Review of: The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
RAIMUNDO OCHOTORENA
08/05/2024
Verified Buyer
good course for someone who has never been involved in an energy audit
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Review of: The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
Dennis Mullen
06/20/2023
Verified Buyer
Good class for any homeowner! never mind any engineer looking for CEH.
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Review of: The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
Gerald Merkey
11/15/2022
Verified Buyer
Good course. Also very interesting and informative.
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Review of: The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
James E Keohane
09/04/2022
Verified Buyer
Interesting introduction to overall home auditing.
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Review of: The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
Tom Tye
08/09/2022
Verified Buyer
Very informative, learned several key concepts
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Review of: The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
Thomas Connell Jr
07/07/2022
Verified Buyer
Excellent course - comprehensive and well written
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Review of: The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
Darrel Graziani
12/05/2021
Verified Buyer
Nice Course. Having worked within Indoor Air Quality complaints for years it adds an additional element for consideration.
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Review of: The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
This material reads more like a procedure for conducting an energy audit than it does for a course. For example, having instructions for conducting a measurement with a particular instrument is not at all useful, since the instrument I actually would use may be very different. I do not think this course is very valuable and I did not learn that much.
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Review of: The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
Shawn Burns
05/12/2021
Verified Buyer
The test question on current geothermal tax deduction is out of date. Using a vapor retarder rather than a vapor barrier also seems to be a legitimate answer to one of the test questions. The discussion of BAS, in particular the relationship between ACH and ACH_50 could use clarification.
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Armando J Lopez
02/19/2021
Verified Buyer
Very useful information for all engineers.
Thanks Mr Tavino
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Review of: The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
Tim
02/13/2021
Verified Buyer
Really fascinating course. I kept thinking of how awesome it would be to set up the blower unit on the front door and find all the gremlin leakages, and get the utility company to stop sending us the emails comparing us unflatteringly to "energy efficient" or "average' users
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Gregg Frazier
01/26/2021
Verified Buyer
Interesting material and a lot more to the energy audits than I had originally thought.
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Norman Schreib
12/30/2020
Educational and informative
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Ed Winter
12/29/2020
Verified Buyer
This course was great. Good to know there are standards for such reviews, and may lead to some retirement income!
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Adrian Biltoft
10/23/2020
Verified Buyer
Good snapshot of the major considerations when conducting an Energy Audit of an existing home.
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Aubrey M
10/19/2020
Verified Buyer
Great Introductory Course.
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Mazda Riazi
10/01/2020
Verified Buyer
Question 29 didn't have the correct asnwer so i picked the closest one at . . .
Question 29 does have the correct answer listed. You guessed wrong.
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John H Taylor
09/28/2020
Verified Buyer
Very thorough course introducing the basics of an energy audit
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055-The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
Excellent course. No complaints.
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Jury Y Brown III
08/27/2020
Verified Buyer
Excellent course!
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Bradley Blanchard
08/25/2020
Good overview. You need to correct the sample test doc on question 29. It still shows 30% and the test itself shows the updated 26%. Also question 22 is not correct. Course data states 70% and test says 65% is correct, discrepancy there.
You are using an outdated course document and test worksheet.
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Leland Gammon
08/13/2020
Verified Buyer
The course presented a lot of material in just a few pages. That means nothing was covered in sufficient detail. But, the course did include multiple links that could be explored for additional detail. All in all, the course was well worth my time and money.
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Joseph R Nelson
08/08/2020
Verified Buyer
I learned some new things! Most importantly, there were numerous hot links for additional references which, alone, were worth the cost of the course.
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Jim R. Cummins
08/07/2020
The course overall was good but some test questions were not clear.
Portions of the reviewers comments have been removed because they discuss the answers to test questions.
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ALBERT E BATER
08/06/2020
Verified Buyer
Excellent coverage of items requiring inspection, methods of inspection and rating criteria.
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055-The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
Theodore A Kobel
08/03/2020
Verified Buyer
Very informative and generally thorough. Provides excellent overview of the Energy Audit including the latest code requirements.
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055-The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
Please take a look at question 22 as I believe the answer they give as correct is in fact wrong. . . .
Portions of the reviewers comments have been removed because they discuss the answers to test questions.
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Thomas Tenney
08/01/2020
Verified Buyer
Aug. 01, 2020
very good course.
Tom Tenney, retired
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Kenneth Jordan
07/31/2020
Verified Buyer
Interesting and presented well.
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Joe Sauve
07/30/2020
Verified Buyer
Good course. One had to think and perform some calculations that weren't jumping out of the page at you.
