Graduate Realtor Institute, Senior Real Estate Specialist, Associate
with The Real Estate Group, LLC.
Providing
Personal,
Hometown
Service in Hampton
Roads, Virginia including Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, and
Suffolk.
Tax Credits for Home Improvements
with Energy Efficiencies 2009-2010/2016.
Home Shell (insulation,
windows, sealing, roofs).A tax credit is available in the amount
of 30% of materials only (not labor) with a cap of $1500 for
qualifying purchases on the envelope of your primary residence.
Heating and Cooling Equipment.
A tax credit is available to purchasers of highly efficient
heating, cooling, and water heating equipment in the amount of
30% of installed costs for qualified products.
Central Air Conditioning
Units and Heat Pumps:
Information on qualifying equipment
can be found at the Consortium for
Energy Efficiency web site. ACEEE
and DOE also have general
information.
Water Heaters:
Information on which equipment meets
the required Energy Factor levels
can be found in a directory
published by AHRI. More general
information can be found on the
ACEEE and DOE websites:
* Currently, the criteria for Energy
Star geothermal heat pumps are: for a
closed-loop system, 14.1 EER and a
coefficient of performance (COP) of at least
3.3. For an open-loop system, 16.2 EER and
3.6 COP. For a direct expansion system, 15
EER and 3.5 COP. In addition, the
geothermal heat pumps must include a
desuperheater, which helps heat water, or an
integrated water heating system.
Solar systems
Good sources of information about these
systems include:
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