The Home Energy Assessment is a no cost service offered by the partners of Mass Save that recommends energy efficiency improvements for your home. A Home Energy Assessment is required to access many of the energy efficiency incentives available to residents in Massachusetts.

During a Home Energy Assessment, an Energy Specialist will review your home energy systems and analyze each space for energy losses. You will then receive a custom report with recommendations to improve building efficiencies that includes information on applicable rebates.

Eligibility

• Must have active Eversource Account on Martha’s Vineyard

• Only for existing residences

Click here to sign up for a Home Energy Assessment today! For more information on the Home Energy Assessment, visit the Cape Light Compact website.

Ensuring your home is air tight and properly insulated is essential in achieving high home efficiency. Once you’ve completed the Home Energy Assessment, your Energy Specialist will make recommendations on how to properly insulate your home and prevent energy leaks. The Cape Light Compact offers no-cost air leak sealing in drafty areas of your home and will provide the following rebates for insulation installation:

1. Standard Incentive

• Up to 75% rebate

• Most residents eligible upon completion of Home Energy Assessment

2. Year-round Renter Incentive

• 100% rebate

• Must be a Year Round Renter with electric account in tenant’s name and provide a lease or rental receipt

3. Enhanced Residential Program

• 100% Rebate

• Income Eligible Customers

More information is available here.

Heat pump technology enables individuals to heat and cool their homes efficiently using electricity that will become increasingly more renewable in years to come. Moving away from fossil fuel home heating appliances and adopting heat pump technology is imperative to reduce fossil fuel use on island. State energy efficiency programs offer the following incentives for heat pump heating and cooling solutions for your home:

Air Source Heat Pumps

• Whole home: $10,000 per home

• Partial home: $1,250 per ton of load up to $10,000

• Up to $1,500 when adding integrated controls

Air to Water Heat Pumps

• Whole home: $10,000 per home

Geothermal Heat Pumps

• Whole home: $15,000 per home

• Partial home: $2,000 per ton of load up to $15,000

Eligibility

Equipment must supplement oil, propane, or electric baseboard heat

Visit the Cape Light Compact’s website for more information on heat pump heating and cooling incentives!

Heat pump technology provides effective electric-based domestic hot water solutions that are 3x more efficient than propane or oil domestic hot water counterparts. The following rebates for heat pump water heaters are available to residential customers:

• $750 off the invoice of heat pump water heater purchase and installation when working with a Mass Save Heat Pump installer. Click for more.