Partnership With Greener Dawn Offers BIBCA Members Discount
|  What are all these energy efficiency programs, and how can you gain business from these billion-dollar programs? Greener Dawn is BIBCA's newest partner,
offering discounts for BIBCA members to become BPI certified and begin receiving jobs. The four programs BIBCA members will become aligned with, once certified, include:
Home Star "Cash for Caulkers" - Proposed $6 billion federal government rebate program for products and labor that reduce home energy bills
- Gold Star provides up to $8,000 rebates or 50% of the cost whichever is less for whole house energy retrofits
- Silver Star provides $500-$1,500 rebates for prescriptive measures such as insulation, hot water
- heaters, windows, heating & air conditioning, doors, and duct work
PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) - financing program is approved in 22 states and saves money instantly
- This 20 year term, up to $50,000 loan is for energy improvements and is tied to property taxes not consumer credit
- When the house is sold, the loan stays with the home
Home Performance with Energy Star
- National program from the U.S. EPA and U.S. DOE that focuses on residential energy performance
- Locally sourced incentive and rebate programs sponsored by Energy Star
- Refunds thousands of dollars per home for energy audits, lighting, HVAC, insulation, windows, etc.
Utility Whole House Retrofit Program
- California Public Utility Commission approved $3 billion for an energy program with other nationwide utilities following suit
- Provides rebates for homeowners to make energy efficiency improvements
- Focuses on both whole house and prescriptive measures for the residential sector
You know that you need to jump on the bandwagon, it only makes sense for your business to be part of these programs. Now is the time to invest in this training, become certified and accredited, and begin receiving matches to participating homeowners.
Receive DISCOUNTED pricing on your BPI Training course before July 1, 2010 and 1 complimentary job opportunity. Discounts available at all times for BIBCA members only, but ACT NOW and receive your first job free!
Contact the BIBCA office now for more information at 866-330-2427.
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Business AdvantEdge Program
Make your membership pay you back!
| BIBCA invites members to participate in discounts from the following roster of companies. Visit this link on BIBCA.org for more information on this new program.
ADP - Payroll Processing and
Workers' Comp FedEx - Overnight and Ground
Shipping - Greener Dawn: BPI certification
Hewlett-Packard Office Depot TransFirst -
Credit Card Merchant Program UPS -
Discounted Shipping JobPro
Technology - Bid and Job Management
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Gold and Platinum Levels Added
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BIBCA has introduced a new hierarchy of membership, now offering four levels of membership with increasingly valuable benefits for each step up. Find out more here: BIBCA Membership Levels
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Industry Partners
making BIBS a household word
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Loss of a BIBS Pioneer
| Funeral services were held for Alan DeBeneditto on June 2nd. Alan had many friends and a long history with
BIBS. His son Rocco shared a bit of
history with us;
I worked for my dad since 1972
when we moved to Lake Village and he started to build houses on his own.
In 1993 Guardian Fiberglass took a real interest in what Adco was doing
with BIBS, It was about that time that Guardian Fiberglass made an
offer. I was taken into Guardian Fiberglass to learn about the products
they used for BIBS and from there they had me traveling about providing
training and offering machine repairs. That was 97.
I remained with Guardian until 2000. Gale acquired the Guardian
installed locations and Dad remained on until his retirement in 2006. He never forgot
about any and all that of those people he met. He still has the picture
of him and Jesse, when he received the BIBS contractor of the year award.
The corporate involvement was great for the cause, those men like my Dad, Tim Mulroy (Black Gold Insulation) Henry Sperber and Jesse Aragon worked hard to
promote and improve the process, but lacked the funding that big corporations can invest. Since BIBS was more labor intensive Than batts,
they had a time making that adjustment. Seemed like most people couldn't
really appreciate the quality. But they finally came around, and then it became big
business.
There were times in the corporate environment when it was too demanding for what one could do and maintain the high
standards those pioneers established. Like my dad, if I put my name on
it, I need to be able to see it every day. I need to live with it
and know it was a job well done. No complaints and
only compliments!
I now own several trucks and provides site services for contractors.
Thank you to our founders. It is because of those old hands, pioneers, we are here today.
Rocco DeBeneditto |
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