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Smart Energy Investments Start with a FREE Home Energy Review
Up to 60 percent of energy used to heat and cool homes can be lost due to leaky ducts, inefficient equipment, poor insulation and air leaks.
You can save money and increase your home’s energy efficiency with help from Energy Trust.
Start with a FREE Home Energy Review. You’ll learn how to use less energy while making your home more comfortable, healthy and safe. Plus, receive a customized action plan and cash incentives for qualifying, energy-saving home improvements!
Schedule a FREE Home Energy Review
Call 1-866-368-7878 or schedule online.
What happens during a Home Energy Review?
An Energy Advisor will conduct a one-hour walkthrough of your home, visually assessing the following typical areas of energy loss:
- Insulation levels in the attic, ceiling, walls, floors and ducts
- Heating system
- Air sealing and windows
- Ventilation
- Moisture problems
You will also receive the following free, instant energy-saving products to immediately start on the path to home energy efficiency (eligibility requirements apply):
- ENERGY STAR® qualified compact fluorescent light bulbs (up to 10, a $50 value)
- Water-saving showerheads
- Water-saving faucet aerators
Call 1-866-368-7878 or schedule online.
What’s next after your Home Energy Review?
With your energy-saving action plan, you will have the information needed to install energy-efficient upgrades. Contact an Energy Trust trade ally contractor, or any other licensed and bonded contractor, to discuss and schedule installation of eligible energy-saving improvements for your home.
After your contractor installs energy-saving improvements, submit a copy of your contractor’s invoice with Energy Trust Incentive Form 300A, within 120 days from the installation date. (You or your contractor can submit both materials.)
If you plan to install your own insulation (excluding duct and wall insulation), or work with an Oregon Construction Contractors Board-licensed contractor who is not an Energy Trust trade ally, call us at 1-866-368-7878 before beginning work to receive pre-approval. Attic or floor insulation can be self-installed with pre-approval from Energy Trust.
Mail the completed form and invoice to:
Home Energy Solutions
P.O. Box 847
Portland, Oregon 97207
Or, fax to: 1-866-516-7592
You will receive your incentive check six to eight weeks after we receive your invoice and completed form.
You can also receive cash incentives when you purchase featured ENERGY STAR qualified products, such as clothes washers and refrigerators.
Your Energy Advisor may suggest that you consider scheduling a Home Performance with ENERGY STAR comprehensive home assessment to evaluate every component of your home’s interior and exterior.
If you are interested in installing solar electric or solar water heating, your Advisor can evaluate your home, explain how solar energy systems work and inform you about Energy Trust solar cash incentives.
Who can participate?
Oregon customers heating their homes with electricity or natural gas provided by Portland General Electric, Pacific Power, NW Natural or Cascade Natural Gas are eligible to participate in Energy Trust programs. Homes not using electricity or natural gas as the primary heat source are eligible for select programs, see below for details.
Energy Trust also provides services for:
We can help you improve the energy efficiency of your properties. Call 1-866-311-1822 for complete information.You can get valuable cash incentives and assistance with Oregon Business Energy Tax Credits for energy-savings measures in your duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and multifamily properties. We help make installation affordable, leading to increased tenant retention and profitability for property managers.
Most improvements require the permission of your landlord to install. See our low-cost, no-cost energy-saving tips to learn how you can save energy and make the case to your landlord.
Oregon customers of PGE and Pacific Power living in homes heated with oil, propane, kerosene, butane or wood may be eligible for weatherization incentives through the Oregon Department of Energy’s SHOW (State Home Oil Weatherization) program.
Energy Trust can also offer the following incentives for SHOW program participants receiving electricity from PGE or Pacific Power:
Notes:
- Need financing for your home improvement project? Energy Trust of Oregon has joined forces with Umpqua Bank to create GreenStreet Lending — an innovative alliance designed to help homeowners and small business owners access affordable financing to change the way they use energy. GreenStreet Lending offers preferred rates, no closing costs and no loan fees. Learn more at www.GreenStreetloan.com.
- Energy Trust maintains a network of trade ally contractors. Contractors who are not participating in Energy Trust’s Trade Ally Network are eligible to install recommended measures if they are licensed by the Oregon CCB.
- Energy Trust provides technical assistance and financial incentives but does not develop, sell or install energy systems or equipment. This work is done by independent businesses that are solely responsible for the quality and performance of their installations.
