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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