- Tax Credit:
- 10% of cost up to $500 or a specific amount from $50 - $300
- Expires:
- December 31, 2011
- Details:
- Must be an existing home & your principal residence. New construction and rentals do not qualify.
- "What is a "principal residence?"
The tax credit for energy efficiency is available for improvements made to a home that you own and use as your "principal residence." This is the home where you live most of the time. A temporary absence due to special circumstances, such as illness, education, business, military service, or vacation will not change your principal residence. The home must be in the United States. It can include a house, houseboat, mobile home, cooperative apartment, condominium, and a manufactured home.
Advanced Main Air Circulating Fan
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An Advanced Main Air Circulating Fan is an efficient fan, or blower motor which blows the air that your furnace heats up through the duct system.
Tax Credit Amount: $50
Requirements
Must use no more than 2% of the furnace's total energy.
More Information: How to apply
Air Source Heat Pumps
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Heat pumps offer an energy-efficient alternative to furnaces and air conditioners in moderate climates. Like your refrigerator, heat pumps use electricity to move heat from a cool space into a warm, making the cool space cooler and the warm space warmer. During the heating season, heat pumps move heat from the cool outdoors into your warm house; during the cooling season, heat pumps move heat from your cool house into the warm outdoors. Because they move heat rather than generate heat, heat pumps can provide up to 4 times the amount of energy they consume. - Tax Credit Amount: $300
Requirements
Central Air Conditioning (CAC)
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The best way to find tax credit eligible CACs is to ask your HVAC Contractor (Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning). To verify tax credit eligibility, ask your HVAC contractor to provide the Manufacturer Certification Statement for the equipment you plan to purchase. Or, search the Manufacturer's website.
- Tax Credit Amount: $300
Gas, Propane, or Oil Hot Water Boiler
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These are heating units that use water circulated throughout the home in a system of baseboard heating units, radiators, and/or in-floor radiant tubing. Tax Credit Amount: $150
Requirements
AFUE ≥ 95
Tax Credit includes installation costs.
More Information: How to apply
Natural Gas, Propane or Oil Furnace
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A furnace uses the combustion of fuel and air to create heat. Tax Credit Amount: $150
Requirements
AFUE ≥ 95
More Information: How to apply
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