Become an Energy Impact Illinois Residential Contractor

Energy Impact Illinois (EI2) is looking for well-qualified home energy assessment (audit), home energy upgrade contractors (retrofit), and heating/cooling contractors to join our program.

Benefits of joining EI2 as a participating contractor include:

• Ability to leverage our substantial media campaign to generate sales leads
• Access to special financing and rebate programs for your customers
• Participation in a thorough quality assurance/quality control program that will give your customers confidence in a job well done
• For whole-home energy assessment and upgrade contractors, a pathway for your customers to earn an Illinois Home Performance with Energy Star Certificate.

Enrolling in the program is easy, but if you have any questions just call a representative at 1-855-9-IMPACT (855-946-7228).

New to EI2? Choose a path to sign up:

Already an EI2 Contractor?  Find Resources:

• Resource Documents for all EI2 Contractors
• Resource Documents for EI2 Residential Energy Efficiency Loan Program
• Resource Documents for Employer Assisted Housing Retrofit Program
• Resource Documents for the Rockford Rebate Program
• Training Opportunities
• Information on Non-Residential Contracting

Whole-Home Energy Assessment or Energy Upgrade Contractors

Energy Impact Illinois supports the Illinois Home Performance with Energy Star (IHP) criteria for whole-home energy assessment and upgrades.  To become an Energy Impact Illinois Participating Home Energy Assessment or Energy Upgrade contractor:

1. Register with Illinois Home Performance with Energy Star. IHP requires contractors to employ individuals with Building Performance Institute (BPI) Building Analyst + Envelope Certifications.  There is no fee for participating in IHP.
2. Complete the Energy Impact Illinois Residential Contractor Participation Agreement and return it to us.
3. If you wish to participate in the Residential Energy Efficiency Loan Program, you must attend a loan training by webinar or in person.  Times may be found on the IHP Training Calendar.
4. Review the Background Check Policy and complete the Background Check Certification as described in the agreement and return it to us.
5. CNT Energy, the implementation agency for Energy Impact Illinois will contact you with any questions or missing information.  CNT Energy will likely request the opportunity to conduct a site visit of a previous job you completed to verify the quality of your work.
6. Upon approval, CNT Energy will return a signed agreement to you and post your information on EnergyImpactIllinois.org/TheEnergyBills.org.  You will then need to report on completed jobs using the forms below.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us toll free at 855-9-IMPACT (855-946-7228) or e-mail us at contractors@energyimpactillinois.org

Heating/Cooling or “Eligible Measures” Contractors

Energy Impact Illinois supports the Participating Energy Efficiency Contractors Network (PEEC) criteria for heating/cooling/HVAC contractors. Participating Heating/Cooling contractors may participate in the EI2 Residential Energy Efficiency Loan program to offer low-interest loans on certain efficiency packages centered around high efficiency furnace or boiler upgrades (known as “eligible measures”).  To become an Energy Impact Illinois Participating Eligible Measures contractor:

1. Register with the PEEC Network. PEEC requires contractors to employ individuals with one of several nationally recognized HVAC certifications. There is no fee for participating in the PEEC Network.
2. Complete the Energy Impact Illinois Participating Eligible Measures Contractor Agreement and return it to us. Note that this agreement includes participation in the Residential Energy Efficiency Loan Program as this is the only program EI2 sponsors that include incentives for HVAC contractors.
3. Review the Background Check Policy and complete the Background Check Certification as described in the agreement and return it to us.
4. Attend a training on the Residential Energy Efficiency Loan Program either by webinar or in person.  Times may be found on the IHP Training Calendar.
5. CNT Energy, the implementation agency for Energy Impact Illinois will contact you with any questions or missing information.  CNT Energy will likely request the opportunity to conduct a site visit of a previous job you completed to verify the quality of your work.
6. Upon approval, CNT Energy will return a signed agreement to you and post your information on EnergyImpactIllinois.org/TheEnergyBills.org .  You will then need to report on completed jobs using the forms below.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us toll free at 855-9-IMPACT (855-946-7228) or e-mail us at contractors@energyimpactillinois.org

Resource Documents for all EI2 Contractors

• Whole Home Contractor Project Reporting Form (For participating whole-home contractors to report jobs completed under the loan program in accordance with the agreement. NOTE: For HVAC or Whole-Home jobs funded with the loan program, see the loan program specific forms below.)
• Utility Data Release - Homeowner, Multi-Family Building, Tenant, or Commercial Building
• Waste Management Plan Template (Required to be kept in documentation for EI2 financed programs.)
• Background Check Policy
• Background Check Certification

Resource Documents for EI2 Residential Energy Efficiency Loan Program

• Single Measure Loan Process
• Whole Home Loan Process
• Complete packet for HVAC (All the forms to complete on a single-family HVAC or eligible measures job)
• Complete packet for Whole Home (All the forms to complete on a single-family Whole Home Energy Upgrade job funded by an EI2 loan.)
• Eligible Measures List
• Loan Training Presentation
• Implementation Manual

Resource Documents for Employer Assisted Housing Retrofit Program

• Memorandum of Understanding for Energy Assessors (For EI2 Participating Whole-Home Assessors who want to participate in the EAHR program.)
• Memorandum of Understanding for Upgrade Contractor (For EI2 Participating Whole-Home upgrade contractors who want to participate in the EAHR program.)

Resource Documents for the Rockford Rebate Program

• Instructions and overview of the rebate process
• Application for reserving a rebate

Training Opportunities

For locations and information on BPI training programs, visit the Illinois Home Performance Training Calendar.

Illinois Home Performance is also offering a low-cost Building Science Training Series that offers BPI Continuing Education Credits (CEUs).

Information on Non-Residential Contracting

Energy Impact Illinois is not including non-residential contractors on EnergyImpactIllinois.org nor recommending particular certifications for non-residential contractors.   However, we encourage participation the utility’s Trade Ally networks.  Consult ComEd and Peoples/North Shore/Nicor for more information.

For other questions, please call us toll-free at 855-9-IMPACT (855-946-7228) or contract us at contractors@energyimpactillinois.org for more information.