As a Nationally
Designated Member with one of the following National Organizations, you are
granted permission to a significantly reduced fee for both the
Correspondence Training and first years national Designation Dues, as an REA
designated Member in Good Standing.
To be eligible
to enroll, you must be a Member in Good Standing of one of the following
Organizations. These organizations have Nationally Recognized this training and
REA Designation. The organizations include:
National Association of Real Estate
Appraisers www.narea-assoc.org
National Association of Review Appraisers and
Mortgage Underwriters www.naramu.org
Housing Inspection Foundation
www.hif-assoc.org
International Real Estate Institute
www.irei-assoc.org
Environmental Assessment Association
www.eaa-assoc.org
Fill out the following form, and mail it in.
Once received and processes, you will receive your first correspondence course
materials by e-mail. Once you have finished all Modules, you will take and
return a Final Exam. If you pass, you will be awarded membership and the REA
Educational Designation. The reduced fee of $ 225.00 will include the
correspondence course (sent to you in several Modules by e-mail-You must have a
pdf reader to view the program and manuals), final exam (in word), designation
and one year membership. The Course, first year membership and final exam, and
use of the designation is $ 225.00. Thereafter your annual dues are capped
at $ 75.00 annually.
Weatherization and Energy Efficiency Course Is Ahead
Of It's Time. It Is Up To You To Take Advantage Of This
Program!
The green movement is making a prevalent impact
nationwide on the way corporations, government and local
communities conduct daily activities. But there's
another segment of the population whose interest in
‘going green' could create an estimated 87,000
new jobs in the clean energy economy (source:
U.S. Department of Energy). We're talking about
homeowners.
Nationwide, homeowners are more educated than ever
before about the advantages of being energy conscious.
As a result, they are pursuing ways to save money on
rising energy costs by weather-proofing their homes –
which can reduce heating bills by 32% and
overall energy bills by about $350 per year at current
prices (U.S. Department of Energy).
And there's more good news - under the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, about $8
billion has been invested into state and local
weatherization and energy efficiency programs. This
means the Department of Energy will partner with state
and local governments to put thousands of Americans to
work and save families hundreds of dollars per year on
their energy bills (DOE).
Prepare to join the growing clean energy workforce
with online Weatherization and Energy Efficiency
Program. Upon successful completion of this course, you
can take the REA Professional exam
and launch a new career in an industry that needs
trained workers – and that can be you. We cannot
guarantee your success in any field. We can only offer
you the materaisl needed to understand the role, goals
and how to implement energy savings for each client's
home. We are confident you can help homeowner's save
money.
Print this entire page and Mail it to:
MERRELL INSTITUTE Residential Energy Assessment Program, 1461-16 Lakeland
Avenue, Bohemia, NY 117116
YOU MAY ENROLL ON-LINE THROUGH OUR ACTEVA WEB SITE:
Questions? Call 631-563-7720 for further
information. This program and National (Residential Energy Assessor-REA) Designation is recognized by the
Associations listed above, as their Official National Energy Program. You may
also call your National Association to verify same at (760) 327-5284
Extension 252. This discounted price is available for Nationally
designated members in good standing.
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Discount Tuition of $ 225.00 - Correspondence Program, Exam
and one year membership fee ~ Available ONLY for Association
Members and School Students/Grads.
Method of Payment: $ 225.00 [ ] Check Made Payable to:
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or credit card as indicated above, which includes the correspondence course
modules. the final and first year membership and listing in
the Residential Energy Assessment web site, once program is complete.
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All materials are to be e-mailed to:
profmerrell@optonline.net
with credit card information
or Mailed to: Merrell Institute, 1461-16 Lakeland
Avenue, Bohemia, NY 11716
or faxed to: 631-563-7719 with credit card information
or enroll on-line here:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=194172
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"Members will be permitted to use our
logos in all their literature and web site data. This will show you as a Tested,
Educated and Designated Member"
This courses does not discuss blower door
testing for the following reason: (This is our opinion on this subject-You must
decide your level of involvement)
Blower door testing is every specialized and required
intensive hands-on
training, and has been controversial. If you do not properly turn off pilots, close vents, close windows,
clean out fireplaces, clean out oil burner vent stack, close oil burner intake,
and , the after the test is concluded, you would be required to turn everything
back on, relight all pilots, open all items you closed before the test, and make
sure everything is properly functioning. A Blower Door test is more than just
hands on, for the test. It requires hours of checks and re-checks to make sure
damage is not caused as a result of the test. This hands on test which should
not be taken lightly. Many people do a thorough job, however if something is missed,
there can be a negative damaging effect the home- and
potentially put the homeowners at risk for Carbon Monoxide poisoning or for gas
leaking. Anyone who even considers a blower door test, must be trained
extensively, and be prepared to show the benefit of such a test. Further, that
individual must have insurance to warranty their testing. We recommend, non
invasive Infrared Camera usage, which does not put the home at the same level of
risk, nor are pilot lights and venting and ash in the fireplace affected.
Our program is a visual analysis which
requires at minimum a IR Thermal Thermometer (a camera is great but not
mandatory)
Your job as a RESIDENTIAL ENERGY
INSPECTOR/ASSESSOR
it to show a homeowner what they can do to save energy. You must do a room by
room determination as to what a person can do to save energy.