Missouri/Illinois St. Louis Regional
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Certified HPwES Contractors:
- Work in both Missouri and Illinois
- Are trained to understand your house as a whole building system, not a building of separate parts but of integrated systems. Training, certification, and accreditation are provided in St. Louis by the Building Performance Institute (BPI), a nationally-respected contractor certification organization.
- Provide a diagnostic audit of your house using equipment such as a blower door, duct blaster, carbon monoxide detectors, infrared camera. Initial audits take 3 to 5 hours and cost approximately $300–$800. Homeowners receive a written report detailing improvement suggestions.
- Implement home improvements chosen by the homeowners, providing consistency throughout the project.
- Test in and test out each time they are in the house—testing the combustion equipment for safety aspects and testing how your home functions as a system to ensure the improvements made will produce the results requested.
- Participate in a quality control program coordinated by Missouri Botanical Garden's EarthWays Center. A percentage of every contractor's improvements are evaluated by a third party quality assurance specialist.
View a list of qualified contractors in the St. Louis area.
Ensure Quality with Third-Party Verification
Missouri/Illinois St. Louis Regional Home Performance with ENERGY STAR provides quality control on the work of all participating contractors on their Home Performance with ENERGY STAR projects, through spot-checking of contractors' assessments and completed home improvements to ensure they are following program protocols.
For more information on how Home Performance with ENERGY STAR can help you improve your home, or if you're a contractor interested in joining the program, please contact Korey Hart at Missouri Botanical Garden's EarthWays Center at 314-577-0228.
