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BPA members across the country have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic that has brought home performance contracting to a stand-still. While Congress has passed stimulus funding to ease the burden on small businesses, we are calling on Congress t

Financial and Business Impact of Coronavirus

This episode included discussions with an esteemed panel of industry experts who addressed emerging issues arising out of the coronavirus pandemic.

Andy Äsk and Rick Sims

The first guests were Andy Äsk and Ri

One of the short-term effects of the COVID-19 epidemic is the loss of jobs in the energy efficiency area. The longer-term effects may be more of the same. Given this reality, the Building Performance Association is moving its in-person conference sch

How are you spending your shelter-in-place time? I find in this line of work there is more than enough to do, while friends who are parents are suddenly homeschooling as well. My landmates’ two kids have built a delightfully sketchy zipline in our ya

 At least the dishwasher's being loaded properly every time right now!

Let Us Know - How are You and Your Business Doing?

In an effort to stay on top of how the pandemic is affecting the home and building performance industry, we are asking for our members to send us your stories. Our policy team will get your informatio

The best way to get policymakers to listen is with real people and real businesses. We're bringing stories of #covid19 impacts to Capitol Hill. Add your voice! #energyefficiency #cleanenergy www.bitly.com/TellYourStruggle

I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but our lives as we have known them may have changed forever.

COVID-19 isn’t the world’s first pandemic, and it likely won’t be the last.  The previous century witnessed the horrors of the Spanish H1N1 Flu of 191

Coronavirus has gripped much of the world and particularly the United States, which experts are warning could become the disease’s new epicenter.

This has prompted wide-reaching shutdowns of businesses deemed non-essential by federal and local authori

- By Cory Allyn, Energy Circle Content Writer

Energy Circle is continuing to provide information and resources to HVAC, home performance, and solar companies that are looking for suggested operating practices during and after the coronavirus/COVID-19

Haley posted a question in the Training forum about online learning resources for folks to enjoy during this time of shelter in place, and since my answer is still in my clipboard, I thought I'd paste it here as well:

Let us know of changes to these,

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Geotargeted Distributed Clean Energy Initiative

Background: Non-wires alterna

This Week — COVID-19: Balancing Public Health vs. The Economy
Joe Medosch of Hayward Score co-hosts with Bob Krell and is joined by guests: Dr. John Charles, Dr. David Krause, and Kevin Kennedy on this critical topic as the world faces this pandemic.

The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has been fighting the good fight making buildings more efficient, healthy, comfortable, and sustainable since the 1980s. Building Performance Journal (formerly Home Energy) has been reporti

Yesterday was a great day for our team: We sent our first issue under the Building Performance Journal name to the printer! If you're already a Building Performance Association member, that means you can expect to see your copy in your inbox very s

Where the Industry Gathers, Learns, and Grows - Online!

As you know, BPA announced last week that due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we made the difficult decision to cancel the in-person 2020 National Home Performance Conference & Trade Show

For the building performance industry, no one is on the frontlines of the battle with the COVID-19 virus than indoor air quality professionals. On March 19, Bob Krell, who is an IAQ contractor himself, as well as Publisher of Healthy Indoors magazine

To our members and stakeholders,

The Building Performance Association has been monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic over the last few weeks and our hearts go out to everyone who has been impacted by this worldwide emergency. Know that we ar

Your home landscape is an extension of your personality and has the potential to improve your mood and state of mind. Who would not love to come home to a well-landscaped garden? A well-designed garden helps in improving your physical and mental well

As you know, Building Performance Association has been monitoring coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic over the last few weeks and the impact on the 2020 National Home Performance Conference & Trade Show.

In light of the CDC recommendation to cancel large