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THE EVOLVING ROLE OF ASSOCIATIONS
CREDIT: EEBA

EEBA (Energy & Environmental Building Alliance)

Green training is top priority for this efficiency-minded organization.
T HE ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL BUILDING ALLIANCE (EEBA) was born in 1982 when a

small contingent of forward-thinking building professionals representing the United States,
Canada and Sweden gathered in Pine Island, Minn., to develop criteria for the construction of
buildings that were more energy efficient.
Over the years, the organization grew as the impact the building industry had on the
environment was recognized. EEBA has now been helping building professionals raise the
performance of their homes and customer satisfaction for 36 years.
The Alliance offers some of the most comprehensive and practical programs in the industry.
They include an annual three-day High Performance Home Summit and basic and advanced seminars
offered year-round throughout the country. The latter includes a full-day basic building science course,
Houses That Work, more-advanced courses on High Performance Mechanical, and a new HERS Associate
“Our company has won the certification course.
Builder participants also gain direct access to researchers and product manufacturers who can help them
Grand Award for Housing on their high-performance home journey, as well as business training on how to use high-performance
Innovation from the U.S. building to raise their profits and enhance their reputation.
EEBA will also begin offering a High Performance Builder
Department of Energy for Certification Program, which will debut at the 2018 High Performance
five years in a row. How did Home Summit in San Diego, Oct. 16-18. FACTS
we do it? The answer is that The variety of training offered makes the Alliance’s efforts valuable NUMBER OF MEMBERS: N/A
we benefited from EEBA to anyone in sustainable building, EEBA notes—from those who
build code minimum homes and want to step up to Energy Star,
regional training events, the or who already build to Energy Star and want to start building net- MEMBER BREAKDOWN: Builders and
contractors (39 percent); architects
EEBA Summit and the ability zero homes. “We have a curriculum that will help you get there,” (15 percent); sales professionals
to network with like-minded EEBA says. “And the professionals that can offer guidance to help (12 percent); energy raters (9 percent); ROLE MODELS
you along the way.”
trade professionals (9 percent); utilities
builders and manufacturers, (4 percent); engineers (3 percent);
as well as with experts from consultants (2 percent); allied organizations
the DOE and EPA. No other (2 percent); students (2 percent);
real estate agents (2 percent).
organization offers HEADQUARTERS: Minneapolis
these benefits.”
WEBSITE: www.eeba.org
Gene Myers, CEO of Thrive
NUMBER OF ACTIVE SITES: 1
Home Builders in Denver;
Current EEBA Board KEY SERVICES OFFERED: EEBA’s High
Performance Home Summit; 35 regional
President
training events held nationwide each
year; certification programs such as HERS
Associate and High Performance Builder
Certification.

MISSION STATEMENT: To advance and
disseminate building science knowledge
in the residential new construction
community via education and collaboration.
To advance and disseminate building
science knowledge in the residential new
construction community via education and
collaboration.

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