“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin In this episode of RESTalk, Bill Spohn speaks with three guests to discuss the RESNET® QA app, an innovative tool designed to streamline the quality assurance process for home energy ratings. Bill is joined by RESNET Quality Assurance Field Specialist Billy Giblin, and Kelvin Abong, and Kiro Bondarev from The Fourth Dimension (4D), RESNET’s technology partner. Together, they explore the app’s journey from ideation to execution, its role in harmonizing quality assurance efforts, and the benefits it brings to users. Billy provides insight into the app’s development, explaining how it shifts the industry from inconsistent spreadsheet-based reviews to a more transparent, data-driven approach. Kelvin discusses 4D’s collaborative efforts to design a user-friendly app and highlights future improvements based on user feedback. Kiro offers technical details describing the app’s ability to integrate with external QA tools via an API, ensuring flexibility for providers. The conversation touches on the importance of industry adoption, the app’s intuitive design, and its positive impact. The episode includes exciting news about upcoming features, including cloud syncing and expanded integration with ENERGY STAR. Here is a link to RESTalk EP125, where we first introduced the QA App on this podcast: https://restalk.libsyn.com/ep125-qa-in-your-pocket-how-a-mobile-app-is-empowering-resnet-hers-ratings-with-cassandra-wright-leo-jansen-and-billy-giblin A press release on the RESNET QA App, including links to download the app: https://www.resnet.us/articles/resnet-launches-new-qa-app-for-resnet-rating-providers-and-qads/ More details on the RESNET QA App: https://www.resnet.us/about/qa/resnet-qa-app/ Listen to the full episode here.
