CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Electrical and Gasoline Industries Affiliation (EGIA), a pacesetter in coaching, training and financing for dwelling providers contractors and rebate program administration for utilities, is proud to announce a brand new ongoing partnership with Pearl Certification, the {industry}’s foremost third-party certification program for high-performing houses and qualifier of contractors, builders, actual property professionals and raters to the elite Pearl Community.
The cornerstones of the EGIA-Pearl partnership characterize the largest areas of shared experience for the teams: rebate program design, improvement processing, customer support and general administration; and improvement and supply of coaching content material for the contracting {industry}.
“Pearl Certification is among the many most established, revered manufacturers in terms of vitality effectivity and serving to push the {industry} towards a greater, greener future,” stated Bruce Matulich, CEO and Government Director of EGIA. “Their expertise on this house is an ideal complement to EGIA’s mission to assist contractors sustainably develop and enhance their companies whereas bringing extra energy-efficient tools into houses nationwide.”
New Content material and Subjects
EGIA’s Contractor College division is without doubt one of the most acclaimed and fastest-growing instructional teams for dwelling providers contractors, delivering highly effective coaching methods on each subject essential to operating a profitable contracting enterprise—and doing so by way of in-person and digital workshops, complete on-line on-demand courses and coaching sources, a stay convention, and extra.
With this partnership, Pearl will collaborate on the creation of quite a lot of new content material and matters according to their very own specialization areas, together with the Inflation Discount Act, constructing sciences, dwelling certification and high quality assurance applications, and extra. These might be obtainable within the Contractor College member dashboard, the Pearl Community LMS, or each. Plus, Contractor College and Pearl will supply one another’s members reciprocal discounted pricing, guaranteeing contractors throughout the nation have entry to this highly effective, industry-shifting content material. And it isn’t solely contractors however utilities and their prospects that can profit from the EGIA-Pearl partnership.
“With over 3,000,000 utility and water rebate functions processed, and numerous profitable applications designed and deployed and efficiently accomplished, EGIA is an undisputed chief in utility rebate program administration,” stated Robin LeBaron, President of Pearl Certification. “Pairing that have with Pearl’s best-in-class attain in terms of contractors, companies and houses pursuing larger vitality effectivity creates an unbelievable synergy. Working collectively we are able to encourage profound change in how utilities reward and advance vitality effectivity.”
Rebate Packages
Pearl and EGIA may even assist unfold vitality effectivity nationwide by way of their mixed pursuit of labor with utilities and different rebate applications. EGIA’s myriad program administration providers embrace: program design, program improvement, rebate processing, customer support and name heart administration, database administration, program efficiency reporting, focused advertising and marketing, fraud detection/prevention, and system safety. When mixed with Pearl’s famend certification applications, in addition to its trusted work with owners, contractors, builders, actual property professionals and the general public sector at massive, the 2 teams are ideally positioned to create utility applications which have lasting change when it comes to the proliferation of inexperienced and environment friendly applied sciences, and benefiting the entire above teams, in addition to utilities and their prospects.
The EGIA and Pearl Certification partnership formally launched initially of 2023 and can ramp up over the subsequent a number of months as analysis is undertaken, content material is created and rebate applications are deliberate and proposed. To be taught extra about these organizations and their shared missions, or for contractors who want to join and begin utilizing each teams’ providers to develop their companies, go to egia.org or pearlcertification.com to be taught extra.