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 Button-UpThe two best things you can do to lower your heating and cooling costs are to increase the amount of insulation in your home and stop outside air from getting inside your home. Button-Up will help you increase your home’s efficiency and your comfort while cutting your electric bills. Your home must be at least two years old and use electricity as the primary heat source. Call our energy advisors, and they will make an appointment to come to your home and point out areas where the efficiency of your home can be improved. A heat loss calculation will be done before you make recommended improvements and then again afterwards to determine the exact amount of your incentive payment. When you Button-Up, we’ll pay you $40 per 1,000 BTUs saved. Call your local energy advisor at your local South Kentucky Rural Electric office to see how much you could get back for making improvements! Top of page Touchstone Energy Home Build your new home to our Touchstone Energy Home Standards, and receive a reduction in your annual heating/cooling costs, but you may also qualify to receive an incentive. The incentive if you build and install a geothermal system is $500, or if you install a 14 SEER and 8.2 HSPF air-to-air heat pump or higher, the incentive is $250. Call your local energy advisor to find out about the incentives and to get a copy of the Touchstone Energy Home Specifications to be sure your home will qualify. (We must be provided with a floor plan so that a heat loss/heat gain calculation can be completed to determine the heating and cooling equipment size. The house must be completed before a blower door test can be performed to verify that the house meets the standard.) Contact your local South Kentucky Rural Electric office for all the details and requirements for both of these programs. Top of page Heat Pump Retrofit If you are changing your heating system from ceiling cable, baseboard, or electric furnace to a high-efficiency heat pump of a minimum 13 SEER, 7.5 HSPF, you can qualify for an incentive payment. The higher the efficiency, the greater the incentive payment. To qualify, your primary source of heat must be electric resistant heat, and the heat source must be two years old. If you are purchasing a new manufactured home and putting in a high-efficiency heat pump, you will also qualify for an incentive. Incentives: 13 SEER 7.5 HSPF—$500 14 SEER 8.0 HSPF—$750 15 SEER 8.5 HSPF or Greater—$1000 Call your South Kentucky RECC energy advisor for more information. Top of page Duct-Seal Duct-Seal is another home efficiency program targeted to SKRECC members who have electric heat pumps and furnaces. It is offered at a cost of $75 to qualifying members. Duct-Seal consists of air-infiltration testing, sealing ductwork, checking filters, measuring air flow, and checking the accuracy of your thermostat. The tests we do may also show you things you can do to your home to lower your energy costs. Results from tests of this program showed Duct-Seal can produce a savings of $170 per year in heating and cooling costs. Of course, your exact savings will vary according to your home and heating system. For more information on Duct-Seal, contact your local South Kentucky Rural Electric office. Top of page  Electric Thermal
Storage Electric Thermal Storage (ETS) heaters use ceramic bricks to store heat given off by elements inside the heater. The elements come on during the co-op’s off-peak times to heat up the bricks. The stored heat is then released throughout the day. ETS is a great replacement for gas and fuel oil space heaters and for wood stoves. Many members use them to supplement their existing electric heating system. While one unit usually won’t heat your entire home when it gets really cold, multiple-unit systems can be designed that will keep you warm all winter long. For more information on heating your home with ETS, contact your local South Kentucky Rural Electric office or click here. Top of page Resistant Heat to Heat Pump If you are changing your heating system from ceiling cable, baseboard, or electric furnace to either a heat pump of a minimum of 14 SEER and 8.2 HSPF or geothermal, you can qualify for a $500 incentive payment. Call your local South Kentucky Rural Electric energy advisor for more information. Top of page Energy Audits South Kentucky RECC will do energy audits for our members at their request to help educate them on what is using the most energy in their homes and on how to be more efficient. To have an energy audit done they just need to contact a local South Kentucky Rural Electric energy advisor to set up an appointment. Top of page |
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