Home Star is Almost Here!

What is Home Star?

HOME STAR, aka 'Cash for Caulkers', is a proposed new national weatherization incentive program. This initiative establishes a $6 billion rebate program to help you invest in improving the energy efficiency, comfort, durability and safety of your home.

Home Star Goals:

• Improve energy efficiency
• Increase and create jobs in both construction and manufacturing in local communities across the country, in turn boosting your industries economy!

Two different incentive levels GOLD STAR and SILVER STAR.

GOLD STAR

Gold Star is a two year program that features the highest incentive amounts offered and will be available only for whole-home improvement projects.

Your BPI Building Analyst certified professional or RESNET qualified rater (or approved equivalent) conducts an energy audit and inclusive home performance assessment, develops and prioritizes improvement measures specific to the needs of the particular house. Those measures are then implemented by a BPI GOLD STAR Accredited Contracting Company—or another accreditation approved by the U.S. Department of Energy.

When the work is complete, the certified analyst or rater returns to the house to conduct a second (test/out) energy audit. This assessment ensures that the installed measures are working properly and determines the energy savings achieved.

Improve your home’s energy performance by 20% you will receive $3,000 in incentives. Plus additional $1,000 for each additional 5% improvement. You could get up to 50% of the entire project cost (capped at $8,000)! And, of course, you get a much lower energy bill, greater comfort and durability, as well as enhanced health and safety.

If you improve your home’s energy performance by 20% you will receive $3,000 in incentives. You’ll also get an additional $1,000 for each additional 5% improvement. Depending on how much your home’s energy use is reduced, you could get up to 50% of the entire project cost (capped at $8,000)! And, of course, you get a much lower energy bill, greater comfort and durability, as well as enhanced health and safety.

SILVER STAR

Silver Star is a one-year program designed for immediate job creation. It features lower incentive amounts and is intended for faster, small scale projects with less impact on overall energy efficiency.

You can receive between $1,000 and $1,500 for each measure installed in the home, or $250 per appliance, with a benefit not exceeding $3,000 or at most 50% of total project costs (whichever is less).

Covered measures include:

• Air sealing
• Attic, wall, and crawl space insulation
• Duct sealing or replacement
• Replacement of existing windows and doors, furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, water heaters and appliances with high-efficiency models

Why Home Star?

These limitations are in place to protect you, the homeowner and taxpayer. Trained, skilled and qualified experts have the knowledge and skills to diagnose the cause of the problems in your house and the ability to provide solutions to fix it right the first time.

The independent quality assurance providers are there to reduce the risk of fraud and abuse, and also to make sure your home is operating properly and safely based on the improvements made.

You get your money’s worth – a comfortable, safe, durable home with improved indoor air quality and lower energy bills.

Why Choose Everblue for BPI Home Star Training?

Everblue is proud of our 96% pass rate for our students taking the BPI exams.

Only BPI Certified Building Analysts and RESNET raters (or an approved equivalent) can perform the test-in/test-out energy audit assessments under the Gold Star level.

Only BPI GOLD STAR Accredited Contractors (or equivalent approved by the U.S. Department of Energy) can implement energy efficiency improvement measures.

Chairman Waxman Supporting the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act