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Healthy Home Evaluator
Certification
Turn Standards into Results
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Why Earn Your Healthy Home Evaluator Certification?

Health and safety go hand in hand with energy efficiency. The HHE certification empowers professionals to identify and address environmental health risks in the home - like asthma triggers, lead hazards, and carbon monoxide exposure - while performing energy assessments. Building on existing BPI certifications (including BA, BA-P, Multifamily Building Analyst, EA, or QCI), the HHE adds a critical layer of expertise that helps you make homes not just more efficient, but healthier and safer for the people who live in them.

Prerequisites

 
Hold, and maintain, an active BPI Building Analyst (BA), Building Analyst Professional (BA-P), Multifamily Building Analyst, Energy Auditor (EA), or Quality Control Inspector (QCI) certification. If you are not currently certified, you can take the online exam at any BPI Test Center.

How to Become
Certified

 
  • Review the Certification Scheme Handbook​
  • ​Optional Training: While not required, training is a great way to strengthen your knowledge for the exam.
  • Schedule your exam with a BPI Test Center in your area
  • Take your exam
  • Certification: If successful, your certification will be available to download in your candidate account

Exam Information

Online exam: 50 multiple choice questions
Time limit: 1.5 hours

Exam Fees: Exam prices are set by BPI Test Centers. Find your local BPI Test Center to learn more.

Recertification

 
BPI Healthy Home Evaluators must recertify every three (3) years. Recertification is obtained by one of three methods:
  1. Successfully complete the HHE online exam prior to the certification expiration date OR
  2. Accumulate at least 24 qualifying Continuing Education Units (CEUs) over the three (3) years of certification and submit documentation OR
  3. For Trainers or BPI Proctors, accumulate one hundred and fifty (150) hours of relevant Healthy Homes training over the three (3) years of certification and submit documentation
To bypass the exam using methods 2 or 3, you must fill out the Application for Certification Renewal below, submit it with all supporting documents, and pay the renewal fee prior to the certification expiration date.

Certification Renewal Policies Application for Renewal
 

Post Disaster Resources

 

Key References

Standards

Sample Checklists

Important Publications

Educational Materials

Got a Question About
the HHE Certification?

Applications for Testing Accommodations

Need accommodations for your BPI exam? Access the forms below to request special testing or language-related support.
With the HHE certification, you’ll be equipped to identify and address health and safety risks - helping families live safer, healthier lives. Make a greater impact in every home you touch.