Green Building Products and Home Improvements

ENERGY STAR® Windows

Window

ENERGY STAR® Qualified Residential Window Rebates

Available through the Consumer Rebate Program. For more details including eligibility and requirements, visit –> How to apply for the Consumer Rebate Program

Products must be installed in an air-conditioned living space. The U-Factor and Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC) must meet or exceed the current Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards (www.energy.ca.gov) and ENERGY STAR criteria for the Los Angeles Area (www.energystar.gov).

NOTE: Applicants who install windows on or after July 1, 2014, will be required to provide a Final Approved Building and Safety Permit. Rebate eligibility criteria are as follows.

Based on purchasedate: On or before
6/30/14		  On or after
7/1/14		  On or after
1/1/15
Window Type  U-Factor  SHGC  U-Factor  SHGC  U-Factor  SHGC
Windows/Glass Doors ≤0.35 ≤0.30 ≤0.32 ≤0.25 ≤0.30 ≤0.25
Skylights ≤0.57 ≤0.30 ≤0.55 ≤0.30  ≤0.50  ≤0.28

 

 $2 per sqft

Attic Insulation Rebate

Your AC is working perfectly, but somehow your home is never cool enough. How come?

You might want to look into attic insulation. Most homes built before 1980 has no attic insulation, causing cool air/warm air to escape. What a waste of energy! Luckily, LADWP is now offering to help pay for your attic insulation cost. Qualifying customers can receive rebates up to 80% of the total insulation installation costs or $1.00 per square foot of attic floor insulation (whichever is less).

Customers who install attic insulation can see energy reduction and savings of $200 to $374 in a year, depending upon the size of the home and its location.

Customers interested in the program should:

  1. Decide on hiring a licensed contractor or installing the insulation materials themselves; LADWP strongly recommends working with a licensed contractor.

  2. Take pictures of the attic BEFORE installation to submit with application package.

  3. Install insulation materials in accordance with the program requirements.

  4. Take pictures of the attic AFTER installation.

  5. Submit Consumer Rebate Program (CRP) application (PDF) by mail to LADWP with required documentation.

Read more about the program here. For a summary of the Consumer Rebate Program, click here.

Home Energy Improvement

Take advantage of LADWP’s FREE Home Energy Improvement Program (HEIP) and give your home an in-depth energy assessment & upgrade. During your assessment, trained technicians will identify the areas in your home where cost-effective energy efficient upgrades and repairs should be made to improve your home. The home report is then forwarded to our skilled repair technicians to complete the work and after a quality assurance review is made of your home to ensure that the work has been performed properly, you’re done!

How to Apply

Interested customers must send us a completed Home Energy Improvement Program Application. If you are not the owner of the property, you will have to obtain the owner’s/manager’s approval prior to submitting your application.

Home Energy Improvement Program Application (PDF)

  • Print, read, complete, sign, and date your application

  • If tenant, have the owner sign the application

  • Mail application to the address noted below

  • For your records, please make a copy of all the pages prior to mailing.

Mail completed application to:

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Attn: Home Energy Improvement Program
PO Box 51111, Room 1019
Los Angeles, CA 90051-5799

Once your application is reviewed, an LADWP representative will schedule a visit to assess your home to identify the areas where improvement would improve the efficiency of your home. The home report is then forwarded to a team of skilled repair technicians to complete the work.

For more information, visit –> Home Energy Improvement Program

Home Upgrade Program

The quickest and easiest way to make your home more energy-efficient is to begin with basic upgrades that focus on the outer shell of your home, which can potentially improve the air quality inside your home for a healthier and safer indoor environment. The Home Upgrade program takes a comprehensive, “whole-house” approach. By making multiple improvements at the same time, the impacts of your energy-efficient upgrades are multiplied.

Through the Home Upgrade Program, incentives (up to $1650 in rebates alone) are available to Southern California Gas Company® (SoCalGas) and LADWP residential customers with detached single-family homes who complete qualifying energy-saving home upgrade projects. Each home’s needs are unique, so a variety of upgrades are available to help you decide what’s best for you and your home, including air sealing, insulation, windows, cool roofs, and upgrades to heating and cooling systems.

For more information, visit –> www.socalgas.com/for-your-home/rebates/energy-upgrade-ca.shtml

Commercial Direct Install

Free Efficiency Upgrades for Your Business

The Commercial Direct Install (CDI) Program is available to qualifying businesses whose average monthly electrical demand is 250 kilowatts (kW) or less. If you are interested in making your operation more energy and water efficient, we can help.

Commercial Direct Install Fact Sheet (pdf)

How It Works

A trained Energy Service Representative (ESR) will contact you and arrange a time to visit your business and evaluate your energy and water use. This free assessment will identify areas where you can save energy and water.

If you agree with the recommendations, the ESR will have you sign an Authorization Form and schedule an appointment to install the equipment at a time most convenient to you.

The installation of the recommended equipment will be done without significant interference to your normal business operation – so you can stay open!

For more information including qualification requirements, visit the program page here –> Commercial Direct Install