2001 Training guide is available here Training for Tomorrow: Are Your Contractors Certifiable? by Chris Weinreich and Leon Neal The Article Today, training is crucial. But who has the right training? Is "certification" part of the answer? Will certification someday be as universally expected for home performance professionals as it is for, say, automobile mechanics? Read on to get some insights from industry experts. The Training Guide To help today's contractors prepare for tomorrow, Home Energy has expanded and updated our list of training programs and added information about training programs that offer certification. These typically are training programs in which participants must meet documented standards, accomplish written or manual tasks, or complete an exam before they are awarded their certificates. The training guide is organized by region, programs that offer certification are indicated with a bullet and indentation. Introduction and West Midwest South Northeast Canada Conferences Add Your Organization to the Training Guide List In the training guide, we have tried to include all the training and certification programs in the United States and Canada that focus on the whole-house approach, but new ones are being introduced regularly, so there may be some we have missed. We are counting on our readers to update us on new programs. Do you belong in the Guide? If so, let us know. Click here for questionnaire and e-mail reply form. / back to Home Energy home page / Introduction and list for the West /