Get Cash Rebates from the Bay Area Regional Energy Network!The Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN) Home+ Program offers you an opportunity to upgrade to an energy-efficient home that is more comfortable, durable, and safe. Rebates are available through this great program for parts of the home performance upgrades we do to homes. Rebates are available for qualifying Bay Area residents with homes built in 2001 or earlier. Rebates are capped at $5,000 per eligible customer.
They are also now offering heat pump rebates! The great systems we’ve been installing for years without rebates are now eligible for incentives.
- How does the process work?
- We do a home performance assessment on your home
- Using feedback from you and data from our tests we come up with a few scopes of work to enhance the performance of your home. Think air quality, comfort, and efficiency. Applicable rebates will be included in the estimates.
- We apply for the rebate. You don’t have to do this, we handle it all for you.
- We perform the work on your home
- We commission all of the work done, including – delivered hvac performance, infrared testing of insulation work, building leakage tests, verified zero leakage ducts (or as close as possible if all ducts weren’t accessible).
- Final inspection by local building department.
- Rebate processing. We do this for you. You will have to sign one document but that’s it.
- Rebate check will be mailed out and received within 6-8 weeks. This check comes to you.
- You are left with cleaner air in a more comfortable and efficient home. Happy.
| Measure | Rebate Amount | |
| Operations and Maintenance Measures | ||
| Smart Thermostat (must be listed on the ENERGY STAR qualified product list for Smart Communicating Thermostat) | $150 | |
| Duct sealing £ 10% total leakage (Ducts or Furnace/Air Handler/FAU located in garage disqualify this measure) | $200 | |
| Duct Replacement with 5% total leakage | $800 | |
| Building Shell Measures | ||
| Attic insulation ³ R-44 (includes attic air sealing) | $0.75 / ft2 (not to exceed $1,000 per home) | |
| Wall insulation ³ R-13 (2×4 framing) or ³ R-19 (2×6 framing) | $2.00 / ft2 (not to exceed $1,000 per home) | |
| Heating and Cooling Measures | ||
| High efficiency central gas furnace ³ 95% AFUE w/ Variable Speed Motor (must replace existing central gas furnace) | $300 | |
| High efficiency split central air conditioner ³ 17 SEER High efficiency packaged central air conditioner ³ 16 SEER | $800 | |
| High efficiency heat pump ³ 17 SEER / 9.4 HSPF (must replace entire load associated with electric heating system or heat pump or for electrification must replace existing central natural gas furnace and air conditioner with ducted direct exchange (non mini-split) heat pump or replace wall furnace and window air conditioner with a ductless mini-split heat pump.)⚡ | $1,000 | |
| Water Heating Measures | ||
| High efficiency storage gas water heater medium usage ³ 0.64 UEF, high usage ³ 0.68 UEF Instantaneous water heater ³ 0.87 UEF (must replace existing gas storage water heater) | $400 | |
| Heat pump water heater ³ 3.1 UEF (must replace existing gas or electric water heater) ⚡ | $1,000 | |
| Bonus Rebates | ||
| Combine one or more Building Shell measures with a Heating or Cooling measure (measures must be completed simultaneously) | $500 | |
| Downsize heating and/or cooling system compared to existing system (requires a minimum 12 kBTU or 1 ton input reduction) | $100 | |
| Building air sealing ³ 30% total leakage reduction (must be combined with another measure, otherwise requires blower door test-in and test-out to qualify as a standalone building shell measure) | $150 | |
| Combustion Appliance Safety (CAS) test-out (CAS test-out required for all measures. Not available as a standalone rebate. | $150 | |
| Electrification Appliance Measures | ||
| *Induction electric range (no hybrid) or cooktop (must replace existing natural gas range or cooktop) ⚡ | $300 | |
| *Heat pump clothes dryer ³ 4.50 Combined Energy Factor (CEF) (must replace existing natural gas clothes dryer and listed as ENERGY STAR Efficient heat pump clothes dryer. ⚡ | $300 | |
Even though the rebates are listed above and look like an a-la-carte setup, homes don’t actually work this way. We never want to let the rebate structure determine what is done to a home or in what order. We look at homes very analytically and know what order things need to be in so we don’t burn bridges. For instance, you wouldn’t insulate an attic with leaky, poorly installed and designed ducts in it. That would just cover up a huge problem and make it much more expensive to fix in the future. The home performance assessment helps you and us better understand what the process should be to ‘fix’ your home so it reaches your performance goals.
⚡ Electrification measures can replace gas equipment.
