Home Energy Rater System (HERS) Rater Training
With Southface Institute, you can become a certified RESNET Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Rater, one of the highest residential energy credentials that can be earned by an individual. Led in real time by highly experienced instructors, our online training makes it easy to earn your HERS certification and grow your business. Three weeks of training prepares you for three years of HERS rating certification!
Have questions or need help deciding if becoming a HERS Rater is right for you? Watch our virtual info session or attend one of our upcoming info sessions.
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Program Details
Learn
HERS certification is one of the highest residential energy credentials that can be earned by an individual. With Southface Institute’s HERS Rater training, you’ll learn to apply building science-based knowledge with industry-approved energy modeling software and enhanced diagnostic tools. A HERS rating can be performed on both new and existing homes and are utilized by numerous energy and green building certification programs including ENERGY STAR, EarthCraft House, LEED for Homes, and National Green Building Standard as well as many utility programs and energy code compliance efforts. Southface’s online, instructor-led training puts you face-to-face with industry experts to help you master challenging content and attain your HERS rating certification.
Earn
Successful completion of this training will set students well on their way to becoming certified HERS Raters. Once students pass all required exams, they are allowed to join a Certified Home Energy Rating Provider and conduct their provisional ratings, the last step to becoming a certified HERS Rater.
Students who complete this course are also eligible for CEUs from the following organizations: AIA, BPI, ICC.
Schedule
Southface’s HERS Rater Training is broken up into ten individual training days that prepare students to take three online RESNET exams and one field exam. The course schedule is designed to help students internalize dense concepts, retaining the necessary information to pass all required exams. The course schedule breaks up the course content into manageable chunks, allowing students time to learn and process the extensive course curriculum. The ten training days are spread over the course of three weeks followed by one week of exams. Each training day begins at 8:30 a.m. ET and ends at 12:30 p.m. ET.
Week One – Training days 1-4
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Week Two – Training days 5-7
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Week Three – Training Days 8-10, Exam 1
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Tuesday – Exam One
Week Four – Exams
Monday – Exam Two
Tuesday – Exam Three
Course Requirements
Prerequisites
Upon registering, students will be invited to a pre-requisite course via Southface’s online learning management system (LMS) that will include a series of modules to complete prior to the training start date.
Attendance
This class is very work intensive. We will start promptly at 8:30 a.m. EST and end close to 12:30 p.m. ET most days, and you will be required to complete approximately 1-2 hours of homework every night. Participation throughout the class is crucial, and attendance on all ten training days is required.
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Frequently Asked Questions
This course is $2,945 and includes all RESNET exam fees.
Not quite. You must first join a Certified Home Energy Rating Provider and conduct all necessary provisional ratings before you can officially conduct Home Energy Ratings. To join a Home Energy Rating Provider, you must first pass all required RESNET exams. You will attempt all required RESNET exams at the end of this training.
For more information about the entities involved in the Home Energy Rating industry, visit www.resnet.us.
This course is scheduled based on demand. Contact us at courses@southface.org and let us know you’re interested in future courses.
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