Application service provider (ASP) featuring software for use with wireless bi-directional communication enabled tools, especially tools used for the collection, and subsequent transmission to a cloud-based system, of operational data, settings, technician notes, customer information, fenestration, equipment information and installation information for various elements of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings, namely, HVAC equipment, fenestrations, insulation, ventilation, infiltration, electrical, plumbing, transport refrigeration, automotive and aerospace air conditioning, and aerospace and automotive wire and harness inspections