Save Money This Spring With Home Energy Improvements!

If you are looking to cut your energy bills or just to improve the comfort of your home year round, take a look at New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program! This spring, NJ homeowners can save money and improve their home’s energy usage and comfort with the incentives from the program’s Home Performance with Energy Star (HPeWS) promotion.

Homeowners can obtain rebates as well as loans to perform energy improvements on their home such as air sealing, insulation, hot water heaters, furnaces, and air conditioners. 

Basement before insulation

After insulation

The first step to obtaining these incentives is to get an energy audit from A&E Construction, a certified contractor.

With over 25 years of experience in building and construction, A&E has performed numerous home energy improvements in the local Princeton area, including Hamilton, Ewing, Lawrenceville, Pennington, and Hopewell. Our team of experts can guide you through the process of making energy improvements as well as utilizing all financial incentives available through HPeWS.

The Energy Audit is a series of tests to assess the health and efficiency of your home. During the audit A&E’s auditor will also test the efficiency and performance of your appliances.

After the audit, we will provide a comprehensive and detailed report of your home's energy losses or problems outlining recommended measures as well as how to qualify for the financial incentives of the HPeWS program.

A strong advantage of selecting A&E to perform your energy improvements is that we bring excellent knowledge of your home’s construction and systems, thus being able to better analyze where energy is lost and how to make the most out of the improvement. 

In addition to being in our 4^th year participating in the HPeWS program, A&E Construction is a Building Performance Institute (BPI) certified contractor with a qualified team. Our BPI certified energy professionals are trained and certified in building analyst, envelope, heating, air conditioning & heat pump, and whole house air leakage.

If you have any questions or would like to schedule an energy audit, contact us today. 

Attic Before

Preparing to blow in cellulose insulation

After cellulose insulation is blown in

Old air conditioner

New energy efficient American Standard air conditioner

New Energy Tax Credits available for 2013

Home Energy Efficiency Tax Credit                   Photo Credit: Google Images

If you have been thinking about making energy improvements on your home, now is the time to get started! By making a qualifying home energy improvement in 2013, you will be eligible for an energy tax credit of up to $500. In addition to the new 2013 tax credit, energy improvements can help reduce your energy bills and increase the comfort and efficiency of your home.

Air Movement in House

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 was just passed by Congress earlier this month.

This Act provides extensions of energy tax credits under IRS code section 25C that previously expired at the end of 2011. 
 

The new retroactive tax credit makes qualifying energy improvements completed in 2012 eligible and extends the tax credit for new work completed through 2013!

The maximum tax credit for all qualified home energy improvements under this legislation is $500.  If you have claimed $500 or more in home energy tax credits in any previous tax year, you are not eligible for this tax credit.  

Here is an overview of eligible home energy improvements and their associated tax credit allowance:

 

·         Insulation for walls, attic or basement: 10% of material costs only up to $150 maximum
                                                           

·         Front Door: 10% of material costs only up to $150 maximum 
 

·         Energy Star Replacement Windows: 10% of material costs only up to $200 maximum
 

·         95% Efficient Furnace (natural gas or propane): $150
 

·         95% Efficient Boiler (oil, natural gas or propane): $150
 

·         Qualifying Air Conditioner and Electric Heat Pump: $300
 

·         Electric Heat Pump Water Heater (2.0 energy factor): $300
 

·         Natural gas, propane or oil water heater with .82 energy factor: $300
 

Click here for additional details. The first step to making an energy improvement on your home is getting an energy audit. Schedule an energy audit with A&E Construction's BPI certified energy professionals and learn about the potential cost savings you can earn on your improvement.