ASHRAE Certification Program Adds New Building Decarbonization Related Job Tasks to Exams

ASHRAE recently approved Job Task Analyses for the Building Energy Modeling Professional and High Performance Building Design Professional certification exams to support building decarbonization efforts. The updated job tasks resulted from a job task analysis study, which included an industry-wide survey in which respondents were asked to rate how important and frequently the job tasks are performed.

The HBDP exam outline will include the addition of a subdomain entitled “Carbon Emissions Compliance,” along with several carbon emissions-related updates to existing job tasks. The BEMP exam outline will include a new “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analyses” subdomain. There will be a redistribution of exam questions across both programs.

ASHRAE is experiencing a growing demand for certification, with 65% more applications received through February, over the same time last year. The demand is driven by employers who recognize the importance of workforce development both for retention and for the verifiable expertise needed to tackle the challenges of designing high-performance buildings.

Exam development and form creation will begin in the summer 2023 and updated exams will launch in the first quarter of 2024.

For more information, visit ashrae.org/certification.