Our Vision:

we advance our mission to better the insulation industry by providing a trained workforce through educational and workforce tools. WE are sustainable through the quality of our programming and collaborative partnerships.

Our History:

HPIP is the only 501c3 in the insulation industry dedicated to establishing a unified approval for contractors and those entering the workplace. Through online learning, live events, and accreditation of partner events, we will promote a unified insulation approval the public, consumers, builders, and government entities can use to recognize and appreciate a trained contractor.

For nearly 30 years, our approved contractors have understood what the rest of the industry is starting to figure out. There are incredibly effective insulation systems that deserve a larger market share than they currently have. There are contractors who go above and beyond to be the best of the best, and they should be recognized as such. These are the systems and contractors we’ve been proudly representing for decades. Through the upcoming years of rebirth, we remain focused on the best contractors and systems in the insulation industry.

In 1989, BIBCA (Blow-In-Blanket Contractors Association) incorporated as a trade organization to train and support strictly BIBS dealers across the U.S. and Canada. After a successful run of serving Blow-In-Blanket Contractors, a decision was made to serve a larger scope of the insulation industry. In 2013 BIBCA made the transition to HPIP, High Performance Insulation Professionals: a trade organization to train and support contractors offering select, high-performance systems, no longer exclusively BIBS.

While HPIP was now serving contractors of multiple systems, a gap in the industry was recognized that HPIP was looking to fill: an impartial, independent organization to serve all high-performance systems contractors - unifying spray foam, fiberglass, reflective, continuous, mineral, etc. under one umbrella. In 2017, HPIP was granted charitable (501c3) status as an independent approving body for the insulation industry to impartially train and approve insulation contractors and workers to high-performance standards. HPIP is now an educational entity deemed for the public good.

Shortly after, HPIP became the only insulation association approved by the Department of Labor to provide industry training and education to Job Corps centers across the U.S. Starting with 1 pilot center, HPIP has now grown to serve 27 cities since 2017 and continues to expand from year-to-year. HPIP has now trained nearly 4,000 individuals with our Department of Labor-approved Primary Insulation Credential. Now, HPIP is working to put that training into action and place trainees with qualified insulation contractors across the country.