Participating in the Pay for Performance Program is easy. Just follow this step-by-step process...

• Select a Program Partner from this list of approved new construction partners. Be sure to download this flyer for tips on how to select a partner as well as ideas for what to expect from your working relationship.
   
• Submit Application Package - With your assistance, your partner will download and complete the Application and Participation Agreement and submit the forms and required documentation.
   
• Receive Approval Notice - Program representatives will review your application package and if approved, will send a notice to proceed. A case manager will be assigned to your project.
   
• Discuss Goals - Review building plans with your partner and discuss energy efficiency goals. Your partner will create a proposed energy reduction plan to achieve no less than 15% energy costs below the current energy code.
   
• Submit Your Plan - Your partner will submit your proposed energy reduction plan, a computer simulated energy model of your building and a partner-participant contract to your case manager with a request for Incentive #1 as defined in the participation agreement. When the draft energy reduction plan is approved, you will receive Incentive #1.
    
• Implement Your Project – Your partner will help you with the bidding process and will monitor construction to ensure that the appropriate steps are being taken to achieve the expected performance goals outlined in the proposed energy reduction plan. Any changes between the proposed design and as-built conditions will be documented by your partner in an As-Built Energy Reduction Plan, which is submitted to your case manager at construction completion along with a request for Incentive #2. Assuming program requirements are still met, you will receive Incentive #2.
   
• Submit Request for Final Incentive - Upon completion and commissioning of your project, your partner will submit the Commissioning Report as prepared by a certified Commissioning Authority to the case manager with a request for Incentive #3. If the minimum performance goal is met, you will receive Incentive #3.

A detailed Incentive Structure document is available on the applications and forms page.