Infiltration & Duct Leakage
The IDL certification is field-only designation that prepares professionals to conduct required infiltration and duct leakage tests for code compliance with state building codes adopting IECC2021.
Learning Objectives:
- Be able to conduct diagnostic tests assessing envelope tightness
- Be able to conduct diagnostic tests assessing duct leakage
- Perform IECC calculations and determine code compliance
- Be able to ensure safety of test environment
Prerequisite: None
Course Style: In-person with reference guides and supplemental materials.
Duration: 8 hours of in-person instruction, a 2-hour proctored field test.
Build Green Maine will:
- Conduct a 1-Day training and testing session including:
- Review of forensic inspections
- Specific instruction in and practice of diagnostic tests
- Instruction of equipment use and set-up
- Review of requisite calculations
- Standards and Reference sheets
- Provide field house for training and testing
- Provide equipment for field instruction and testing
- Provide test proctoring of candidates
- Process candidate application
