WEATHERIZE! RENEWABLE HEAT A free resource for residents and small businesses! Most homes have lots of leaks that let cold air Heating with wood, wood pellets or heat pumps in during the winter. By sealing these leaks and can save you money over oil, propane or electricity, adding insulation, you can significantly cut down and there are a number of incentives to help on the energy used to heat and cool your home. homes and businesses make the switch. This reduces your energy costs and makes your home more comfortable. Wood and Pellet Incentives for high efficiency, low-emission wood heating There are programs that cover the cost systems for homeowners and businesses that of energy improvements to your home, for don’t have access to natural gas homeowners and renters. These include the Wood Pellet Stoves–$1,500, or up to $2,500 Weatherization Assistance Program and EmPower • for income eligible homeowners, off the NY, free programs that together can provide cost of the installation of qualifying pellet over $10,000 of energy improvements for income stoves. eligible households (for example, a family of four Wood Pellet Boilers with Thermal Storage – making under $57,564 a year). Another program, • 45% off installed cost up to $36,000 based Assisted Home Performance, covers 50% of the on system size, with an additional $5,000 costs up to $4,000. for recycling old wood boiler or $2,500 for 1 Reduce your energy bills recycling a wood furnace. These programs cover such Advanced Wood Boilers Use to heat improvements as: • with Thermal Storage – 2 25% off installed cost up and power your home Insulation and air sealing • to $7,000 per unit, with • Repair & replacement of inefficient heating an additional $5,000 for 3 Increase your comfort equipment recycling of old wood Installation of high-efficiency lighting boiler or $2,500 for • recycling a wood furnace. Smart Energy Choices is a new program Replacement of refrigerators and inefficient to help residents with free or low cost • appliances Heat Pump Incentives energy efficiency and renewable energy for both air-source and ground-source (geo- solutions. Our trained Community Energy Start with a thermal) systems Air-Source Heat Pumps – $500 rebate Advisers offer free education and advice free energy • to residents and small businesses. to participating contractor, or $1,000 per assessment ton of system size for TODAY! whole-home systems. GIVE US A CALL TODAY! Ground-Source Heat • Pumps – $1,500 rebate per ton of system size, Cornell Cooperative Extension Learn more about these programs plus a 30% federal tax Smart Energy Choices at www.smartenergychoices.org credit. GO SOLAR COMMERCIAL CONTACT US We are here to help!

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