About ACI

Mission
To advance the performance of residential buildings through unbiased education.

Vision
Every family has a green home that is energy efficient, durable, comfortable, healthy, and safe, and every community has access to and values skilled home performance services.

Foundation
ACI, a non-profit organization, celebrated 20 years of training building and housing professionals in 2006.  Founded as the Affordable Comfort Conference in 1986, our roots are in defining the best way to make homes energy efficient, without harming the residents and the building.

With diligent attention to building science, testing and diagnostics, this systems approach has evolved into the field of home (building) performance, the foundation for creating sustainable, green communities.  Everyone, including the residents, has a role in making a home perform as it should.

Strategy
Through our national and regional conferences, and other training programs, ACI brings together the thinkers and doers who are committed to finding out how buildings really work.  They solve technical problems, learn about new techniques, tools and materials, and build their businesses.  

Our success will be measured by how well these principles are adopted in the housing industries through best practices in the field, and by increased consumer demand for them. 

Who attends?
Attendees include remodelers and builders, HVAC contractors, home inspectors, energy raters, weatherization crews, architects and designers, manufacturers and suppliers, government officials, program managers, utilities, researchers, educators and anyone with an interest in making homes work.

Leaders in their fields come to share knowledge, to network, and to obtain the latest information on new products, new solutions, and new ideas. The resulting synergy leads to exciting new solutions to home performance challenges.

For more on what ACI has to offer you, view the previous conference agendas

Looking to the Future

The challenges of rising energy costs and global warming may seem overwhelming, but with the right techniques and tools, you can make a difference.  Attend ACI conferences and discover why home performance is the training path to follow.  It makes good economic and environmental sense.  Consumers - take the time to learn more about how your home works and find contractors who are in the home performance business.