Overview of the WA

This course will familiarize you with the Weatherization Assistant energy audit software. Use the links in the menu on the left to access the lessons in this course.

The general purpose and overall design philosophy of the Weatherization Assistant is discussed in the first lesson, along with some perspectives on its limitations. The basic elements of the Recommended Measures Report generated by running a NEAT or MHEA audit are discussed in the second lesson since obtaining this report and its list of recommended measures is the goal of most users of the Weatherization Assistant software. The remaining two lessons provide an overview of how the Weatherization Assistant is organized and the various features included in the software, along with detailed instructions on how to navigate within the Weatherization Assistant and characteristics of its data fields.