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Oct 29 2024

Expanding Value: Pearl's Updated Home Energy Scoring

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Oct 09 2024

What is the ENERGY STAR® Home Upgrade Program, and How Can It Help You Save on Your Bills?

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May 31 2024

Crafting Effective Marketing Messages for Homeowners

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May 29 2024

Harnessing Organic Digital Marketing to Build Long-Term Customer Engagement in the Building Performance Industry

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May 15 2024

Advertising Strategies That Help Contractors Boost Business

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Feb 23 2024

Announcing IncentivesHub: A First-of-Its-Kind Tool for Contractors

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Jan 24 2024

2023 Trends in Homeowner Spending

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Dec 18 2023

2023 Year in Review

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Dec 04 2023

What’s the Difference Between LEED® Home Certification and Pearl Certification?

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Nov 17 2023

ESP Validates Worth with Third-Party Certification

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Nov 15 2023

Maximize Profits by Marketing to the Biggest Spenders

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Nov 05 2023

“A Model for What Anyone Can Accomplish”: Jan Green’s Homeowner Story

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Oct 18 2023

Inside a Platinum-Certified Home: Brett Little’s Homeowner Journey

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Aug 15 2023

DOE Releases New Rebate Guidance for the Inflation Reduction Act

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Jul 25 2023

Inflation Reduction Act Success Relies on Contractors

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Jul 13 2023

Home Certification 101: What Is the WaterSense Label?

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Jun 29 2023

Home Certification 101: What Is the HERS Index?

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Jun 19 2023

Home Certification 101: Understanding ENERGY STAR® Certification

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Jun 15 2023

Home Certification 101: What's a Home Energy Score?

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May 24 2023

The DOE’s Latest Plans to Bring IRA Rebates to Your Customers

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May 23 2023

Pearl Launches New Electrified Home Badge

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May 09 2023

Home Certification 101: How Pearl Certification Works

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Apr 25 2023

The IRA’s Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit Requirements

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Mar 24 2023

How to Prepare Your Customers and Your Business for IRA Success

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Mar 22 2023

U.S. Contractors Make IRA Recommendations to the DOE

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Jan 25 2023

Deciphering 25C and 25D of the Inflation Reduction Act

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Jan 20 2023

New Green Door App Features Encourage Demand for Pearl Contractors

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Jan 16 2023

2022 Year in Review

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Dec 14 2022

Earn Repeat Business with Green Door Maintenance Reminders

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Nov 15 2022

Leveraging Your Success Team

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Nov 11 2022

Pearl Certification Success: The Review Points Feature

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Nov 08 2022

Maximize Your IRA Success by Providing More Services

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Oct 19 2022

Creating a Platinum Pearl Certified Home

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Oct 14 2022

What Is Green Door, and What’s in It for Contractors and Your Customers?

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Sep 20 2022

Prepare Now to Offer Inflation Reduction Act Incentives to Your Customers

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Aug 23 2022

Inflation Reduction Act 101: What’s in it and how does it affect me?

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Aug 11 2022

The Great Solar Debate: Bringing Roofing In-House

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Aug 08 2022

Offer an IAQ Bundle to Every Customer

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Jul 19 2022

Customers Want You to Care About Sustainability

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Jul 12 2022

HVAC Contractors’ Call to Embrace Our Industry Disruptor

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Jun 30 2022

Pearl Wins a Real Leaders Eco Innovation Award

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Jun 25 2022

Servicing the High-Performing Home of the Future

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Jun 24 2022

Plant the Seeds for Future Sales During Busy Season

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Jun 23 2022

Pitching Solar: The Value Conversation

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May 24 2022

Increase Revenue with EV Charger Installation

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May 13 2022

Earning Points Toward Certification Is Easier than Ever

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Apr 25 2022

Clarifying “Green Home” Confusion

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Apr 20 2022

Put Your HVAC at the Top of Your Spring Cleaning List

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Apr 14 2022

The Big Disconnect: What Buyers Want vs. What Agents Think They Want

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Jan 05 2022

The Solar Forum 2022 — Moving to November!

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Nov 17 2021

The Clean Fight NY Presents Second Cohort of Startups Bringing Clean Building Technologies to Mass Market Real Estate

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Nov 16 2021

A Moment of Gratitude From Our Team

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Nov 10 2021

Pearl Contractors Foster an Attitude of Gratitude

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Nov 08 2021

Certification Made Simple

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Oct 18 2021

The Art of Persuasion: Three Ways to Build Trust

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Sep 14 2021

Fulfilling Promises: How Rooftop Solar Panels Can Live Up to Expectations

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Sep 01 2021

NCI Spotlight on an Elite Pearl Network Contractor

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Aug 02 2021

How to Achieve the Highest Appraisal Value for Home Solar Projects

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Jul 16 2021

Three Keys to Hiring and Attracting Talent in the HVAC Industry

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Jul 15 2021

How to Communicate Value to Customers with Certification

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May 26 2021

The Death of Blue-Collar Work?

