Conservation Incentive Program

How We Can Help You Save Energy

Shelter Alternatives is dedicated to helping our clients design and build energy efficient homes that use as few natural resources as possible. We often find that our clients are interested in building homes with high efficiency appliances, heating systems and insulation packages but when faced with the reality of the initial costs and the financing challenges are forced to fall back to more conventional products and methods.

Shelter Alternatives would like to help make some of the efficiency upgrades more affordable. If a client chooses to upgrade to one of the efficient products listed below we will decrease our overhead markup by the amount indicated, making the upgrades a little more affordable, the pay back period a little shorter and conserving the Earth's resources easier.

Appliances

$30Energy Star Clothes washer top loading
$60Energy Star Clothes washer Front loading
$60Energy Star Refrigerator

Water Heating

$50Electric on-demand water heater
$140Gas fired on-demand water heater
$600Solar water heater

HVAC Systems

$60Variable speed air handler
$50Mastic sealing
$30Programmable Thermostat
$50SEER rating above 13 (per SEER # increase)
$100Energy Recovery Ventilator
system dependentGround source heat pump

Insulation package

$60Exterior Walls above R-13 fiberglass batts
$90R-13 damp spray cellulose
$250Spray foam insulation in wall cavities
$200Spray foam insulation in floor areas
$300Spray foam insulation in attics

Electrical

$.75Fluorescent bulbs used in home (per bulb used)
system dependentPhotovoltaic System (solar powered electric)