Efficiency First

An insider’s guide to becoming a Home Performance contractor

Home Energy magazine has published an excellent guide for contractors and others who want to get into the Home Performance retrofit business.

The article was written by Greg Thomas, president of two Home Performance companies based in Ithaca, New York – Performance Systems Contracting, which provides installation service and Home Performance contracting throughout central New York, and Performance Systems Development, a national consulting firm.

Thomas gives a solid overview of the industry and the kinds of businesses that can succeed, with advice about training, business models and assembling a team. The article also includes a “Toolbox Primer” describing the basic performance-testing equipment used by auditors and contractors.

“So You Want to Be a Home Performance Contractor” can be downloaded from the Contractor and Career Resources page
of Efficiencyfirst.org.

Here’s a direct link: www.efficiencyfirst.org/static/files/how_to_become_a_home_performance_contractor.pdf