April Certification Tips

Update your certification a little each month to prepare for your March 15 - July 15, 2022 inspection. Login to the database to read each specific Standard as you implement and document them.

Update this month:

• 5: Water Conservation & Quality
• 6: Energy Conservation & Efficiency

*Unless noted, documentation should reflect practices from Dec. 1, 2021 to March/July 2022.

Schedule Your Inspection

Select a specific date between March 15 and July 15 – for all inspection types.

We are thrilled with how much SIP Certified has grown - that also means inspectors have more to review. To make sure every applicant meets the deadlines, we ask that you coordinate a specific date with your inspector.

1. Call or email your inspector to select a specific date between March 15 and July 15
2. Log in to the database
3. Click Get Started
4. Below Appl. click the icon (to the right of the property name)
5. Under Inspection, Inspection Scheduled, select the agreed-upon inspection date
6. Under Inspection, Inspector, select the Inspector name from the drop-down
7. Click Save
8. Your inspector can now see your Standards documentation

Review Inspector Comments

If your inspector needs more documentation for your Standards, they will leave notes in the database.

1. Log in to the database
2. Click Get Started
3. Click on your property
4. Look for chapters with "!" and click on those chapters
5. Click the subchapter with "!" (e.g 11.1: Worker Orientation and Human Resources Policies)
6. Review your inspector's comments in the yellow box above the Standard and update your documentation