CBPCA Instructors

CBPCA's Building Science Academy instructors have been trained to provide high-quality instruction on home performance and building science principles. our trainers follow the CBPCA Trainer Mission Statement.

CBPCA Trainer Mission Statement

Our mission is to introduce students to the large body of Building Performance principles while preparing them to acknowledge and overcome the existing mindset, impart knowledge and provide evidence-based solutions. We encourage students to be critical thinkers who focus on verifiable results rather than simulations by correctly analyzing each energy feature with a whole-house approach utilizing performance testing and continued data collection.

We emphasize the significant opportunities for energy savings and inspire students to apply acquired knowledge with the goal of attaining affordable comfort and a healthy living environment. We encourage students to strive to become experts in their region and to realize that the educational process of home performance is continuous. We empower field technicians by encouraging students to put testing equipment in the hands of the workers and to train them to verify the quality of their own installations. We consider that the information presented is often contradictory to that presented by multi-million dollar marketing campaigns and strive to present truthful and evidence-based information at all times.

CBPCA’s Senior Lead training instructor, Rick Chitwood, BSME is an energy consultant, building tester, and trainer. He is the owner of Chitwood Energy Management, a whole house, performance based HVAC and insulation contracting firm where installers test the performance of their own work. Rick's passion for energy conservation started 25 years ago installing domestic hot water solar and thinking solar was "the answer" to residential energy conservation.	Rick Chitwood
Greg Davis, Certified HERS Rater/CBPCA Trainer Greg is the lead CBPCA HERS trainer and has been a Certified HERS Rater for many years. He has been a strong advocate for building performance and the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) for over 20 years. He understands building performance from many different perspectives and has documented the meaningful value that energy efficiency adds through his experience in the Mortgage Finance and Home Improvement industries. Greg has used his diverse experience to help facilitate the writing of the 2008 Building Standards to take effect January 1, 2010. He has first-hand experience implementing the Title 24 Energy Efficiency Standards and understands the challenges building departments face in ensuring code compliance.	Greg Davis
Kevin Beck is a third generation home builder with over twenty five years of residential construction experience. Kevin’s company, Building Performance Services, a leading Green Building and Home Performance Consulting firm here in the Bay area dedicated to helping architects, builders, and homeowners make homes more comfortable, healthier, safer, durable, and more energy efficient. Kevin is proud to be a member of NARI, Build it Green, CABEC, and RESNET. He is a Home Performance with Energy Star Consultant, a BPI certified Building Analyst/Heating/ and Shell specialist, a GreenPoint Rater for new and existing homes, a HERS Rater, a LEED Rater, and a Certified Energy Plans Examiner.	Kevin Beck
Jay Gentry has over 30 years of experience as a Marketing and Sales consultant to American businesses. In 1980 Mr. Gentry founded Con-Com-T, Inc., a sales and marketing consulting firm and since then has worked extensively with leading companies in the building products and home improvement industries. His customers include Louisiana Pacific where he developed and taught the entire sales curriculum for their specialties division, Associated Materials Inc. where he developed and implemented marketing programs, tools, and sales curriculum for company stores, independent distributors, and their customer network of thousands of dealers, and Window World Inc. where he developed their store owner training system which includes all elements of marketing, in home selling, sub-contractor management, and business systems (200+ stores sold more than 1,000,000 replacement windows in 2008).	Jay Gentry
Gavin Healy has been working in residential remodeling for the past eight years. Gavin has focused much of his building career on fixing houses that are 75 years or older. After fixing all of the components that typically go wrong with buildings after time due to differed maintenance and poor initial installation quality, Gavin was drawn to the field of building science. Subsequent to being trained by CBPCA on building performance, Gavin co-founded Balance Point Home Performance, in November of 2006. Since that time, Gavin has been running a successful full service home performance analysis and retrofit company.	Gavin Healy
Dan Perunko has been working in construction related fields for 20 years, he has 10 years experience in renovating residential buildings, replacing all of the components from the foundation to the roof. In 2006, he cofounded Balance Point Home Performance Inc. a home performance testing and retrofit company. He is also working with CBPCA, PGE, and BPI (Building Performance Institute) as a trainer and test proctor. With Dan’s background in experiential education, providing training and lecturing are an easy fit.	Dan Perunko
Paul Rosen has been a licensed general contractors for over 30 years. He has built over 60 residences and 200,000 sq. ft. of energy efficient commercial space, and designed 1.5 megawatts of PV systems. Paul and his family live in a LEED certified home that incorporates solar electric and hot water systems and is a ZEH (zero energy home). He works with architects, builders, and home owners in designing and building sustainable properties, and improving the comfort, heath and efficiency of existing homes. His company provides energy modeling, mechanical design, and complete systems integration. Paul is a LEED AP, CABEC CEPE, and HERS Rater He earned his Bachelors in Engineering in Industrial and Systems design from the University of Michigan.	Paul Rosen
Ori Skloot is the founder and President of Advanced Home Energy (AHE) (www.advancedhomeenergy.com), a leading Home Performance Contracting company in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 2006 AHE has focused on home performance and has provided solutions to over 600 homeowners. Mr. Skloot has worked in the energy efficiency field for over ten years and was one of the founders and formerly the Executive Director of the Rising Sun Energy Center in Berkeley, CA. He graduated from the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley where he focused on environmental business.	Ori Skloot
Andy Wahl started in the Building Science field in 1981 at Jordan Energy Institute. He studied renewable energy and appropriate technology for three years. From there he worked for multiple utility companies completing more than 7,500 energy analysis. Several assignments included program analysis for energy auditing software. He has more than ten years doing computer support; including hardware, database development, software issues, and user questions. Certifications include CBPCA, HERS and BPI. He is presently owner of “New World Management” with his wife Cara. Their company does testing, training and tool developing for Whole House Performance and computer tutoring. He practices what he preaches with six years of a negative electric bill on his home.	Andy Wahl