Career Development

The industry of building energy efficiency is new and growing. It is being shaped by many factors including rising energy costs, the social and economic costs to our communities of importing energy, the need to limit production of green-house gasses and the recognition by home owners of the improvements in health, comfort and safety that can be achieved by making their homes more energy efficient.

However, this young industry still has many uncertainties including when the market will begin to demand home energy efficiency on a large scale and what business models will be most successful for home energy efficiency professionals.  While we cannot predict the future of this industry, we  can provide you with all the relevant information that we can  gather and present it in a manor that is clear an concise.  Hopefully, the following documents will help your sort out the confusing structure and requirements of this young industry.

• Summary of Training Required for the Five Levels of California State Certified Building Energy Efficiency Professionals
  Provides a quick check on the classes needed to become a certified energy professional and lists references from the California regulations that create these certifications.
• Legal Functions of State-Certified Energy Efficiency Professionals
  This spreadsheet provides a quick way to check on what functions each level of energy efficiency professional can legally perform.
• Show Me the Money
  This is our best effort at estimating the revenue you can expect to earn at the various levels of building energy efficiency professional and some of the training and equipment costs you will probably incur in setting up your business.
• How to Get Started
  This is a step-by-step process on how to examine your career options and get started down the career path that you have chosen.