Homes, like cars, should perform!
Find and hire knowledgeable professionals.

LaHouse Resource Center offers a variety of educational opportunities for housing professionals to help them produce homes that meet high performance standards and offer owners the benefits they seek. Attendees receive Certificates of Attendance that indicate their interest and initiative in learning.

Among them are four certification or designation programs that include training and tests to measure and demonstrate a required level of mastery to earn the credential. These include:

• EPA Certified Lead-Safe Renovator - Find certified contractors at www.epa.gov/lead to do repair, renovation or painting on a pre-1978 home - to protect yourself and family from lead poisoning.
• Duct and Envelope Testing (DET) Verifier (Southface certified) - Click here to find certified verifiers trained by LaHouse instructors for the 2009 energy code building tightness and duct leakage requirements. They can properly conduct blower door and duct leakage measurements and measure.
• HVAC for Home Performance (includes Southface DET certification) - Click here to find professionals who completed the 3-day LaHouse HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) course and achieved DET Verifier certification.
• Gulf Region High Performance (GRHP) Home Professional - The GRHP designation was developed to recognize and identify professionals who completed a core educational program online and passed a test to verify knowledge of Best Building Practices for the Gulf Region and Wind Resistant Construction. (The online training system is no longer available.) Find professionals who had earned this designation below.

Gulf Region High Performance (GRHP) Home Professionals
Do you want a home that provides affordable comfort and protects you from the cost and ordeal of hurricanes, floods and moisture problems? Then get a GRHP!

Robert Holford	Studio-Zed Architecture 3034 Tyrone Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70808	504-410-7269 robert@studio-zed.com
Chris Korman, PhD President	Southern Homes 2053 Gause Blvd., East Ste. 200 Slidell, LA 70461	Main: 985-643-0123 Fax: 985-643-6364 http://www.southernhomes.com/
Jeffrey Lassere	Welbilt Custom Homes, Inc. 2320 Robin Street Slidell, LA 70460	985-847-2275 info@WelbiltCustomHomes.com
John Lyons	GSE Associates, LLC 6342 Louisville St. New Orleans, LA 70124	504-454-1710 jp@gulf-south.com
Craig McDowell	St. Tammany Habitat for Humanity Construction Superintendent 1400 North Lane Mandeville, LA 70471	985-893-3172 CraigNthem11@yahoo.com
Jason Nelson	St. Tammany Habitat for Humanity Site Supervisor 1400 North Lane Mandeville, LA 70471	985-893-3172 nelsonjason16@yahoo.com
Jon Peyer	St. Tammany Habitat for Humanity Site Supervisor 1400 North Lane Mandeville, LA 70471	985-893-3172 peyerjon@yahoo.com
Jolene Schexnayder	Statewide Transport P.O. Box 1043 Scott, LA 70583	jolene@statewidetransportation.com
John Stampfli	821 Cherlynne Drive Cedar Hill, TX 75104	972-293-8665 counterspook@gmail.com
Brandon Strunk	St. Tammany Habitat for Humanity Construction Director 1400 North Lane Mandeville, LA 70471	985-893-3172 bstrunk@habitatstw.org
Marcus Trahan	Redmarque Construction, LLC 1975 Oak Leaf Forest Drive Sulphur, LA 70665	337-794-0663 redmarque@hotmail.com