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Correction to the BPI Certifications Announcement

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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 new certifications 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.

NYSERDA Single Family Programs Update

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To: Contractors
Regarding Programs: EmPower New York & Assisted Home Performance
Summary: Monthly Contractor Check-in
Contact: [email protected]

NYSERDA Single Family Programs Update

Friday, April, 7 2023

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. ET

Event number: 2590 987 6303

Event password: Energy1

All attendees must register prior to joining the event. This process will allow you to add the meeting to your calendar and provides each individual with a custom link to join the meeting. Please do not share your link with anyone. To register, click the link below:

April 7-Single Family Residential Programs Update Webinar Link

All webinars are recorded and links to the recordings are available on the Contractor Support site.

Spring Home Shows

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To: All Contractors
Regarding Programs: All Programs
Summary: Spring Home Shows
Contact: Cory Nicosia ([email protected])

NYSERDA will have a booth at the below home shows this spring and wants to explore opportunities to engage with you. If you are also attending any of the below shows, and would like to potentially engage with us, can you please let Cory Nicosia ([email protected]) from our marketing team know? She’s currently pulling together a promotional plan for the shows so let her know ASAP if you’ll be at the Buffalo and by COB Weds 3/1 for all other shows.

Engagement opportunities may include:

  • Social media tagging/sharing
  • Email promotion
  • On-site (day of show) Facebook live-streaming
  • Listing of participating contractors in the NYSERDA booth
Start DateEnd DateEvent NameLocationCountyREDC Region
3/3/20233/5/2023Buffalo Home ShowBuffalo Niagara Convention CenterErieWestern
3/10/20233/12/2023Buffalo Home ShowBuffalo Niagara Convention CenterErieWestern
3/17/20233/19/2023Orange County Home ShowOrange County Community CollegeOrangeMid Hudson
3/17/20233/19/2023Home & Garden ShowNYS FairgroundsOnadagaCentral
3/25/20233/26/2023Rochester Home & Garden ShowConvention CenterMonoreCentral
4/1/20234/2/2023Binghamton U Home & Garden ShowBinghamton U Events CenterBroomeSouthern Tier

Quality Assurance Contractor Portal (QACP) update

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To: EmPower/AHP Contractors
Regarding Programs: EmPower and AHPwES
Summary: Quality Assurance Contractor Portal (QACP) update
Contact: David Houle, [email protected]

The Quality Assurance Contractor Portal (QACP) has been updated to include a dashboard that summarizes performance data including Average Score by Quarter, Average Score by Year, Count of Non-conformances by Category (Critical, Major, Minor, Incidental) and Non-conformance Frequency. Clicking on a graph will provide a report that summarizes the information by performance indicator and project.

The NY Home Energy Portal is coming in Spring

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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 (RMES), is a new online platform NYSERDA is implementing in Spring 2023. Get to know the platform now by watching the recorded NY Home Energy Portal demonstration and see how the platform can help manage your projects. Additionally, important information on the NY Home Energy Portal was covered in the January 6, 2023, contractor webinar. Contractors are required to view this webinar if they were not present.

Below are the regional in-person and virtual live contractor training sessions:

In-person sessions are limited to two seats per contractor. Contractors have been preassigned to locations. The designated Program lead will be notified by email with the following information:

  • Names of the two most active users in the company of the NY HP Portal. This can be used to help identify the best staff to participate in the in-person session.
  • Registration link via SignUpGenius.

If you cannot attend the in-person session, there will be eight live virtual sessions. For the virtual sessions, there is unlimited seating and sessions are available to all staff who want to be trained. Registration information will be included in upcoming program announcements.

Following the live sessions, a recorded virtual session will be posted and links will be provided to the contractor support site and the EmPower/AHP knowledge articles.

If you have questions, reach out to CONTRACTOR SUPPORT: Call toll free: 800-284-9069

Email: [email protected]