Membership Benefit: Savings Calculator

National Comfort Institute (NCI) members have access to a specialized partner rebate program that provides them training savings based on the purchases they make from the organization’s preferred vendors. In January 2025 we introduce some new facets of this program.

The program is called the NCI Member Rewards Training Incentive Partner Program (TIPP). TIPP puts any earned rebate dollars to work by converting them to NCI Bucks which members can use towards any NCI educational event. Bucks help cover the costs of training their field service and installation teams in High-Performance HVAC™ system testing, measuring, and diagnostics activities.

By the way, NCI has 18 vendor partners including:

  • Amana/Daikin/Goodman
  • Arzel Zoning
  • The Energy Conservatory
  • Online Access
  • and many more.

NCI recently created an estimator tool for contractors considering membership to see how many NCI Bucks they could be earning from purchases from qualified NCI vendor partners..

If you are interested in using this estimator, call the NCI Customer Care Line at
800-633-7058 and one of the representatives will walk you through the process and send you a link.

Many members currently earn thousands of dollars in NCI Training Bucks each year! They use them to buy seats in NCI classes, online training, private onsite training, and seats to the High-Performance HVAC Summit. Nearly half a million NCI Bucks were earned by NCI Members just in the last year!

If you are a member and are not getting all of your valuable NCI Bucks, call the help line and ask the NCI representatives to explain how you can take advantage of this terrific program…

Casey Contreras

Meet NCI Instructor Casey Contreras

We are pleased to profile Casey in this January 2025 edition of NCI Update.

Casey joined the NCI team in 2015 and brings many years of residential and light commercial service and installation experience to his position. This experience includes:

  • Add-on/replacement commissioning
  • Managing a service department
  • Training himself and others.

He attended numerous NCI classes and became certified in residential and light commercial air balancing, HVAC system performance, duct system optimization, and CO & Combustion.

Today Casey instructs virtually every NCI discipline and writes for High-Performance HVAC Today magazine.

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Online Live Training

NCI’s Online Live Training classes offer contractors opportunities to keep their technical teams trained and on the cutting edge in their marketplaces. And yes, you can use NCI Bucks to offset the costs of these sessions..

Did you know that a number of online university courses are good for a variety of NCI recertifications including:

These online courses are led live by NCI’s expert instructors and are usually offered in four-hour sections. Get re-certified from the comfort of your home or office!.

In fact, the new Airflow Testing and Diagnostics 3.0 classes go live online January 7th and 8th. This class will re-certify your technicians in Duct System Optimization, Residential System Performance, and other disciplines.

If you have questions, call NCI Customer Care at 800-633-7058.