In the month of June the House of Representatives passed an energy conservation bill known as the HOME STAR ENERGY PROGRAM. This program is intended to jump start the drooping economy to full charge. In tandem with the bill six billion dollars have been sanctioned for energy saving retrofits. This money will be able to finance home improvisations of close to three million households and provide employment opportunities to thousands of skilled technicians across the country.
It is forecasted that HOME STAR ENERGY PROGRAM will reduce the energy bills by approximately nine billion dollars by 2020. To kick start retrofitting a list of 13 retrofits has been made which make the homeowner who takes the up these projects eligible for the incentives. Each of these projects has certain eligibility requisites along with fixed rebate amounts.
Some of the common retrofits are air sealing with a maximum refund amount of fifteen hundred dollars. Attic insulation is another retrofit with a maximum refund amount of a thousand dollars and it covers insulation of complete accessible attic area. Duct sealing and replacement is one more with a refund value of thousand dollars. Information regarding other retrofits listed in the HOME STAR ENERGY PROGRAM is available online for the consumer to choose depending on his or her requirements. For each of these retrofits certain standards and guidelines need to be followed. The work should be done only by a technician trained in the procedures of installing energy efficient systems.
