Mid-year
Policy Changes
We want to hear from you: Commerce has created a new place for
you to offer suggestions for changes to weatherization policies and guidance
documents. Please visit our new Policy
and Procedures Change Form on the Commerce website to suggest policy, state plan, or guidance changes. Any suggested policy-related changes received by January 5, 2018 will be reviewed for inclusion within the mid-year policy update on January 17, 2018.
Holiday
Hours
The Department of Commerce will be closed December 25, 2017
and January 1, 2018. We will have
limited staff availability from December 26 through January 3, 2018. Please send all correspondence to the
Commerce mail box at weatherization.commerce@state.mn.us and someone will reply to you as soon as
possible.
Program
Year 2017 Mid-year Policy Training and FACS Pro Introduction
The PY17 Mid-year Policy Training will be held over two days:
Day One: Wednesday, January 16, 2018, 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.:
Half day introduction on FACS Pro
Day Two: Thursday, January 17, 2018, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Policy
review and program update
The training will be held at the Coyote Moon Grille in St.
Cloud. WAP Service Providers are invited to register up to three people, including
the WAP coordinator, lead technical staff member, and one other key staff
member who works directly with WAP. Registration for the FACS Pro Introduction can
be found here, and registration for the Mid-year Policy Training can be found
here;
please register individually for both events.
Upcoming Trainings
Energy Auditor Training: A two-week course held
at Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College the weeks of January 9-13 and
January 22-26, 2017. There is still one space available in this course. Contact
Commerce or Community Housing Partners for registration information. Please be aware
that Commerce is looking into facilitating a Building Analyst Review and
Testing Session for attendees of this course in late winter or early spring of
2018.
Quality Control Inspector Recertification: A
one-day review with field testing on subsequent days held at Fond du Lac Tribal
& Community College the week of February 5, 2017. If you have not already,
please let Commerce know if you are interested. Registration information will
be sent out in the near future.
Mechanical Training: A three-day course on Air
Conditioners and Heat Pumps, Combustion Safety/CAZ testing, and Ventilation.
Anticipated training dates are February and March of 2018. Dates TBD.
Registration information for these trainings will be sent to all
Service Providers. Contact Commerce with questions.
Save the Date: PY17 Minnesota WAP Energy Conference
The Minnesota Energy Conference Committee is hard at work preparing for this year’s conference, planned for April 25-27, 2018. Conference details to follow soon.
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