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055-The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
worst course I have ever taken
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Michael Douglass
07/28/2020
Verified Buyer
The course was a decent summary of the subject. It would be good to discuss the relationship to the current building code requirements for ACH.
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Warren M. Childress
07/27/2020
Verified Buyer
Good review of basic energy management.
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johnny hoskins
07/26/2020
Verified Buyer
a few if the questions on the test were not always clear to me as to what they wanted for an answer, but otherwise the course was fine for my self
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055-The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
Great comprehensive course with sufficient complexity.
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Glen Suhren
03/20/2020
Verified Buyer
Good course to better understand details of a home energy audit.
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Engineer from Greenville
12/31/2019
Verified Buyer
Good course. Liked the supplement of web sites for additional information. Don't like tricky questions-don't learn from them. Would like to see some graphs to better illustrate trends.
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Robert Morrisette Jr
12/20/2019
Verified Buyer
Excellent presentation of practical approaches to performing an energy audit of an existing home
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055-The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
12/19/2019
Verified Buyer
Course includes a lot of good information and seems reasonably thorough. The test questions require attention to details.
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John Weis
08/21/2019
Verified Buyer
Good course. A little more of "how to become an auditor" than I had figured, but OK nonetheless
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Mike
06/22/2019
Verified Buyer
Good course. An improvement would be to eliminate the hyperlinks to the internet - some were broken.
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Charles Reiling
06/16/2019
Verified Buyer
I got nothing but confusion from this course. Explanations of rules and definition of terms are very poor
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Diane C.
06/12/2019
Verified Buyer
Interesting material presented in a mostly organized manner. Nice reference listing.
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Mark Hampton
06/07/2019
Verified Buyer
This was a great introductory course for me. The references listed are great for further study
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Larry E Shirey
06/06/2019
Verified Buyer
Very worthwhile course.
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Kamal Yousif
06/05/2019
Verified Buyer
Very well prepared and useful course. Thank you.
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Thomas Starr
03/27/2019
Verified Buyer
Q9 is incorrect according to your course. . . .
Portions of the reviewers comments have been removed because they discuss the correct answer to test.
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William Putney
02/14/2019
Verified Buyer
Good course. Answering some questions actually required some math - very good. Course needs a little updating. Remove info. on CFLs and replace with info. on LEDs. The text in 2nd paragraph on p. 28 obviously got jumbled - makes no sense - really should be fixed. That paragraph was needed to answer one of the questions. I figured out what it was supposed to say, but it clearly is nonsensical the way it is currently written.
The jumbled text may be a problem om your end. We have no other reports of similar problems.
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Ryan Stanton
12/27/2018
Verified Buyer
Great overview of a home energy audit.
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Ronald F Kramps
11/21/2018
Good course. Course material that is intended for Q15 is oddly worded. Otherwise very good.
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Francisco Roberto Agudo
10/09/2018
Verified Buyer
Excellent introductory course to the energy conservation field. Very enjoyable without loosing depth. Most important the author leads to investigate and learn.
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M. Davidson
09/25/2018
Verified Buyer
Very good course. A good first step for anyone having an energy audit performed, or interested in performing energy audits as a career.
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DALTRUM h POSTON
08/28/2018
Verified Buyer
Interesting course.
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055-The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
Howard Gilkes
06/12/2018
Verified Buyer
Good coverage....well done !
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055-The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
Lewis Mann
03/24/2018
Verified Buyer
I enjoyed this course.
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Pedro J. Flaquer
01/28/2018
Verified Buyer
Very good for instrumentation
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055-The Energy Audit of an Existing Home
Frank W. Cooper Jr
11/19/2017
Good basic information and provides some good references and resource sites
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Home Energy Audit
Charles Allred
05/06/2016
Verified Buyer
Good course to understand proper home energy audit.
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VALUABLE AS A HOME OWNER
Anonymous reviewer
03/22/2016
Verified Buyer
Good short course on energy audits and potential energy issues.
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Good course, I recommend it.
Anonymous reviewer
01/11/2016
Interesting and useful topic. The course was kinda fun. Not really applicable to my day job, but certainly enlightens me about priorities in other industries and of other engineers. Certainly applies to home ownership and advising non-engineer homeowners and fixing my own house.
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Great Class!
Very engaging and great questions to make sure the material was understood! Thank you!
