Happy New Year! We hope you find this update useful and informative. Airtight Insight is intended to keep builders, renovators, code officials, and architects up to date on utility sponsored incentives and rebate changes as well as let everyone know of upcoming events. Relevant articles on the MA Energy Code and building science will also be featured.

Heat pump incentives now make Zero Net Energy Homes a slam dunk in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (MA DOER) recently came out with powerful incentives for high efficiency air source heat pumps that highly encourage their use in Massachusetts. They are called Alternative Energy Certificates (AEC) and work in a similar way to the popular Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SREC). The small air source heat pumps do not require metering and pull forward 10 years of quarterly AECs into one payment to the buyer shortly after installation. This makes the program user friendly and very attractive financially.

Heat pump incentives now make Zero Net Energy Homes a slam dunk in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (MA DOER) recently came out with powerful incentives for high efficiency air source heat pumps that highly encourage their use in Massachusetts. They are called Alternative Energy Certificates (AEC) and work in a similar way to the popular Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SREC). The small air source heat pumps do not require metering and pull forward 10 years of quarterly AECs into one payment to the buyer shortly after installation. This makes the program user friendly and very attractive financially.

Happy New Year! The extremely cold start of the New Year certainly highlights the importance of energy efficiency and the need for comfort under worst case conditions. We hope you find [...]

Warm greetings! Christmas is fast approaching, and the cold weather is here. We hope you find this update useful and informative. Air Tight Insight is a publication of Ace Energy Servi [...]