The EPA ENERGY STAR Team has released two recorded webinars covering 2025 updates to the program, SFNH Revision 14, and MFNC Revision 05. We have put them in a workshop here, which should be accessible from both your corporate university page, as well as the account page. Additionally, the ICC has approved our course for 0.20 CEUs for ICC recertification! Click the button below to access the course.
Let's talk about tools and processes to design, build and rate new homes, multifamily buildings, and gut renovations to meet, beat codes, achieve the Inflation Reduction Act 45L tax credits, and obtain green building certifications. We will also discuss the ANSI CO2e Rating Index, which is of growing importance to stakeholders wanting to understand their direct operational carbon emissions impact.
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On May 15, 2023, our hosting platform will begin updating their backend OS. They will start with Japan and work region by region. When the servers hosting us receive the update, the website will temporarily go down for 10-20 minutes. No data should be lost, but access to the website will be temporarily disabled while the update is going on. Please refer to this status update page where our hosting platform will provide updates on the transition.
Starting in January 2023, we will shift our courses to a new LMS on the backend. We will put Intellectual Ferret under construction from Tuesday January 3 to 5, 2023 to make the switch.
This will improve user experience and provide a more clear progression path through different workshops.
Unfortunately, a side effect of this shift is users will need to download any certificates earned by completing a workshop on the Intellectual Ferret platform BEFORE December 31, 2022.
We will download any earned certificates on that date, record course progression, and then make the switch.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us.
Thank you,
Connor Dillon
Due to the impending shift of providing quality management through the Building Science Institute Ltd. Co.'s True North QMS, we have to perform a similar action on the education front.
Intellectual Ferret will return to being the platform for single-purchases of residential construction, building science, and related courses (in addition to Corporate University offerings).
That means every client who currently has access to Intellectual Ferret University AND has signed contracts with Building Science Institute, Ltd. Co., will be shifted to Building Science Education.
You will NOT lose access to the results from quizzes and courses you've completed on Intellectual Ferret, but your access to current and future courses will expire by the launch of BSI.
For every client who has NOT signed a contract with Building Science Institute, Ltd. Co., your access to the content will expire at the end of May 2022.
If you have any questions, please email me (connor@thedillongroupinc.com) or shoot me a text or phone call (423-838-5171).
We'll be closed Friday, December 24, 2021 and December 31, 2021 for Christmas and New Year's Eve, respectively. Any quizzes submitted during these days, emails, or calls may not be responded to until the next business day. We hope your holidays are filled with good cheer, and eggnog if you're into the sort of thing.
Like many things these days, we're changing with the times. What does that mean? Well, for starters...
You get the same great content - on a different platform.
Building Science Education has all the same great content we've trained hundreds of energy raters, inspectors, HVAC contractors and more with. And it's where all of our individually available online courses will be available.
But, what about Intellectual Ferret?
It will stay where it is - but focused on delivering the best experience we can for corporate university clients. From customized content to company-branded training programs, that's what Intellectual Ferret does best.
You are the person we want to hear from. Yes, you.
Believe it or not, we can't get better until people tell us. As much as some people think, we aren't omniscient.
So please fill out this short survey and let us know about your experience in the workshop.
