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What Is BPI Certification

The BPI is a joint body of a group of people who have got together to initiate the BPI or the Building Performance Institute. An international organization that promotes the construction of eco friendly buildings, it helps in setting up norms for the construction industry. The organization is responsible of updating the information required for the initiating of new and modern technology in the construction industry and also in the evaluation of the performance of a new building construction.

The organization believes in transparency and is brings about innovation that are accepted only after a consensus has been sought on it. The BPI Certification program offers information and knowledge on the eco friendly building construction and also provides weatherization training for understanding the weather conditions of an area where the building is to be constructed. Only the personnel being thus certified have the right to sanction the building as leed certified. The certification programs equip the person to identify the defects and imperfections in a building that could be hazardous and unsafe for the area and well as the ecosystem of the area. The onus of ensuring water and power efficient appliance are used is on the people who have undergone the training and is working in the organization that sanctions it.