JACK CUI has become a member of an elite group of Certified Energy Managers (CEM).  This group of energy management professionals serves industry, business, and government throughout US, Canada, and in 21 countries abroad. The CEM is a professional certification issued by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE).

According to the AEE’s web site, since its inception in 1981, the Certified Energy Manager (CEM) credential has become widely accepted and used as a measure of professional accomplishment within the energy management field.  It has gained industry-wide use as the standard for qualifying energy professionals both in the United States and abroad. It is recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Office of Federal Energy Management Programs (FEMP), and the U.S. Agency for International Development, as well as by numerous state energy offices, major utilities, corporations and energy service companies.

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BJORN RICHT became a licensed Certified Energy Advisor (CEA) for EnerGuide for New Homes, in December 2009. As an energy advisor, Bjorn has completed all the training and supervised blower-door testing required by the Canadian Home Builder’s Association of British Columbia (CHBA-BC) and the Office of Energy Efficiency of Natural Resources Canada.

EnerGuide is a national program that shows a standard measure of a new home’s energy performance. This rating demonstrates to homeowners how energy efficient their home is.  In British Columbia all new homes are required by the building code to achieve a Energuide rating of 77. In the City of Vancouver an EnerGuide evaluation report is to be submitted prior to final inspection of the home.