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Fun PDH
The course covers well the performance aspects of conducting a residential energy audit. The author applies aspects of personal experience in the field that are particularly helpful in understanding the operations involved in the energy audit. There are quite a few work out problems that provide for some entertainment factor, if you enjoy getting to use your calculator. These provide some "real life" information that may even help you to see the need to improve your own home's energy performance.
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Very thorough and informative
I previously knew little about the process of home energy audits. Now I have a very good foundation to work from.
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(no title provided)
This course was very informational and provided valuable information and a better understanding of the Audit proccess
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Excellent
Well written and quality course. Excellent references. Makes one appreciate the depth a construction necessary to conduct an audit. Equally important was the recognition that I needed to get an expert to lead the audit.
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(no title provided)
It is well design.
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Energy Audit of an Existing Home
Some of the equations were not clearly explained, in particular the ACH & ACH50 equations. There may be a typo in that section.
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Energy Audit
Good course. Will recommend it to my colleagues
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Very good, practical, no nonsense course
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(no title provided)
This course contained very useful information that everyone can put to practical use.
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J R Sheringer
Author did a good job of providing references with more detail, but in covering a broad area, I felt the context of some key points were too lightly skimmed over. Some of the photos could have been better selected, at least one looked to be in error(Digital manometer).
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Energy Audit Course Review
Good course. I will use information in this course in apartment design and improving my own home effeciency. The references were excellent. I would like to see some references for programs that size heat loading and duct design (like ductalators).
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Reasonable Overview
The course could use some beefing up and editing in written and technical presentation.
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Home Energy Audit
I knew nothing about home energy audits before this course. I found this course useful for personal and professional reasons. If I ever have a home energy audit, I know what should be done. If I decide to pursue certification, I can do that properly.
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No stars, if I could
Poorly written course and poorly written exam. I would never pay for a course by this author again. Technical topics are glossed over, reference is made to a table that does not exist in the document and it was unclear, on several occasions, if the author was referencing another document or website. Information was not clearly presented and test questions written in an attempt to "trick" the student as opposed to testing the students knowledge and getting them to understand the problem and how to solve it. Bush league.
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PE
Very good course I took it to help with my own home. I have the following suggestions.
1. formulars are confusing for example on page 14 the following BPI = Temperature -2.75 should be BPI= (Temperature/40) - 2.75
40
I suggest that the mathtype program be used.
2. Should include LED lighting
Thanks for putting this together.
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This course is out of my specialty but of universal interest. I found it very informative. Question 22 was a little confusing for me, ...Portions of the review were removed because they reveal the correct answer to the question... Everything else was in the zone. Thanks Mr. Tavino.
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(no title provided)
excellent course, questions in exam somewhat were ambiguously written but figured them out. Took more than 4 hours to get through.
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Harvey Flamholtz
07/03/2014
The materials were well organized and easy to follow. The photos and examples did a good job of clarifying things. I learned a great deal about a subject I was unfamiliar with.
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(no title provided)
Way too much information on the trade organization BPI--this almost sounded like an advertisement. Too much on the blower test. Not enough on engineering knowledge, efficiency of appliances, electrical consumption, fossil fuel generation of electricity, a CO2 meter to determine IAQ was not even mentioned!
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Gerald A. Stein, PE
06/02/2014
Excellent Course. As a PEM certificate holder(NC State's Energy Management Diploma Program), this course dovetails very well with that training. In fact, the focus on the residential side of energy management is quite appropriate and more specific. In an environment of rising energy costs, reductions in energy use will be essential in the future.
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(no title provided)
Interesting subject, especially for someone that does not work with energy audits on a daily bases.
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Not able to download certificate.
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(no title provided)
Test was to the point of course.
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(no title provided)
THE COURSE was excellent. The MATERIAL was detailed and PROVIDED A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE COURSE. Some OF THE QUESTIONS WERE not clear on their intent and required the student to make potentially erroneous conclusions.
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(no title provided)
Wording regarding when to recommend forced ventilation for tight and loose houses is confusing and may in fact be contradictory.
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(no title provided)
Questions were unnecessarily difficult
SunCam Comment: Yes, engineering is hard!
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energy audit
Generally a good overview of an energy audit. Program is organized well with good examples and visual aids. There seems to have been an edit to the course text concerning federal energy credits which reference a website rather than a number. I also had some confusion regarding the equations for normal leakage relative to loose and tight buildings.
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Design Engineer
Quite a thorough and incisive course by including technical queries as well as practical tips on conducting an energy audit of an existing home.
Perhaps could be expanded by including air conditioning and cooling equipment as well as heavy power users in most modern homes.
