Welcome to the ultimate toolkit for your New York heat pump business.
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Heat pumps are the future of residential heating and cooling in New York State. Whether you are brand new to heat pump installations or looking for opportunities to brush up on your skills and expand your current heat pump business, Clean Heat Connect can help you tap into this growing market.
Clean Heat Connect is a network of air source heat pump manufacturers and distributors building strong, profitable heat pump businesses across New York State by providing best in class resources and expertise.
Clean Heat Connect is a no-cost, no-commitment resource that helps contractors grow their heat pump businesses. You get:
- Materials and NYSERDA cost-sharing opportunities for your business’s marketing and advertising needs
- Webinars, online learning modules, and other training opportunities for you and your staff
- On-demand instructional videos on a variety of technical installation and sales topics
- Downloadable design guides and online equipment selection tools
- Support for the NYS Clean Heat rebate program and Green Jobs - Green New York low interest loans
We’ve taken care of all the research, network building, and have compiled all the tools and resources for you. All you need to do is get involved!
Grow Your Business with Clean Heat Connect
Use NYSERDA resources to take your business to the next level.
- Sign up to be a Green Jobs - Green New York loan-offering contractor to pass competitive financing rates along to your customers.
- Take advantage of NYSERDA’s Cooperative Advertising and Training funds to get free or shared-cost marketing campaign resources or support training to your team.
- Hire and train new employees with financial help from New York State’s Workforce Development programs.
Sign up to become a NYS Clean Heat participating contractor.
- When you sign up, you’ll automatically be listed on the NYS Clean Heat Contractor Database, where residential customers can find your business. You’ll also be listed on the Master Database, where any potential customers — including commercial, industrial, and institutional customers — can find you for their heat pump projects.
- NYS Clean Heat is a statewide rebate program that has supported 58,992 heat pump installations to date and becoming a participating contractor is the best way to start bringing in more calls from New Yorkers who are interested in your heat pump services.
Become a Participating Contractor
Use our directory of Clean Heat Connect Partners to start a relationship with a heat pump distributor.
- Distributors in the Clean Heat Connect Partner Network are committed to helping New York State’s heat pump installers accomplish their business goals.
Give your team the latest in technical support tools and resources.
- Refine your skills with free, on-demand video lessons covering sales tips and installation skills from top heat pump installers in the State.
- Download reference materials that can help you design optimal heat pump systems.
- Keep learning and networking when you attend trainings and events from trusted heat pump partners.
Adding heat pumps to an existing residential contracting business? Jumpstart your new service line with our free online training course.
Adding Heat Pumps to Your Business is an online, on-demand training course available from Clean Heat Connect on our learning management system. The course is self-paced and designed to educate tradespeople with contact to the residential market. That includes electricians, plumbers, solar installers, appliance installers, maintenance technicians, and more. The goal of the course is to give basic understanding and knowledge of heat pumps, the why and how of integrating heat pumps into a company, and to point companies towards distributors and manufacturers to initiate in depth trainings, knowledge, and certifications needed to launch qualified and high-quality heat pump installation services within their businesses.