Sealed Is Selected as the First ENERGY STAR® Home Upgrade Service Provider to Help Households Navigate Home Energy Improvements
May 22 2024 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Sealed will leverage its expertise and success
in energy efficiency improvements to be the first ENERGY STAR Home
Upgrade Service Provider from the country’s most trusted energy
efficiency brand
Sealed, a climate tech company on a mission to stop home energy
waste and electrify all homes, announced its selection as the first
Service Provider for the ENERGY STAR® Home Upgrade program. The
ENERGY STAR Home Upgrade program acts as a one-stop shop for
households to pursue energy-efficient improvements for their homes
and, as a result, can lower energy-related costs, reduce greenhouse
gas emissions, and improve quality of life. ENERGY STAR Home
Upgrade focuses on six high-impact energy-saving home improvements
and connects households to partners like Sealed to help them get
the work done. Sealed will bring its decade-plus of experience
focusing on high-performance home energy upgrades to the
program.
As an ENERGY STAR Home Upgrade Service Provider, Sealed will
support three key functions of the Home Upgrade program:
- Raising awareness of the benefits of home energy
improvements
- Educating households on improvements that are right for their
home
- Driving adoption of home energy improvements by connecting
households to experienced, quality contractors who offer rebates to
lower initial costs, including Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
rebates
Sealed’s partnership with ENERGY STAR Home Upgrade follows the
March launch of Sealed Pro, a software platform for accelerating
home energy improvement and electrification projects. With Sealed
Pro at its core, Sealed is focused on helping America’s contractors
benefit from energy efficiency programs, most notably those backed
by the IRA.
"Ninety percent of U.S. households recognize the ENERGY STAR
brand, and its label is a trusted marker of energy-saving products
and programs," said Sealed President Andy Frank. "Consumers are
overwhelmed thinking about transforming their homes, and we are
ready to help make the process as smooth and simple as
possible."
“The EPA is excited to welcome Sealed as the first organization
to join the new ENERGY STAR Home Upgrade Service Provider
Partnership,” said Ann Bailey, Branch Chief for the Environmental
Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Labeled Products. “This partnership
is key to helping more Americans leverage the incentives from the
Inflation Reduction Act and take action on key energy-saving home
upgrades that will save them money and increase the health and
comfort of their homes for years to come.”
About Sealed
Sealed is a climate tech company with a mission to stop home
energy waste and electrify all homes. Sealed provides software and
solutions to contractors, enabling them to install more home
weatherization and electrification projects, grow their businesses,
and make it easier for homeowners to have more comfort with less
energy waste. Sealed's software, data, and analytics enable
market-leading products, including a one-stop shop rebate solution,
investment-grade energy savings predictions, and customer
qualification and education tools. Sealed serves as an aggregator
of projects for utility and government rebate programs, handling
all rebate processing and payment on behalf of contractors.
About ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR® is the government-backed symbol for energy
efficiency, providing simple, credible, and unbiased information
that consumers and businesses rely on to make well-informed
decisions. Thousands of industrial, commercial, utility, state, and
local organizations — including nearly 40% of the Fortune 500® —
rely on their partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency to deliver cost-saving energy efficiency solutions. Since
1992, ENERGY STAR and its partners helped American families and
businesses avoid more than $500 billion in energy costs and achieve
4 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas reductions.
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Ryan Quintana sealed@redwoodclimatecomms.com