Home performance matters. Managed right, it makes your place safer, more comfortable, more cost-efficient-and more valuable. Pearl helps you understand how your house operates so you can feel more at home.
Home Performance
Pearl has established the national standard for rating home performance. We measure all aspects of a home's performance — safety, comfort, operational efficiency, resilience, and energy management — and provide homeowners with actionable insights on what's most important to them, whether they're buying, selling, or renovating.
Mission
Pearl exists to make home performance matter by tying it to what people care about every day: safety, comfort, operating costs, resilience, energy management, and the value of their home.
Certified B-Corporation
As a certified B-Corporation, Pearl is held to high standards of accountability and impact. Fewer than 4,000 companies worldwide have earned this distinction. For us, it means we answer not only to shareholders, but also to the homeowners and communities we serve. Above all, it demonstrates our belief that profits and principles don’t have to be at odds — they can strengthen each other.
Pearl has earned recognition and endorsement from the most influential organizations in housing and energy: the U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, National Association of Realtors, Appraisal Institute, and MLS systems nationwide. Our certification standards are incorporated into federal legislation including the Inflation Reduction Act, and embraced by over half of State Energy Offices. In addition we partner with leading home performance brands and hundreds of contractors and builders, major HVAC manufacturers, and every major residential rating service including ENERGY STAR. As an independent B-Corporation, Pearl offers unbiased expertise free from political cycles or marketplace conflicts, making us the trusted standard for home performance nationwide.
Pearl helps you buy with confidence, then supports you through every stage — from moving in to making improvements and, eventually, selling. Our data and insights guide smart decisions that enhance your home’s comfort, safety, and value at every step.
Home ownership takes a team, and Pearl connects with the people who make it happen — agents, lenders, insurers, appraisers, inspectors, contractors, and manufacturers. By working together, we help you create a home that’s safe, comfortable, and growing in value.
Cynthia Adams
Co-founder and CEO
Robin LeBaron
Co-founder and President
Pearl began with a simple but powerful insight: the features that make homes safer, more comfortable, and less costly to own were invisible in real estate transactions. Buyers couldn’t see them, agents couldn’t value them, and sellers couldn’t capture their worth.
Co-founders Cynthia Adams and Robin LeBaron came at this problem from very different worlds — Cynthia from luxury property development, Robin from affordable housing and federal research — but they shared the same vision: give homeowners a way to make performance improvements financially rewarding.
Pearl’s solution starts by empowering buyers with the data they need, then supports homeowners through every phase of the journey — from purchase to improvement to resale. In turn, the housing market becomes clearer, fairer, and more rewarding for everyone.
Today, Pearl’s standards are recognized by the EPA, the Department of Energy, and the National Association of Realtors, and are even incorporated into federal legislation. The result is a win-win: buyers make smarter choices, homeowners build equity while improving their living conditions, and the real estate market gains a new level of transparency.
Join a dynamic team of building scientists, engineers, creatives, and visionaries making a big difference in the world. Pearl team members enjoy superb benefits, a flexible, fully remote working environment, and the reward of huge individual impact. Why not join us?
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