To: Contractors and Stakeholders Regarding Programs: EmPower New York & Assisted Home Performance Summary: IRA Working Group Contact:Please contact [email protected]
NYSERDA will be administering funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to help electrify and make home electrification ready. As part of this process, NYSERDA will be engaging with participating contractors on program design and outreach strategies through the IRA working group. This group with meet 4 times on a bimonthly basis starting in May. If you are interested in being considered for this group, please email Scott Oliver at [email protected] .
To: Contractors and Stakeholders Regarding Programs: EmPower New York & Assisted Home Performance Summary: Correction to the BPI Certifications Announcement Contact:Please contact your Account Manager
Correction to the BPI Certifications Announcement.
In the original announcement, it was stated that BA-P will replace the BPI Envelope certification, it should have stated BA-T. The announcement below has been updated to reflect the correct certification.
BPI newcertifications and Program requirements
Building Performance Institute (BPI) will be replacing the BPI Building Analyst (BA) and BPI Envelope Professional certifications with the BPI Building Analyst Technician (BA-T) and the BPI Building Analyst Professional (BA-P) in early 2023.
Due to these changes, starting January 1, 2023, NYSERDA’s Single Family Residential Programs will continue to accept the BPI BA and Envelope certifications until the certification’s expiration date. When an individual’s certifications expire, they will be required to hold one of the BPI certifications listed in the program manual to perform energy assessments and BA-T will replace BPI Envelope as the requirement for a contractor to do building shell work.
If you have any questions on certifications, please contact your account manager.
To: Contractors Regarding Programs: All Residential Programs Summary: Certification requirements to complete energy assessments in the Single Family Residential Programs Contact: Please reach out to your account manager
Starting April 1, 2023, NYSERDA will require that all contractor staff completing energy assessments through EmPower+ will be required to hold at least one of the following certifications. This will continue to be a requirement of the Residential Energy Assessment and Comfort Home Programs.
BPI Building Analyst
BPI Building Analyst Technician
BPI Energy Auditor
BPI Multifamily Building Analyst
AEE Certified Energy Auditor
ASHRAE- Building Energy Assessment Professional
HERS Rater
LEED Rater
ICP Quality Assurance (QA) Assessor
If you have any questions, please reach out to your account manager.
To: Contractors and Stakeholders Regarding Programs: EmPower New York & Assisted Home Performance Summary: Refrigerator/Freezer Deliveries Contact:If you have any questions, please reach out to your account manager or contact us at [email protected].
When discussing no-cost refrigerators/freezer replacements with EmPower households, Participating Contractors should make their customers aware at the time of the energy assessment that the delivery of refrigerators/freezers could be delayed.
Program staff have been informed by Participating Vendors that supply chain issues are impacting the availability of certain makes and models of refrigerators/freezers. In some cases, it could take 2 to 6 months before the vendor receives the unit from the manufacturer.
Participating Contractors should set expectations with the household that appliances may be delayed. If a household reaches out to a Participating Contractor regarding their appliance delivery, please remind the customer of the delays discussed above. If the appliance was ordered more than 90 days ago, the household can request additional information regarding their appliance by calling the customer support line 1-877-697-6278. If you have any questions, please reach out to your account manager or contact us at [email protected].
To: EmPower/AHP Contractors, REA Assessors, NYSERDA and CLEAResult Regarding Programs: EmPower New York & Assisted Home Performance (EmPower+) and Residential Energy Assessment Program Summary: The NY Home Energy Portal is coming in Spring. Attend training to learn how to use the platform Contact:[email protected]
Are you ready for the NY Home Energy Portal? Attend training to be ready for the Spring 2023 launch!
The NY Home Energy Portal, formally referred to as the Residential Market Engagement System or RMES, is a new online platform NYSERDA is implementing in Spring 2023. Get to know the platform now by watching the demo NY Home Energy Portal Demo and see how the platform helps you manage your projects. Important information on the NY Home Energy Portal was covered in the January 6, 2023, contractor webinar. Contractors must view this if they were not present for the webinar at https://hpwescontractorsupport.com/webinars/.
Below are the tentative training locations and dates. Please mark your calendars and watch your email in the coming weeks for more information and registration instructions. Based on feedback, NYSERDA is working to finalize the training schedule and will follow up with final locations and dates ASAP. Please note, the below schedule is tentative and may change.
If you have questions, reach out to CONTRACTOR SUPPORT:
