Homeowners
Home Performance with ENERGY STAR® offers a comprehensive, whole-house approach to improving your home’s energy efficiency, comfort, and safety—boosting your home’s overall appeal while helping to reduce your energy use by up to 20% or more.
A certified Home Performance contractor will use state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment to perform a comprehensive home energy audit and determine how improvements throughout your home can work together to maximize energy efficiency and savings. After the audit, your contractor will provide you with a list of recommendations for specific energy-saving measures and home improvements that will boost your home’s comfort, energy efficiency, and save you money.
Customers can save up to $2,450 on approved home energy efficiency improvements with rebates from BGE. Home energy improvement loans are also available from the Maryland Clean Energy Center to help cover the full cost of certain home improvements. Here’s how to maximize your savings and comfort:
- Take advantage of BGE’s rebates, you must work with a participating Home Performance with ENERGY STAR contractor. Your contractor will help you determine the best improvements for your home and help you apply for BGE rebate.
- If financing is needed, contact the Maryland Clean Energy Center for loans that can help cover the full cost of improvements.
- Be sure to take advantage of applicable 2011 Federal Tax Credits which can cover up to 10% of certain improvements.
Beyond rebates,other benefits from BGE’s program can include the following:
- Potential energy use savings of 20% or more
- Fewer drafts and more comfortable rooms
- Work performed by specially trained contractors
- Third-party quality assurance to check that all work is done properly
- Reduced greenhouse gas emissions
Home Performance with ENERGY STAR® Rebates for BGE Customers
Up to $2,450 in rebates from BGE, based on approved measures.
For more information on specific BGE incentives, click here for a detailed incentives page.
| Rebate | Home Performance Energy Audit (up to $250 rebate) |
Air Sealing and Insulation Measures |
Gas Tankless Water Heater | Heating and Air Conditioning Measures | Total Maximum Customer Rebate |
| BGE | Up to $250 | 15% of improvement cost, Up to $1,300 | 15% of improvement cost, Up to $1,300 | Up to $1,150 | Up to $2,450 |
For BGE Rebates:
1) All customer rebates are paid after completion of a Home Performance with ENERGY STAR job.
2) Rebate for Comprehensive Home Energy Audit is applicable only if a resulting Home Performance with ENERGY STAR job is completed within six months of the audit.
3) Air Sealing and Insulation Measures, and Gas Tankless Water Heater, are eligible for rebates of up to 15% of cost. Total rebates for Air Sealing and Insulation Measures, Gas Tankless Water Heater, and Comprehensive Home Energy Audit cannot exceed $1,300.
4) Heating and Air Conditioning Measures include equipment rebates, Quality Installation, Duct Sealing, and Diagnostic Tune-up.
5) As part of your Home Performance with ENERGY STAR job, your contractor will install, at no charge, the following measures: compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs), faucet aerators, low-flow showerheads, water heater pipe insulation, and a water heater tank wrap (electric water heaters only).
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