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Heat Pump and Insulation Rebates, Financing and Tax Credits

Building Efficiency can help you increase your home’s energy efficiency and comfort with rebates from local and state organizations. As a participating contractor, Building Efficiency will smoothly guide your project through PG&E, Home+ with BayREN, Tech Incentives, local CCA Utility, and California Energy-Smart Homes programs.

PG&E Golden State Rebates, California Energy Smart Homes

Home+, Golden State, and CA Smart Homes rebates enable up to $6,500 in rebates for your project. Building Efficiency has completed thousands of projects, helping customers receive rebates of thousands of dollars for their home energy upgrades. Let us help guide you through the process.

California Energy-Smart
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PG&E Rebate Programs

Energy Efficient Home Improvement (25C) Tax Credit – IRA

  • Begins with tax year 2023 (January 1, 2023), claim credit in 2024 on your 2023 taxes.
  • Heat Pumps HVAC 30% of total cost with a $2,000 max or Heat Pump Water Heaters 30% of total cost with a $2,000 max(Note can do HVAC and Water Heater in different years)
  • Energy audits 30% with a $150 max
  • Insulation and Air Sealing 30% with a $1,200 max
  • The heat pump system must meet or exceed the highest performance tier set by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE).*
  • Tax credit resets annually
  • Households must have adequate tax liability to offset.
  • You may qualify to receive a tax credit and rebates are stackable for the same project.
*Look for updates posted here on simplifying the process.

Federal Home Efficiency Tax Credits

TECH CLEAN CALIFORNIA

Tech Clean California is now offering rebates for heat pump water heaters, heat pump HVAC, panel upgrades, and more.

Tech Heat Heat pump water heaters are available for Equity (low income) customers at very low costs. Check to see if you’re eligible at TECH Heat Pump Rebates

Home+ BayREN

Homes that have already undergone energy upgrades or have been built recently may be better served by the Home+ program offered by BayREN. This rebate program is based on a point system and offers rebates up to $3,000.

Multifamily Unit Upgrades

Building Efficiency participates in the Energy Upgrade California 2-4 Unit program, the PG&E Multi-Family Plus program for buildings with 5+ units (as well as commercial spaces) and the San Francisco Energy Watch rebate program. Through our years of work with multi-unit buildings, both commercial and residential, we understand the unique aspects of multi-unit buildings and can ensure that your energy efficiency project will be a success.

Multifamily Unit Upgrades
BayREN Multifamily Unit Upgrades

Rebates: We Do the Work for You

Building Efficiency will guide you to the best rebate option for your custom home energy upgrade project. We will take care of all the paperwork and follow up until the rebate check is in your hands. Building Efficiency has completed hundreds of custom home energy upgrades and assisted San Francisco Bay Area homeowners with thousands of dollars in rebates for their home energy upgrade projects. Give us a call today.

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Contact us now to receive up to $6,500 in rebates. Call us at (415) 831-4535 or fill out the form below and we’ll be in touch shortly.

ARE YOU TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HEAT PUMP REBATE PROGRAMS?

As a participating contractor, Building Efficiency can guide your project through the rebate program through PG&E, CCA, TECH, BayREN and more.

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We wanted to do energy efficiency upgrades, but didn’t know where to start or what we needed. David helped us put together a long-term plan and figured out what we needed. They put in wall insulation, redid the attic insulation, removed our gas furnace and air conditioner in the garage and installed a heat pump in the attic, and installed a heat pump water heater. At some point we’ll have them get our crawl space in order too. We are finally on the verge of being 100% electric and removing our g… Read more
Lauren H | San Francisco
We hired Building Efficiency to convert our failed gas water heater to an energy-efficient electric heat pump water heater. David Hamburger did the site review/estimating; and office manager, Mae Adams, handled the admin and rebates. We all worked very well together. Building Efficiency also coordinated nicely with an electrical company doing other upgrades in our home to locate a new 220V/240V line to the site. The Building Efficiency installation team was also very professional and swift in th… Read more
Richard W | San Francisco
Building efficiency replaced our two 25 year old gas furnaces with heat pumps in late 2022/early 2023, and did a terrific job. The new system is quieter, safer, and more efficient, plus we now have air conditioning, which is becoming more and more necessary on the Peninsula. Dave Hamburger was able to advise us about all different kinds of equipment, and he chose the system that would be best for our house. Sometimes contractors just do the same thing over and over again, but not these guys. The… Read more
Jonathan K | Burlingame
Highly recommended. David and his team are all very professional and knowledgeable. From the virtual review of my project all the way through to completion, everyone was helpful as I navigated the very complex topic of electrifying my hot water and heating system. All members of the team were friendly and patient with my numerous questions. They also were responsive every time I reached out and they completed the project within the timeframe they estimated. If you are doing any energy upgrades o… Read more
Lara E | San Francisco
Building Efficiency installed insulation into my 1800 sf San Francisco house (which had no insulation prior) at the end of 2021. Insulation was installed both into the exterior facing walls (via holes in the interior drywall) and into the very low clearance attic crawlspace (maybe 1.5-2 feet of clearance). They were willing to crawl in the very small attic crawlspace to get the insulation installed – which was impressive b/c the clearance was so low.  Day-to-day life in the house is complete… Read more
Justin J | San Francisco

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