Home Energy Audits and the Stimulus Package
POSTED BY: DUFFIE DIXON
Cool Max performs what are called home energy audits to see where
homeowners could be losing money because of air unknowingly escaping
from homes. Each test takes anywhere from 2 to 5 hours as Henderson
uses a number of devices to look for leaking air, inadequate
insulation in walls and faulty duct work.
"According the EPA, most homes have an efficiency loss between 20%
to 40%", said
Cool Max's home energy and air audits come as the newly passed
stimulus package provides a number of energy incentives and tax
credits to people who "go green".
About $50 billion will go to energy programs, focused primarily on
efficiency and renewable energy, including $5 billion to weatherize
modest-income homes; $13.9 billion to subsidize loans for renewable
energy projects; $6.3 billion in state energy efficiency and clean
energy grants; and $4.5 billion to make federal buildings more
energy efficient.
300 million dollars has been earmarked to provide rebates to
homeowners who upgrade to energy star certified appliances like
washers, dryers and water heaters.
Heating and cooling companies like Cool Max are also learning for
themselves about what parts of the stimulus package may be of
interest to their customers. A recent press release from the Air
Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) said,
"The final economic stimulus package passed by congress allows
homeowners to claim 30% of their costs (up to a $1,500 limit) for
the installation of higher efficiency furnaces and boilers, air
source heat pumps, central air conditioners and hot water heaters in
tax years 2009 and 2010. The previous tax credits were limited to
$300 dollars for central air conditioners and heat pumps and $150
for furnaces and boilers."
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