To: Participating Comfort Home Contractors
Regarding Programs: Comfort Home Pilot Program
Summary: NO July Contractor Webinar
Contact: [email protected]
The Comfort Home team will NOT be hosting a monthly contractor webinar for the month of July and will resume again in August for the August 28th webinar. A registration link for the August webinar will be distributed next month.
If you have questions reach out to the Comfort Home team at [email protected].
To: Participating Comfort Home Contractors
Regarding Programs: Comfort Home Pilot Program
Summary: Update to Blower Door Requirement
Contact: [email protected]
All Load Reduction Installs with an On-Site Installation Date AND Assessment Date of 6/15/23 or later will REQUIRE both a Blower Door Test In and Out to be completed. If the Assessment Date is before 6/15/23 and the On-Site Installation Date is on or after 6/15/23 we will only require the Blower Door Test Out to be completed.
Scenario 1: Assessment Date: before 6/15/23 |Install Date: on or after 6/15/23
Scenario 2: Assessment Date: on or after 6/15/23 |Install Date: on or after 6/15/23
To: Participating Comfort Home Contractors
Regarding Programs: Comfort Home Pilot Program
Summary: Market Rate Utility Release Form
Contact: [email protected]
New Version of Comfort Home URF Released! The Comfort Home URF has been updated and all Assessments submitted on or after 7/10/23 will be required to submit using the new URF found on SharePoint in the Program Documents folder. Download the newest version (revision date of 5/30/23 in the lower left corner of page 2) and start implementing as soon as possible.
This new URF can be used in both market rate NYSERDA programs, Residential Energy Audits (REA) and Comfort Home.
To: Participating Comfort Home Contractors
Regarding Programs: Comfort Home Pilot Program
Summary: Coordinated Incentive Update – Westchester County
Contact: [email protected]
NYSERDA is partnered with Consolidated Edison in Westchester county to make energy upgrades more affordable for homeowners. This partnership aims to increase customer demand for energy upgrades driving an increase in business for our participating contractor network. Together, Con Edison’s Residential Weatherization Program (Con Edison RWP) and NYSERDA’s Comfort Home Program will pilot deeper retrofit projects through expanded homeowner incentives.
Recently Con Edison Residential Weatherization Program put out an announcement that their program has increased incentives for their program in all Con Edison territory. This will not change the current incentives offered by NYSERDA in Westchester county. If a home does not meet the Con Edison Eligibility criteria (flow chart below) NYSERDA will continue to pay a $1,000 incentive in addition to standard Comfort Home package incentives.
To: All Contractors
Regarding Programs: All
Summary: Join the NYSERDA RFQL 4902 Residential Energy Service Providers Contractor Pool
Contact: Please contact Keith Bohling at [email protected] with any questions
NYSERDA is seeking proposals from contractors to join the NYSERDA RFQL 4902 Residential Energy Service Providers Contractor Pool. We are looking to build a robust pool of vendors with a broad spectrum of market actors with expertise in the residential sector spanning single-family to multifamily and retrofits to new construction. The outcome of a successful proposal will be execution of an umbrella agreement with NYSERDA. This doesn’t include a specific statement of work, but sets up the contractor to be available for future NYSERDA projects, pilots, and initiatives. Being under contract in the RFQL 4902 Contractor Pool doesn’t guarantee any future task work orders with NYSERDA, but makes the contractor available for potential future work.
Contractors would typically provide an overview of their experience, credentials, and their areas of expertise in their proposals. While not submitting a proposal for a specific project, contractors submitting a proposal should paint a picture of what kinds of services they can bring to potential future projects that NYSERDA may undertake.
Proposals are welcomed in four service categories:
Proposers may apply to one or more categories. Proposers do not need to have expertise in all portions of a category. Proposers do not need to have expertise in all types of residential applications.
Click here to access the full solicitation and application portal.(https://portal.nyserda.ny.gov/CORE_Solicitation_Detail_Page?SolicitationId=a0rt000001Q0DNmAAN)