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BMI is a pioneer in distance training, with nearly 15 years of experience in what started out as “computerized learning.” With that foundation, BMI’s programs today are both well-known and highly regarded in the eLearning sphere. Regardless of changing platforms and evolving technology, BMI strives to embrace the best of contemporary platforms, networks, and user devices while also seeking first adapter status for the “next big thing.” As a company exclusively focused on delivering education and training over the internet, we’ve witnessed both the cost and availability of bandwidth go from a scarcity to a commodity, and with that, the delivery of content go from basic text and choppy videos to richly delivered audio visual content and even live, interactive presentations with synchronous blends, real-time polling, and testing and performance based outcomes. Following are recent examples of learning management systems developed by BMI.
Building America Retrofit Alliance
The BARA website provides information and training based on a combination of technical expertise and real-world experience. Developed to bridge the gap between residential energy technology research and the construction market, the BARA site offers expertise focused on piloting strategies to increase the adoption of Building America innovations and to assist in outreach programs focused toward public housing authorities. Videos and animated presentations provide training featuring showcase homes and product demonstrations.
CertainTeed Academy of Continuing Education
The CertainTeed Building Knowledge Academy of Continuing Education (ACE) offers a blend of online courses, webinars and site based seminars designed to help building industry professionals develop knowledge and master skills while earning AIA credits. The online courses are instructionally designed to be engaging, dynamic and easy to learn from and may be accessed using a PC, a Mac®, or a variety of mobile devices, enabling learning from nearly any location. For a more personable learning experience, registration for in-person lunch and learn seminars and presentation of scheduled webinars is also provided through the LMS.
DuPont Building Knowledge University
The Building Knowledge University is a comprehensive web based training and resource center for DuPont Tyvek Specialists. Backed by the resources of DuPont™, the Tyvek® Specialist network was established to answer the industry's building science questions about weatherization barriers and wall flashing systems. This LMS features videotaped lectures, PowerPoint® presentations, written study guides, quizzes, proctored exams and other material instructionally designed to cover both residential and commercial building science.
DuPont Workers Safety University
DuPont Worker Safety University is a comprehensive online training and resource center for DuPont employees, distributors and customers of DuPont Protection Technologies. Backed by the resources of DuPont™, the Worker Safety University has been established to answer the industry's questions about safety precautions and accident prevention methods. This LMS features videotaped lectures, PowerPoint® presentations, written study guides, quizzes, proctored exams and other material instructionally designed to cover worker safety in a variety of situations.
HERS Advanced Rater Training
The HERS Advanced Rater Training Program provides California HERS raters access to online training and classroom seminars designed to promote advanced HERS concepts and techniques essential to their success. With online training developed in collaboration with potential students through a series of surveys delivered and tracked through the LMS, the curriculum addresses technical and administrative elements of Home Energy Ratings, and covers both current issues and upcoming changes. Free classroom-based, seminar training registration and progress tracking is provided through the site, providing opportunities for certified raters to receive low or no-cost advanced training relevant to their profession.
Huber Learning Center
The Huber Learning Center, developed for Huber Engineered Woods, provides the opportunity for building professionals and interested individuals to earn CEU credits and enhance their knowledge of building science best practices. This LMS is filled with engaging, instructive online content developed for fast, efficient learning through a series of videos, animations and presentations that have been instructionally designed and organized into relevant subjects. Each lesson is self-guided with document downloads available for those wishing to review material or refresh their knowledge offline. Student progress is tracked through successful completion of test material, with certification and AIA credits provided and submitted for select courses.
International Code Council (ICC) Campus Online
The International Code Council Campus Online offers a flexible and convenient way for registered ICC members and interested individuals to receive training and education through self-paced courses 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These instructionally designed and developed training products provide relevant industry-leading educational experiences with maximum impact and are delivered seamlessly through an LMS that tracks progress and provides certification and continuing education units (CEUs) to users.
McGraw-Hill Continuing Education Center
McGraw-Hill Construction's Continuing Education Center is an interactive online certification program that helps contractors, architects and specifiers more easily earn AIA Continuing Education learning units. The site was developed, built, hosted and managed by BMI and allows users to satisfy their continuing education requirements in a flexible, convenient online environment and benefits sponsors and manufacturers by allowing them to track course use and identify market trends. BMI designed and developed the technology that drives the unique learning platform, which has administered over one million AIA Continuing Education Credits since its inception in 2008. The Center was the first online learning forum to offer AIA approved learning unit courses in a "mentored learning" format. The unique approach, developed by BMI, seamlessly directs users who answer a test question incorrectly to the appropriate section of the article or course, improving understanding and providing additional coverage of the topic.