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May 26 2021

Four Major Disruptions that Will Impact Your HVAC Business

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Apr 20 2021

Keeping it Elite: 3 Cornerstones of Quality in the Pearl Contractor Network

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Apr 13 2021

Tech Tribune Q&A with Robin LeBaron and Cynthia Adams of Pearl Certification

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Apr 13 2021

30 Best Leaders to Watch - Cynthia Adams, Pearl Certification's CEO and Co-founder

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Apr 13 2021

Cynthia Adams and Your Climate Impact

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Apr 13 2021

The 2021 ENERGY STAR Award Winners & Pearl's ELITE Network

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Mar 18 2021

Pearl Contractor Q&A | Kevin Brenner, Healthy Home Energy and Consulting

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Mar 17 2021

5 Disruptive Trends to Watch in the Solar Industry

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Mar 16 2021

[Video] Homeowners: Discover the Value of Pearl Certification & Pearl Contractors

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Mar 10 2021

Contractor Video Testimonial: Greg Wells, Williams Comfort Air

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Feb 22 2021

Q&A with a Pearl Contractor: Rob Basnett, Basnett Plumbing, Heating & AC

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Feb 18 2021

Residential Contracting: Staying Competitive in a Rapidly Changing Environment

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Dec 21 2020

2020 Year in Review

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Nov 13 2020

Free Quality Assured Accreditation for ACCA-Member Pearl Contractors

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Oct 14 2020

Pearl Contractors: Welcome to Green Door!

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Sep 23 2020

Residential Solar as an Equity Building Asset

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Sep 15 2020

Welcome to Pearl's New Website

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Sep 15 2020

Casey’s Corner | Navigating the Smart Home Device Landscape

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Aug 17 2020

Top 5 Refinancing Tips Every Contractor and Homeowner Should Know

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Jul 23 2020

Energy Efficiency and Home Value: How to Get it Right

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Jul 13 2020

SunPower and Pearl Partner to Show Solar’s Value

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Jul 07 2020

Marketing a Home in a Virtual Environment

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Jun 29 2020

Solar Certification for Resale Program

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Jun 14 2020

How to Have a Healthy Home in an Unhealthy Time

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Jun 03 2020

We Stand in Solidarity

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May 14 2020

Building a Positive Brand Reputation in the Age of COVID-19: Six Strategies for Success

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May 02 2020

Pearl Contractor Network Anniversaries | May 2020

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Apr 21 2020

Pearl Improves Energy Efficiency of U.S. Housing Market for Earth Day

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Apr 14 2020

How Quality Contractors Can Rule a Post-COVID-19 World

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Feb 14 2020

If You Like It, Then You Better Put a CERT on It!

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Dec 18 2019

Extra, Extra — up to 9% Extra!!!!

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Nov 19 2019

Fix more homes by getting more from your sales meetings

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Nov 15 2019

The Ides of November & National Pearl Day

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Oct 31 2019

Five Halloween House Horrors and How to Fix Them

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Oct 28 2019

About Making the Home Value Visible

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Sep 04 2019

Solar Solutions

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Jul 29 2019

Ice Cream and Real Estate

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Jun 28 2019

Eight+ Steps to a Healthier Home

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May 22 2019

Do Consumers Care About Energy Efficiency?

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May 03 2019

3 Facts to Know Before Your Next Listing in Phoenix

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Feb 25 2019

Home Value Hot Potato – Whose Problem is It?

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Jan 25 2019

Demonstrate Home Value with Pearl’s AI Addendum

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Jan 18 2019

How to Get the Most Value for Your Energy Efficient Home at Resale

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Jan 02 2019

The Gift that Keeps on Giving – Happy New Year!

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Dec 19 2018

In Honor of Mike Rogers – the man, the mentor, the legacy

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Dec 13 2018

The Impact of Good Data and HPXML in Unlocking Home Value

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Nov 01 2018

Expert Q&A: New, Innovative HVAC Trends

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Oct 09 2018

Home Energy Efficiency: It’s What you Do AND How You Do It

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Sep 20 2018

What Sustains Us

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Aug 30 2018

A Kitchen Remodel for the High-Performing Home

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Jun 30 2018

How to Select the Right Home Performance Contractor

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Jun 20 2018

The ENERGY STAR Label and You

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