Green Incentives and Resources
Making your home more energy efficient not only makes environmental sense but also makes economical sense. Poor
insulation, faulty or broken appliances could be significantly increasing your energy bills on a yearly basis.
Often finding the funds to make these improvements happen just seems to get put off by other life necessities. Good news, there are an abundance of green incentives that pay you back for making home improvements that will not only be beneficial to the environment but also your bank account. In fact through generous federal tax credits and incentives, green improvements to your home can be significantly offset. These green incentives don’t just stop at home improvements but can also be applied to trading in your old gas guzzling vehicle
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It is not just federal tax credits and incentives availability for green improvements; you can also qualify for state, local and utility tax credits. With all these great federal, state, local and utility tax incentives, there is no better time or reason to replace those faulty appliances, and increase the energy efficiency of your home, whilst getting money back in the process. Check out the links below.
Find all this information a little overwhelming, and can’t quite figure out exactly what you are entitle to. The Tax Incentives Assistance Project (TIAP), sponsored by a coalition of public interest nonprofit groups, government agencies, and other organizations in the energy efficiency field, is designed to give consumers and businesses information they need to make use of the federal income tax incentives for energy efficient products and technologies passed by Congress as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and subsequently amended several times.
State
The Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE)
US Department of Energy – Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by State
National Association of State Energy Officials – Funding Opportunities and Resources
Local
Energy Star’s Appliance Rebate Locator (by zip code)
Utility
Programs and Incentives Information from the Edison Electric Institute
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