NEEA Online Center
The NEEA Online Center for Learning and Development offers a customizable solution to energy partners who seek to provide training to help implement facility and organizational Strategic Energy Management (SEM). The LMS is designed to be delivered to registered users with specific branding and messaging dependent upon fields completed during user registration, allowing each energy partner to offer and track SEM training as their own. The LMS provides a series of online animated training modules, tools, and resources, with course progress tracking and student certification provided upon course material. This LMS is designed to be implemented as a stand-alone solution or integrated with other existing systems as each energy partner determines.
NEEC Building Operator Certification & Training
This Northwest Energy Efficiency Council Building Operator Certification learning management system delivers the online component of a blended training program designed to teach industry professionals efficiency and maintenance best practices. The online training provides assignment and progress tracking through completion and certification in a personalized, customizable calendar system. Through a series of instructionally designed, engaging individual online lessons that include reading assignments, multi-media presentations, discussion boards, webinars, and assessments, students learn elements of training designed to supplement standard classroom participation offered in synchronous fashion through the program.
NYSERDA Energy Code Training
The NYSERDA Energy Code Training website is a one-stop site for information on the 2010 Energy Conservation Construction Code of New York State. This site provides information on the ECCCNYS - 2010 and allows registration for NYSERDA's free or low-cost training and support programs, including unique energy-related classes and individualized plan review consulting services. Online training provides tools that support New York State's goals for higher building performance and enables students to complete NYSDOS and AIA certification through a series of videos and animated presentations. Classroom-based training is also offered, with purchase, scheduling and completion tracking all performed seamlessly through the LMS.
Saving Energy in Leased Spaces
The SELS online toolkit provides resources, training and tools – primarily targeted toward commercial building owners, managers and tenants – organized into three core areas developed for tracking during the tenant leasing process. One-hour courses focus on key areas where tenants, landlords and building owners can save energy and learn value propositions for taking on energy efficiency upgrades to existing spaces. Embedded interactive checklists are provided for inventory of key plug and process loads and estimating potential energy savings. Document downloads are provided through a resource library covering areas of energy savings discussed in the training modules.
SMUD Heat Pump Hot Water Heater Training
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District Heat Pump Hot Water Heater training site provides training and rebate information to utility customers and installers. Hot water use, water heater efficiency and installation practices training is provided through a series of animated presentations and videos featuring Department of Energy research findings. The site includes a savings calculator that projects estimated monthly and yearly cost savings when a heat pump water heater is installed. The site also provides a listing and comparison of heat pump manufacturers, with incentive and rebate downloads available.
Texas Energy Code Training Center
The Texas Energy Code Training Center provides online training and additional resources to help building professionals understand and comply with IECC Residential and Commercial code, as well as IRC Chapter 11 single-family residential construction code as adopted by the State of Texas. Interactive video courses are provided covering a variety of topics, including: compliance with the 2009 IECC and 2009 IRC: Chapter 11, air sealing, and blower door testing. Resources for professionals are also provided as downloadable handouts, reference materials, interactive residential and commercial checklists, and relevant links designed to aid in the compliance process.
US DOE Weatherization Assistant Training
Weatherization Assistant Training, developed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for DOE, uses an innovative online training program focusing on two energy modeling tools within Oak Ridge National Laboratories' Weatherization Assistance Program: the National Energy Audit Tool (NEAT) and the Manufactured Home Energy Audit (MHEA). Through a series of online presentations developed by BMI, students learn how to download and install Weatherization Assistant software, setup individual agencies and libraries, initiate a new client, run a NEAT or MHEA audit on a house, and use the Weatherization Assistant’s optional administrative features.
Weatherization Workforce Training
The Weatherization Workforce Training LMS offers comprehensive instruction designed to address core competencies defined by the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) and recognized by the Building Performance Institute (BPI). The LMS offers customized training addressing three areas of weatherization work: Installer, Crew Chief, and Auditor. The online training tracks stand on their own as a description of the scope of work, and of cost-effective measures and safety practices that weatherization professionals should expect to employ on weatherization worksites. Purchase options provide instant access through online credit card processing and student progress is tracked through completion to certification, making the LMS an attractive option for agencies wishing to train individuals or groups.
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