title: Kansas Building Science Institute
text: # Kansas Building Science Institute
  
  The Kansas Building Science Institute is a vocational school located in Manhattan, Kansas. The Institute conducts week-long Home Energy Rater Trainings (HERS) as well as Building Performance Index (BPI) and Weatherization (WX) Trainings, among others.
  
  ## Training center
  
  The Institute conducts trainings in a 3,000-square-foot (280 $m^2)$ multi-purpose classroom and training center in Manhattan. The campus also includes a furnace lab, a mobile home for Weatherization Trainings, and an attached house to perform test ratings and inspections on. Other houses around Manhattan are also used for this purpose.
  
  