MANUALS AND TRAINING MATERIAL

Click on the links below to obtain manuals, training-related materials, and other documents pertinent to the Weatherization Assistant.

Web-based Application
(NEAT/MHEA v10, MulTEA, and the Health and Safety Audit)

Web-based Weatherization Assistant Getting Started Guideline – A guideline that provides introductory information on how to start using the web-based Weatherization Assistant application and running the Multifamily Tool for Energy Audits (MulTEA) or the Health and Safety Audit.

Materials for Training Development – Train-the-Trainer (2023) Webinars – A set of three videos based upon the Train-the-Trainer sessions hosted in January and March 2023 that provide an introduction to the available Materials for Training Development focused on users moving from from WAv8 to WAv10. The materials are available to WAP Training Providers, Grantees, and others who support Weatherization Assistant users. Use “Contact Us” to gain access to the materials.

The National Energy Audit (NEAT) Engineering Manual (Version 7)– An engineering manual that documents the algorithms and assumptions used by NEAT in performing its energy and economic calculations to arrive at its measure recommendations based on building characteristics and other information input by the user. This manual was published in September 2003 and thus does not include changes made in the engineering aspects of the software since that time.

MulTEA Training Webinars – A set of three training webinars that provide an introduction to the use of the web-based Weatherization Assistant application and MulTEA. The webinars, PowerPoint slides used during the webinars, and a complete set of information on the Demonstration Building used in the webinars is provided below. A complete set of information on a second building that can be used for practice is also provided below.

Multifamily Building Energy Audit Technical Guidelines (to be released) – A set of guidelines intended to serve as a resource in determining how multifamily building energy audits should be performed and how they might be improved. The work that should be performed in each of the various audit process steps is discussed, and audit-related material specific to different elements of a building (e.g., the enclosure, heating and cooling systems, water heating, lighting) is presented.

MulTEA Engineering Manual – An engineering manual that documents the modeling concepts and procedures, algorithms, and assumptions used by MulTEA in performing its energy and economic calculations to arrive at its measure recommendations based on building characteristics and other information input by the user.

Health and Safety Audit Training Webinar – A training webinar recorded in two files (Recording A and Recording B) that provides an introduction to the use of the Health and Safety Audit.

Health and Safety Audit Design Manual – A manual that documents the overall design of the Health and Safety Audit, the detailed information entered on each of the audit’s data input forms, and the program logic used to generate the audit recommendations.