BCxP – Building Commissioning Professional Certification

Why Commissioning Professionals Pursue the ASHRAE BCxP

• Elevate your reputation and career opportunities >> See survey data
• Demonstrate competency in critical building commissioning knowledge and skills >> See who’s a BCxP
• The BCxP digital badge guarantees enhanced recognition
• Convenient online proctored testing from your home or office. 25% discount available through December 31 >> Learn more
• ANSI-accredited, ensuring fairness and validity
• Recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

         

Why Employers Support the ASHRAE BCxP

• Recruit the most-qualified professionals
• Elevated reputation and credibility among current and potential customers
• Enhanced compliance with applicable local, state and federal requirements
• Provides clear, value-added professional development goal
• Greater employee job satisfaction and higher retention

Eligibility Checklist

• Education & Work Experience
• Participation in Three Commissioning Projects
• Code of Ethics Agreement

Download a Candidate Guidebook to learn more.

Key Policies

Review key policies related to Request for Special Accommodations, Impartiality, Certification Complaint Process, Appeal of Certification Denial, and Guidelines for Suspending, Withdrawing or Reducing the Scope of Certification.

Questions?

These Certification FAQs can help. Please call 678-539-1105 or email with any additional questions.

APPLY FOR BCXP

Application Fees

ASHRAE Member: $395
ASHRAE Developing Economies Member: $235
Non-member: $595
Corporate Group: Email Tim Kline or call 678-539-1181 for a quote.

After ASHRAE approves your application, you will receive instructions on how to schedule your exam at a computer-based testing location, or as a remote online proctored exam at your home or office.

Note: due to an extensive, remote online proctored (RP) system upgrade, RP examination will be suspended September 10 through January 9. Test Center examination will continue uninterrupted. Because of this inconvenience, ASHRAE would like to extend a 25% discount on certification application for RP examination, only, through December 31. How does it work?

1. Use the discount code RPDiscount2022 when you apply
2. ASHRAE will process your application and send you an email confirming acceptance
3. Later, in early January, you will receive instructions on how to schedule your RP exam

Note: Non-native English speakers may apply to receive an additional 30 minutes of testing time.

Questions?

These Certification FAQs can help. Please email or call 678-539-1105 with any additional questions.

Approved Certification Candidates may schedule their exam as a remote online proctored exam at their home or office, or at a computer-based testing location.

Remote Online Proctored

• Convenient, secure remotely proctored testing.
• Schedule and sit for your exam from your home or office. 25% discount available through December 31 >> Learn more.
• Secure, safe exam delivery with a live, remote proctor

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Testing Center

Testing centers are available throughout the U.S. as well as at non-U.S. locations. Contact Certification staff to inquire if your preferred non-U.S. location is available.

As part of the global effort to contain and mitigate the impact of COVID-19, ASHRAE testing partner PSI has instituted enhanced procedures which in some cases may include the temporary closing of some of the test centers.

Questions?

These Certification FAQs can help. Please email or call 678-539-1105 with any additional questions.

Get BCxP exam ready by following these few, easy steps:

• Review the Exam Blueprint in Appendix A of the Candidate Guidebook
• Take the 30-question, online Practice Exam
• Consider any publication or training resources for Exam Preparation, including this ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI) online, Instructor-led course: 
  •    Principles of Building Commissioning: ASHRAE Guideline 0 and Standard 202 Nov. 10
• Review Tips and Strategies for exam preparation

Questions?

These Certification FAQs can help. Please email or call 678-539-1105 with any additional questions.

Renew Your BCxP Certification

RECERTIFY NOW

Recertification helps ensure BCxPs maintain a level of continuing competence through acceptable professional development in subject matter related to their certification.

Application Fees

ASHRAE Member: $195
ASHRAE Developing Economies Member: $115
Non-member: $295

Eligibility Checklist

• Participation in One Commissioning Project
• 50 Professional Development Hours (PDHs), 25 of which may be earned through work experience
• Code of Ethics Agreement

Note: Acceptable evidence of professional development hours (PDHs) earned is supporting documentation issued by a third-party, which includes the name of the certificant and the date earned. In the case of continuing education, supporting documentation also must include the number of clock hours of participation, and a title indicating the subject matter.

Download a Candidate Guidebook to learn more.

Questions?

These Certification FAQs can help. Please email or call 678-539-1105 with any additional questions.