 
Value Provided to Client: A HERS Energy Rating 20%-30% Reduction in
Energy / Water Consumption

What do Eco Consultants earn?

Select the home size to Green:
Green Living   under 1,000 sq. ft.
1,000 - 2,000 sq. ft.
2,000 - 3,000 sq. ft.
3,000 - 4,000 sq. ft.
4,000 - 5,000 sq. ft.
5,000 - 6,000 sq. ft.
6,000 - 7,000 sq. ft.
 
 

Fast Energy Facts

  • 30% of energy in buildings used inefficiently or unnecessarily

    Energy Consumption Breakdown

  • The average household spends nearly $2,000  a year on energy bills-nearly half on heating and cooling. A programmable thermostat, set and used properly, can save about $180  each year.

  • Average Annual household total energy emissions: 22,880 pounds CO2 / yr or the equivalent of 590 gallons of gas

  • According to the National Association of Home Builders (http://www.nahb.com/default.aspx), the average home size in the United States was 2,330 square feet in 2004, up from 2,330 square feet in 1970.

  • By replacing your home’s five most frequently used light fixtures in your home to ENERGY STAR qualified ones you can save about $65  each year in energy costs.

  • 1 ENERGY STAR qualified light [bulb or fixture] prevents more than 400 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions over its lifetime, the equivalent of keeping nearly 200 pounds of coal from being burned.

  • If every American home replaced their 5 most frequently used light fixtures or the bulbs in them with ones that have earned the ENERGY STAR, we would save close to $8 billion each year in energy costs, and together we’d prevent the greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions from nearly 10 million cars.