Energy Assessment Programs

Energy Skilled Recognized Certifications:

The certification programs below have been reviewed by DOE and also appear on the list of Qualified Certification Programs for  home energy auditors that taxpayers can use to claim the Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit (Section 25C) for home energy audits, per criteria specified in Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Notice 2023-59.

Logo	Organization	Recognized Program	Recognized For
	American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)	Building Energy Assessment Professional (BEAP)	Home Energy Audit
	Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)	Certified Energy Auditor (CEA)	Home Energy Audit
	Building Performance Institute (BPI)	Home Energy Professional (HEP) Energy Auditor Building Analyst Professional (BA-P)	Home Energy Audit
	Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET)	Certified Home Energy Rater	Home Energy Audit
	Building Science Institute, Ltd. Co.	Energy Code Compliance Specialist ENERGY STAR Verifier Zero Energy Home Verifier	Home Energy Audit
	California Home Energy Efficiency Rating Services (CHEERS)	Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Rater	Home Energy Audit
	CalCERTS, Inc.	Whole House Home Energy Audit	Home Energy Audit

Energy Skilled was developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to indicate receipt of recognition and is not an endorsement by DOE.  Reference to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof.

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Energy Skilled Recognition Guidance:

Featured below are the energy assessment occupations that are available for DOE-recognition in the Energy Skilled program, the related open-source content that any program is able to use, and the materials associated with recognition. Recognition materials contain key concept knowledge areas that outline the technical content required of recognized certification programs. The scoring criteria for the Home Energy Audit job scope are consistent with the most recent DOE led and industry-validated Job Task Analysis. The Single-Family Energy Auditor Job Task Analysis and Multifamily Energy Auditor Job Task Analysis were developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

If your organization provides a certification related to the job scope above, you can contact Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to learn how to seek recognition by emailing energy.skilled@pnnl.gov.