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Tax credit qualifying units
30% of cost up to $1500.00...expires December 31, 2010.
Must be principal residence. New construction and rentals do not qualify.
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 Biomass stoves burn biomass fuel to heat a home or heat water. Biomass fuel includes agricultural crops and trees, wood and wood waste and residues (including wood pellets), plants (including aquatic plants), grasses, residues, and fibers.
Requirements
Thermal efficiency rating of at least 75% as measured using a lower heating value.
Tax Credit includes installation costs.
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Advanced Main Air Circulating Fan
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.
Requirements
Must use no more than 2% of the furnace's total energy. Note: If the fan is qualified, but the furnace is not, you will not be able to take 30% off the cost of the entire furnace. Ask your HVAC contractor to break out the cost of the fan in your bill. You can get a 30% tax credit on the cost of the fan alone.
Tax Credit includes installation costs.
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Air Source Heat Pumps
 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.
Requirements
Split Systems:
HSPF ≥ 8.5
EER ≥ 12.5
SEER ≥ 15
Package systems:
HSPF ≥ 8
EER ≥ 12
SEER ≥ 14
Tax Credit includes installation costs.
See Definitions.
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Central Air Conditioning (CAC)
 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.
Requirements
Split Systems:
SEER ≥ 16
EER ≥ 13
Package systems:
SEER ≥ 14
EER ≥ 12
Tax Credit includes installation costs.
See definitions.
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Gas, Propane, or Oil Hot Water Boiler
 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.
Requirements
AFUE ≥ 90
Tax Credit includes installation costs.
See definitions.
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Natural Gas or Propane Furnace
 A furnace uses the combustion of fuel and air to create heat.
Requirements
AFUE ≥ 95
Tax Credit includes installation costs.
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Oil Furnace
 A furnace uses the combustion of fuel and air to create heat.
Requirements
AFUE ≥ 90
Tax Credit includes installation costs.
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 Adding adequate insulation is one of the most cost-effective home improvements that you can do.
Requirements
Typical bulk insulation products can qualify, such as batts, rolls, blow-in fibers, rigid boards, expanding spray, and pour-in-place.
Products that air seal (reduce air leaks) can also qualify, as long as they come with a Manufacturers Certification Statement, including:
- Weather stripping
- Spray foam in a can, designed to air seal
- Caulk designed to air seal
- House wrap
Tax Credit does NOT include installation costs. But, you can install the insulation/home sealing yourself and get the credit.
See definitions.
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 Qualified roof products reflect more of the sun's rays, which can lower roof surface temperature by up to 100F, decreasing the amount of heat transferred into your home.
Requirements
"Metal roofs with appropriate pigmented coatings" and "asphalt roofs with appropriate cooling granules" that also meet ENERGY STAR requirements.
Tax Credit does NOT include installation costs.
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Gas, Oil, Propane Water Heater
 Water heating can account for 14%–25% of the energy consumed in your home.
Requirements
Energy Factor ≥ 0.82 OR a thermal efficiency of at least 90%.
Tax Credit includes installation costs.
See definitions.
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Electric Heat Pump Water Heater
 Water heating can account for 14%–25% of the energy consumed in your home.
Requirements
Energy Factor ≥ 2.0
Tax Credit includes installation costs.
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Windows, Doors, Skylights
 Energy efficient windows, doors and skylights can reduce energy bills.
Requirements
U factor <=0.30
SHGC <=0.30
Tax Credit does NOT include installation costs.
See definitions.
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Storm Windows & Doors
 A less expensive approach to replacing old windows/doors, is to use storm windows to improve energy efficiency. When installed in combination with older, less efficient window/door, storm windows/doors can enhance efficiency by creating another barrier between the interior of you home and the weather outside.
Requirements
In combination with the exterior window/door over which it is installed:
- U-factor and SHGC of 0.30 or below
- Must meet the IECC
Tax Credit does NOT include installation costs.
See definitions.
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 Geothermal heat pumps are similar to ordinary heat pumps, but use the ground instead of outside air to provide heating, air conditioning and, in most cases, hot water. Because they use the earth's natural heat, they are among the most efficient and comfortable heating and cooling technologies currently available.
Requirements
Closed Loop:
EER ≥ 14.1
COP ≥ 3.3
Open Loop:
EER ≥ 16.2
COP ≥ 3.6
Direct Expansion:
EER ≥ 15
COP ≥ 3.5
Tax Credit includes installation costs.
See definitions.
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 A wind turbine collects kinetic energy from the wind and converts it to electricity that is compatible with a home's electrical system.
Requirements
Must have a nameplate capacity of no more than 100 kilowatts.
Tax Credit includes installation costs.
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Solar Water Heaters
 Solar water heaters come in a wide variety of designs, all including a collector and storage tank, and all using the sun's thermal energy to heat water. Solar water heaters are typically described according to the type of collector and the circulation system.
Requirements
At least half of the energy generated by the "qualifying property" must come from the sun. The system must be certified by the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC) or a comparable entity endorsed by the government of the state in which the property is installed.
Note: The credit is not available for expenses for swimming pools or hot tubs. The water must be used in the dwelling.
Photovoltaic systems must provide electricity for the residence, and must meet applicable fire and electrical code requirement.
Tax Credit includes installation costs.
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Solar Panels (Photovoltaic Systems)
 Solar Panels or Photovoltaic Systems are solar cells that capture light energy from the sun and convert it directly into electricity.
Requirements
Photovoltaic systems must provide electricity for the residence, and must meet applicable fire and electrical code requirement.
Commercial Buildings
UPDATED June 11, 2009
A tax deduction of up to $1.80 per square foot is available to owners or designers of new or existing commercial buildings that save at least 50% of the heating and cooling energy of a building that meets ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2001. Partial deductions of up to $.60 per square foot can be taken for measures affecting any one of three building systems: the building envelope, lighting, or heating and cooling systems. These tax deductions are available for systems “placed in service” from January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2013.
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