The Montana Weatherization Training Center provides technical training and consulting services to the weatherization and home performance industries. We’re funded by the Department of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), and by private organizations who represent the construction, HVAC, and insulation industries. Our mission is to teach professionals how to design, build, and maintain safe, efficient, and healthy buildings. 

Many of our classes are delivered in our tricked-out training facility in Bozeman, Montana, typically hosting 8-15 students for training events that span 1-4 days. We utilize a blended and hands-on learning approach that allows us to deliver training in the classroom, laboratory, and at field sites. We also offer much of our content in online formats too, that benefit from our years of experience with WxTV—a high quality TV-style production—right up to the present with ourWxLive series that covers topical and relevant subjects in real time and with a rotating cast of experts. Our students are technicians, contractors, program managers, and design professionals, most of whom are in the middle of their careers and looking for continuing education and professional advancement. 

We’re proud of our legacy at the Montana Weatherization Training Center as we now enter our fourth decade of service to the tradespeople who build and maintain America’s housing. We’re always in evolution as we move our course content and delivery to an ever-more-relevant set of offerings. We hope you can join us soon—in the face-to-face or virtual worlds—as we create the future of sustainable housing. 

 

 

Learn more about the history of the Weatherization Assistance Program.

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The Montana Weatherization Training Center is accredited by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) and is an approved Test Center for the Building Performance Institute (BPI). We provide online examinations for all BPI certifications, and can proctor field examinations for the Energy Auditor and  Building Analyst certifications.

 

Our History

1991: Established by Mike Vogel in partnership withMSU Extension Housing Program and Montana Department of Health and Human Service Weatherization Assistance Program. Located at Cheever Hall on MSU campus.  

2005: Mike won the Provost’s Excellence in Outreach award at MSU 

2008: Moved to 705 Osterman Drive location 

2010: Began WxTV film series using grant from Exxon Mobil and the National Community Action Foundation.  

2011: Mike Vogel wins the Award for Excellence in Extension from the Association of Public Land-Grant Universities (APLU) 

2012: Won Silver and Bronze Telly Awards for “The Warmest Village in Alaska” WxTV video  

2014: Energy Auditor, Quality Control Inspector, Crew Leader, and Retrofit Installer Technician courses are accredited by IREC 

2015: Became a certified testing center for the Building Performance Institute (BPI) 

2017: Relocated to 751 Osterman Drive St. 101 (current location)  

2020: Began WxLive webinar series in response to increased demand for digital content during the COVID-19 pandemic 

2023: Launched its virtual, asynchronous Energy Auditor and Quality Control Inspector courses 

2024: Virtual, asynchronous Energy Auditor and Quality Control Inspector courses are approved for IREC accreditation  

 

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