For your initial investment, you’ll receive . . .

Initial Training - Pro Energy's Initial training is, by far, the most comprehensive energy auditing training in the industry. Spanning 3-4 months, Pro Energy's training is a 3-step training process designed to fortify you with the confidence and experience you'll need to feel like a true expert. Knowing that there's a difference between learning to perform a competent energy audit and being a true energy auditing expert, Pro Energy has developed a curriculum and that combines both theory and repetitive, practical experience.  

Here's the 3 Step Process:

Step 1 - Before coming to our training center in Cleveland, you will complete several distance learning curricula, including . . .

Infrared Camera Tutorials – Online, these tutorials start out with the very basics and then gradually build so, that by end, you'll not only know exactly how to use your camera, but, just as importantly, the building concepts behind how and why it works so well.

Pro Energy's FastStart Business Preparation – All new consultants participate in our industry-acclaimed FastStart program. Each consultant receives a FastStart guide to your pre-opening and grand opening responsibilities. Our FastStart program gives you step-by-step instructions for everything from setting up your business entity to researching your local marketing media. More specifically, as a participant in our FastStart program, you will be given numerous assignments to complete BEFORE you attend training. You will be asked to gather information on your local utility providers, to list all area referral sources, and dozens of other critical topics. These assignments are designed to give you a real “FastStart” on your start-up but more importantly, our FastStart package enables you and our trainers to completely remove your training from the realm of the theoretical and to apply each and every training module to the realities of your market. Each subject is outlined in an easy-to-follow template form, with helpful examples, useful phone numbers and numerous online resources. Under our tutelage, you will become expertly at ease with all of your training materials, operational issues, and marketing strategies in order to seamlessly launch your successful new business.

Pro Energy's Mechanical Primer Training – Learning basic building science fundamentals and terminology is the first step in your technical training. Not online, this part of Step 1 is old school. it's a classic textbook, assignment and quiz curriculum, which lays the foundation for the more in-depth technical training that lies ahead.

Step 2 - Once the distance learning is complete, it's time to go to training in Cleveland.

4 days and nights of hands-on, onsite start-up training – Every new consultant flies to our initial start-up training program taught by Mark Cannella, America’s #1 energy auditor, and his team of business experts. The Pro Energy Training Center is in Cleveland, OH, where Mark has assembled a peerless team of instructors that include energy auditors, marketing specialists, and leaders from the real estate and construction industries. Your training will cover every aspect of owning and operating a Pro Energy business. With plenty of classroom time, the real emphasis is on hands-on, practical experience. You and the other attendees will watch Mark perform real audits on real homes throughout Cleveland and, you'll participate yourself. From setting up the equipment, interviewing homeowners, analyzing data and generating reports, you'll begin the process of practice and repetition that is so crucial to learning.

Step 3 - 8 modules of follow-up reinforcement training

After your 4 days of initial training at The Pro Energy Training Center, you will be fully prepared to begin the ramp-up of your new business. We mentor you through a ramp-up of practice audits in your local market to boost your comfort and your confidence. With this, coupled with trainer oversight, phone consultations, recommended readings, conference calls and webinars, you'll be bursting at the seams to launch your business.

Certification Preparation – In addition to your ramp-up, Pro Energy will helps you prepare for both the HERS Energy Rater certification and the BPI Building Analyst certification, our industry's 2 primary, relevant certifications.

In addition to Initial Training,  you'll also receive . . .

Marketing Assistance – Every smart new business owner worries about one thing – “how am I going to get customers?” All of our consultants are trained in Pro Energy’s proven marketing approach and given access to our professional-grade marketing collateral. More than merely telling you what to do, we’ll explain why some things work and others don’t. From the perspective of a new business owner, one of the most attractive features of this industry is that we acquire most of our customers through guerilla techniques and grass-roots referrals. We’ll teach you exactly how to approach potential referral sources, show you what they look for in an energy auditor, and give you the tools to not only effectively create these critical relationships but to maintain them long-term as well. You will learn the skills you’ll need to measure and manage your marketing efforts from a financial standpoint. And you’ll gain professional insight into choosing market specific advertising venues that may be unique to your territory.

The Pro Energy’s Proprietary Seminar Marketing – Your Pro Energy training will teach you how to market Pro Energy’s free educational seminars to your local community. These seminars are recognized as standard destinations and are a fantastic marketing and networking forum. Our seminars are incredibly effective at positioning you as an expert in your industry to large segments of your target market.

Reporting Software – With Pro Energy, you’ll be provided with reporting software, and proprietary reporting templates that allow you to generate custom reports via laptop and portable printer, with full color pictures and thermal images.

Equipment – Pro Energy provides new consultants with a comprehensive auditing equipment package, including blower door fan, manometers and software.

Health Insurance – Making the leap into business ownership is an exciting, sometimes overwhelming time. Knowing what a big concern your family’s health coverage can be, Pro Energy has listened to the needs of our consultants and researched the health care industry on their behalf. The result is a program that gives you easy access to leading health care providers with packages and plans that should best meet your needs as the proprietor of a new, small business.