SunCam Comment: For the record, Bill Dunne, the reviewer, is not the same person as Bill Dunn, the president of SunCam
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Energy Audit Continuing Ed module
Good module. Recommend for anyone, not just for the technical field engineers, but also for others as a good informational tool.
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(no title provided)
The material is presented very well, and the answer to all of the questions can be found in the course material. The test questions are not ambiguous. The information will be very useful for my own home.
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James Anderson
12/30/2013
Quite enjoyable - I recommend this to all engineers.
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(no title provided)
Found writing style more difficult to follow than other SunCam courses. Having said that, I did learn a few new things, and was refreshed on others, which is the whole idea. I do like the SunCam approach to PDH training.
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(no title provided)
Good course for some personal engineering knowledge refreshment and maybe improvements to your own home.
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(no title provided)
A Table of Contents or outline at the beginning of the course would provide a summary of content and roadmap for the course. I like to know where I'm going before I start.
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(no title provided)
Questions 9 & 22 had trick answers because they were not worded well.
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It needs some editing.
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(no title provided)
The course contained an abundance of good solid technical information. The writing needs improvement in terms of grammar, reducing passive voice sentences and sentence structure.
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(no title provided)
Worth taking. Useful refresher in some basic thermodynamic areas.
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(no title provided)
Overall very good course. I knew very little about the subject and think I have learned a lot!
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(no title provided)
Excellent, beneficial course
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It is practical and beneficial for everyone
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(no title provided)
Good basic introductory course.......a couple of areas seemed a little confusing, but overall very good.
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Good overview for home energy audits.
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Good course
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Good course
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Maybe more discussion could be included about leakage, window and doors. Top of page 19: due point should be dew point? Photos are fair and could be better to show good/bad practices for insulation and sealing.
SunCam Comment: Portions of this review were deleted because they discussed the answers to questions. The typo on page 19 has been corrected.
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Good course
Excellent information and will be used my this reviewer. However, someone needs to check the actual text as there are many indecipherable sentences.
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Energy Audit Existing Home
While most of the content was good information, some of the styles used to depict equations were awkward, and not in keeping with proper algebraic nomenclature. Suggest all equations be updated using the equator editor in Word, or the equivalent in Mac. I also noted one or two typographic errors, meaning one more round of proofreading might be in order. Also suggest that more tables be included (ex., R values, etc,) and maybe an appendix at the end that summarizes all essential equations and their uses in conducting an existing home energy audit. It might also be useful to list the recommended equipment, several manufacturers and price ranges.
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Great Course
Course was very interesting and challenging.
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(no title provided)
Well presented material. Interesting and something one could use to save money in their own home.
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Informative Course
Jerry Grubesky
01/25/2011
Course was informative and well presented.
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(no title provided)
Very good and informative course. Some information that I will use.
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(no title provided)
The course was interesting and informative. I will implement many of the suggestions in my own house.
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(no title provided)
Questions 9 and 22 differ from material. There is a difference between must and recommend.
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Auditing Energy!
Joe DiClemente
11/20/2010
I found this course very informative in its content, and very much enjoyed the authors' presentation style. As an engineer very interested in conventional and alternative energy application, this course emphasizes the importance and methods to ensure a proper energy baseline. I would highly recommend this course.
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I found the course matter very nformative and envision practical application of results learned.
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(no title provided)
Couse information was easy to follow.
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The class was informative and interesting.
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(no title provided)
Another no-nonsense and practical professional development course offered by SunCam. Course materials -- prepared by a highly knowledgeable instructor who has full command of the subject matter -- were extremely relevant, well organized and with minimal ambiguity, as were all test questions. SunCam offers extremely efficient course enrollment and PDH/course certification reporting processes, and as always, with no hassles.
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Another no-nonsense and practical professional development course offered by SunCam. Course materials -- prepared by a highly knowledgeable instructor who has full command of the subject matter -- were extremely relevant, well organized and with minimal ambiguity, as were all test questions. SunCam offers extremely efficient course enrollment and PDH/course certification reporting processes, and as always, with no hassles.
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The ability to review both the course material and test questions prior to purchasing the course is a smart idea as it allowed me to take the course at my convenience and allowed me, once again at my convenience, to prepare and take the test quickly and efficiently.
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well done
Steve Chadwick
05/18/2010
A very informative course. I especially appreciate the authorship of the materials rather than cobbling together pamphlets as I have seen in courses elsewhere. The test was particularly thorough by asking for calculations. This is the sort of material that continuing education should be.
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Bargain training
Covers the subject. Gets to the point. Gets the job done.
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