Educational Products
HPBEF publishes education and training materials.  Below is a list of the materials.  For more information or to order these products go to the Online Store or the specific website cited.

Guidebooks
HPBEF publishes guidebooks and reference manuals on Technical, Business Management and Sales & Marketing.

Technical
Reference Manuals and Study Materials for National Fireplace Institute® Certification
Gas Hearth Systems (Description) Order
Woodburning Hearth Systems (Description) Order
Pellet Hearth Systems (Description) Order
These reference materials are invaluable to industry professionals who need to keep up with vital knowledge needed on the job.  These tools are unmatched for finding answers to difficult technical questions, as well as essential study materials for professionals preparing for the National Fireplace Institute® certifications.

Hearth Handbooks for Building Officials:  Gas Hearth Systems
(Description) Order
Hearth Handbooks for Building Officials:  Solid Fuel Hearth Systems (Description) Order

Both handbooks organize and clarify the world of hearth products - with helpful references to the sometimes difficult to find relevant sections of the major codes:

• Convenient source for clear, organized information on all major factory produced hearth appliances—fireplaces, fireplace inserts, freestanding stoves, gas logs—and their venting systems
  
• Time saving quick reference charts to easily find relevant codes
  
• Useful guide to variations in manufacturers’ installation instructions
  
• Numerous illustrations, tables and flow charts

Business Management
Hiring, Retaining and Empowering Employees (Description) Order
This guidebook covers the best way to find and keep good employees.

Professional Service is Profitable:  Developing and Managing A Profitable Installation and Service Department (Description) Order
This book holds the secrets to making your service department the profit center it can be.  An appendix full of sample service forms and checklists is included.

Show Me the Money: Getting Financial Control of Your Business (Finance Part I)(Description) Order
This guide includes the tools to understanding your business, the income statement and balance sheet, and how to use them, as well as demonstrating how to measure financial performance, using financial management ratios, analyzing cash flow, and providing a financial cause and effect road map.

Chart Your Financial Course for the Future (Finance Part II)
(Description) Order
This guide covers essential financial planning tools in order to understand and grow your business.

Sales & Marketing
HEARTH 101 – Introduction to Hearth Systems (Description) Order

This two-book set, HEARTH 101 is specifically designed to provide basic product and technical information about all major hearth categories in the context of selling.  Ideal for new hires.