MHProNews has learned from Lois Starkey, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) will offer a series of free webinars aimed at providing information on the Guidelines for Home Energy Professionals project. This project is designed to develop a residential energy upgrade workforce. The programs will be presented every Tuesday afternoon in October, 2011, at 3 PM EDT, and require advance registration. Segments of the training will pertain to retrofitting and rehabbing existing factory-built homes for manufactured housing industry professionals. The three point goal of this free opportunity is to train workers, define work quality for energy upgrades, and provide professional certification. For more information contact Amy Hollander at amy.hollander@nrel.gov or (303) 275-3198. http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wip/retrofit_guidelines.html

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