Foundation for Education, Training, and Industry Advancement

The Road to Success

When the NIA Foundation was started, our goal was to reach insulation purchasing decision makers and educate them on the value of insulation. Therefore, we set out to build a strong foundation of industry outreach, technical and communications support, accredited training programs, participation in key government agency programs, as well as enhanced publicity via Insulation Outlook our website. Here’s an update on how NIA and the foundation are communicating the insulation message.

Mileage Stats: Look Who We’ve Already Reached

• 27,000—The number of engineers, specifiers, and facility engineers who received the article on “Insulation Improves Economic Returns in Manufacturing” that appeared in the 2004 issue of Energy Matters, the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) newsletter.
• 25,000 plus—The average number of page views Insulation.org receives on a weekly basis.
• 6,000 plus—The number of engineers, members, and academia Insulation Outlook reaches each issue, proving the value of insulation.
• 325-plus—The number of students who have earned their “certification” as insulation appraisers through our IEAP training class.
• 300-plus—The number of students who have already taken the NITP training class.
• 300—The number of engineers, specifiers, and facility engineers we’ve educated through our participation in the DOE and Alliance to Save Energy’s (ASE’s) Awareness Workshops.
• 65—The number of “insulation speakers” who have obtained the “speaker-ready” PowerPoint presentation entitled “Insulation: The Forgotten or Lost Technology.”
• 26—The number of universities and industrial assessment centers (IACs) that will ultimately receive insulation training.
• 16—The number of known presentations that have been made using “Insulation: The Forgotten or Lost Technology,” reaching audiences such as the World Energy Engineering Conference (WEEC), American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE), Process Industry Practices (PIP), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), American Society for Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), and the DOE.

This article appeared in the January/February 2004 issue of NIA News.

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