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

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Crafting Effective Marketing Messages for Homeowners

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

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Advertising Strategies That Help Contractors Boost Business

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

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2023 Trends in Homeowner Spending

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2023 Year in Review

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

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ESP Validates Worth with Third-Party Certification

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Maximize Profits by Marketing to the Biggest Spenders

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

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

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DOE Releases New Rebate Guidance for the Inflation Reduction Act

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Inflation Reduction Act Success Relies on Contractors

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Home Certification 101: What Is the WaterSense Label?

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Home Certification 101: What Is the HERS Index?

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Home Certification 101: Understanding ENERGY STAR^® Certification

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

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

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Pearl Launches New Electrified Home Badge

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Home Certification 101: How Pearl Certification Works

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The IRA’s Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit Requirements

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How to Prepare Your Customers and Your Business for IRA Success

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U.S. Contractors Make IRA Recommendations to the DOE

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Deciphering 25C and 25D of the Inflation Reduction Act

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New Green Door App Features Encourage Demand for Pearl Contractors

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2022 Year in Review

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Earn Repeat Business with Green Door Maintenance Reminders

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Leveraging Your Success Team

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Pearl Certification Success: The Review Points Feature

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Maximize Your IRA Success by Providing More Services

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Creating a Platinum Pearl Certified Home

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

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Prepare Now to Offer Inflation Reduction Act Incentives to Your Customers

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

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The Great Solar Debate: Bringing Roofing In-House

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Offer an IAQ Bundle to Every Customer

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Customers Want You to Care About Sustainability

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HVAC Contractors’ Call to Embrace Our Industry Disruptor

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Pearl Wins a Real Leaders Eco Innovation Award

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Servicing the High-Performing Home of the Future

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Plant the Seeds for Future Sales During Busy Season

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Pitching Solar: The Value Conversation

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Increase Revenue with EV Charger Installation

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Earning Points Toward Certification Is Easier than Ever

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Clarifying “Green Home” Confusion

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Put Your HVAC at the Top of Your Spring Cleaning List

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

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The Solar Forum 2022 — Moving to November!

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

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A Moment of Gratitude From Our Team

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Pearl Contractors Foster an Attitude of Gratitude

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Certification Made Simple

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The Art of Persuasion: Three Ways to Build Trust

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

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NCI Spotlight on an Elite Pearl Network Contractor

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How to Achieve the Highest Appraisal Value for Home Solar Projects

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Three Keys to Hiring and Attracting Talent in the HVAC Industry

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How to Communicate Value to Customers with Certification

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The Death of Blue-Collar Work?

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Four Major Disruptions that Will Impact Your HVAC Business

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

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

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

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Cynthia Adams and Your Climate Impact

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

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

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5 Disruptive Trends to Watch in the Solar Industry

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

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Contractor Video Testimonial: Greg Wells, Williams Comfort Air

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

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Residential Contracting: Staying Competitive in a Rapidly Changing Environment

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2020 Year in Review

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Free Quality Assured Accreditation for ACCA-Member Pearl Contractors

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Pearl Contractors: Welcome to Green Door!

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Residential Solar as an Equity Building Asset

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Welcome to Pearl's New Website

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Casey’s Corner | Navigating the Smart Home Device Landscape

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Top 5 Refinancing Tips Every Contractor and Homeowner Should Know

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Energy Efficiency and Home Value: How to Get it Right

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SunPower and Pearl Partner to Show Solar’s Value

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Marketing a Home in a Virtual Environment

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Solar Certification for Resale Program

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How to Have a Healthy Home in an Unhealthy Time

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We Stand in Solidarity

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

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Pearl Contractor Network Anniversaries | May 2020

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

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

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

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Extra, Extra — up to 9% Extra!!!!

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Fix more homes by getting more from your sales meetings

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The Ides of November & National Pearl Day

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Five Halloween House Horrors and How to Fix Them

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About Making the Home Value Visible

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Solar Solutions

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Ice Cream and Real Estate

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Eight+ Steps to a Healthier Home

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Do Consumers Care About Energy Efficiency?

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3 Facts to Know Before Your Next Listing in Phoenix

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Home Value Hot Potato – Whose Problem is It?

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Demonstrate Home Value with Pearl’s AI Addendum

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

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The Gift that Keeps on Giving – Happy New Year!

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

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The Impact of Good Data and HPXML in Unlocking Home Value

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Expert Q&A: New, Innovative HVAC Trends

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

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What Sustains Us

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A Kitchen Remodel for the High-Performing Home

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How to Select the Right Home Performance Contractor

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The ENERGY STAR Label and You

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