It has been a few days since I last posted here and it seems like that "slow" time of year is really filling up quickly and I have less and less time to blog. I figure there are only a few more weeks of this and then I will be back on track!
As we edge ever closer to tax time(ugh!) it is a good time to take a look at some of the incentives that are available to people who are looking at converting many of the aspects of their homes to the "green" technology that is available to them. This post was inspired by a similar blog post over at Low Impact Living and I urge to go over the site and take a look.
As laid out by Low Impact Living, there are four major areas of incentives for homeowners looking to lower their environmental impact:
+ Energy-saving appliances
+ Energy efficiency through insulation and windows
+ Solar and other alternative power
+ Miscellaneous (water efficiency, mortgages, etc.)
For more detailed information on programs specifically available to Utahn's you can look HERE.
Federal Incentives are HERE.
State incentives for homeowners can be found HERE.
Some of the incentives available include:
$300for a tankless water heater from Queststar Gas.
Up to $6,000 for solar or wind projects in St. George!
$225for duct sealing from Queststar Gas.
The list goes on and on and the incentives can be pretty nice, so take a look, the link will take you to the main page of the Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE) and you can search by any state in the US.
If you are reading this in Salt Lake City, make sure to check in with the folks over at the Green Building Center and Earth Goods General Store for the resources, products and information you need for your Green projects. They are great!!!!
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Thanks!! This is the message that homeowners need to hear. I am so glad to see more and more cities and utilities making it easier to implement energy-saving technologies in our homes. In my neck of the woods, Berkeley recently passed legislation that practically makes going solar free, and San Francisco is now getting the ball rolling.
Totally agee! Tax incentives are the real way to promote green purchases. Many times these eco treaty's target industry's and businesses, and governments need to help stimulate these industries and give them an incentive to produce "green" technology. But don't get me started with this whole green debate. Personally I think many of the so called "green" crowd are not much better then the evil oil guy's they love to villify! Why Al Gore and the Hollywood in crowd think it's perfectly ok to Jet around the world, drive SUV's, spending millions and consuming like no tomorrow, and they want to point their finger at us and claim we're ruining the planet....OH PLEASE!!!