Massachusetts Awards $2.5 Million to Seven Projects Cutting the Cost of Home Energy Upgrades
The Healey-Driscoll administration announced in Boston on November 9 that the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center's Cost Reduction Lab has awarded $2.5 million to seven projects aiming to cut the upfront cost of home energy upgrades by at least 15 percent. Small residential buildings account for more than 60 percent of the state's building carbon pollution.
The awards include $475,000 to All In Energy for plug-in solar and window heat pumps for renters in Cambridge; $495,000 to Emergent Urban Concepts for thermal energy networks in Belmont and Marblehead; and $300,000 to New Ecology for window refurbishment with vacuum insulated glass targeting about 30 percent savings. The remaining awards are $350,000 to Aris Hydronics, $310,000 to the Electric Power Research Institute, $250,000 to Manatee Energy and $320,000 to Stepwise Electrics.
MassCEC CEO Ben Downing said the projects share one goal: making clean energy equipment affordable for ordinary households. Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper also backed the initiative.
The Cost Reduction Lab is the center's new effort to bring down the cost of residential electrification and efficiency retrofits. (Source: Massachusetts Clean Energy Center)
Source: Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
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