Heat Pump Consultation
Get started with your heat pump installation
Congratulations, you’ve completed the Mass Save Home Energy Assessment (HEA) and, if your home needed it, your weatherization process! The next step toward a more energy-efficient home and lower energy bills is a heat pump installation.
Utilize your free heat pump consultation with Abode
We know changing the way you heat and cool your home can be daunting, even if there are financial and environmental benefits to doing so. That’s why Airbnb Hosts have access to Abode’s one-on-one, personal heat pump consultation service. During your consultation with Abode, you can learn more about the benefits of a heat pump, understand your heat pump quote and discuss the typical financing options.
Your HPC is also a resource
The Home Performance Contractor (HPC) that completed your HEA and weatherization work can also help you get started with a heat pump, either with their own team or their certified installer partners. Your HPC may have already suggested a follow-up visit to generate a heat pump quote for your home. If not, you can call them directly and schedule that visit today! You can also work with any of the heat pump installers in the Mass Save Heat Pump Installer Network.
Winter occupancy requirement
Please note that in order to qualify for the Mass Save whole-home heat pump rebate, homes must be occupied full time during the winter heating season (Nov-Apr). A house that is closed up for the winter, with the heat turned off would not be eligible.
Zero-interest financing options
It’s pretty common to finance an upgrade of your home’s heating and cooling system. And the Mass Save program offers a zero-interest option called the HEAT Loan for up to 7 years. There are also other financing options if you need a short-term loan while your Mass Save rebate is processed. These are typically offered directly by the Home Performance Contractors or other heat pump installers. During your heat pump consultation with Abode, they can help answer questions about the typical financing experience.
What is a heat pump?
A heat pump is a single electric appliance that can replace both your traditional air conditioner and home heating system (like a furnace or boiler). At the simplest level, heat pumps use electricity to move heat from one place to another. In cooling mode, a heat pump acts like an air conditioner, moving the heat from inside your home to the outside. In heating mode, heat pumps go into reverse and pump heat from the air outside your home to the inside–even when it’s cold outside (we know, it sounds like magic, but your refrigerator uses the same technology!) And over the past few decades, heat pump technology has come a long way: heat pumps designed for cold climates can keep your home warm — without a backup heating source — even when outside temperatures are below -20°F. Heat pumps are also 3-5x more efficient than most fossil fuel heating systems and are often far less expensive to run than other heating systems, which can translate to hundreds if not thousands of dollars per year in savings for the average Massachusetts household. And these dollar savings get even better when fossil fuel prices rise or fluctuate— just as they have over the past year.
Source: Rewiring America
What is a heat pump?
A heat pump is a single electric appliance that can replace both your traditional air conditioner and home heating system (like a furnace or boiler). At the simplest level, heat pumps use electricity to move heat from one place to another. In cooling mode, a heat pump acts like an air conditioner, moving the heat from inside your home to the outside. In heating mode, heat pumps go into reverse and pump heat from the air outside your home to the inside–even when it’s cold outside (we know, it sounds like magic, but your refrigerator uses the same technology!) And over the past few decades, heat pump technology has come a long way: heat pumps designed for cold climates can keep your home warm — without a backup heating source — even when outside temperatures are below -20°F. Heat pumps are also 3-5x more efficient than most fossil fuel heating systems and are often far less expensive to run than other heating systems, which can translate to hundreds if not thousands of dollars per year in savings for the average Massachusetts household. And these dollar savings get even better when fossil fuel prices rise or fluctuate— just as they have over the past year.
Source: Rewiring America