Home Energy Assessments
What is a Home Energy Assessment?
Cape Light Compact’s No-Cost Home Energy Assessment connects you with an Energy Specialist. Your Energy Specialist will evaluate your entire home from the attic to the basement, identifying energy efficiency opportunities that we directly help you address to reduce energy usage, increase year-round comfort, and create a healthier environment for homeowners and renters alike. The Compact offers both in-person and virtual assessments.
Click on the buttons on the image below to learn about the different parts of your home that the Compact can help you upgrade with a Home Energy Assessment
Weatherization
Air Sealing: The closing up of gaps and cracks of where air leaks in or out of your home. Addressing these leaks help maintain a steadier indoor temperature and reduces strain on your heating and cooling system.
Insulation: Acts like a thermal blank for your home, better keeping heat in during winter and the heat out during the summer. Insulation is typically found in your attic, perimeter walls, as well as basement sills. Proper insulation can help improve comfort, reduce energy usage, and lessen your environmental impact.
Heat Pumps
Heat Pumps are one of the most efficient ways to cool and heat your home. Cape Light Compact offers incentives on three different types of heat pumps: air source, ground source, and air-to water.
Heat Pump Water Heater
Heat pump water heaters are the most efficient way to heat water in a home—up to four times more efficient than conventional electric water heaters. They work by extracting heat from the air surrounding the unit to heat water. These advanced systems are best suited for homes with basements or separate utility rooms
Solar
Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are quickly becoming an affordable way to offset electric costs. While Cape Light Compact (CLC) does not currently offer incentives or rebates on solar PV, customer can finance solar through the Energy Saver Home Loan (link to Energy Saver Home Loan Page). Additionally, we want to help inform our customers about the various options and financial incentives available for solar PV systems.
Learn more about programs from the Compact and the State and Federal governments.
Induction Stove
Induction technology uses magnetic currents to directly heat your pots and pans, instead of the cooktop. Cooking with induction makes mealtime easier with quicker heat, precise control, and easy cleanup.
Electric Vehicle and EV Charging
The Compact currently does not offer rebates or incentives for electric verhicles or chargers. There may be incentives available directly from Eversource
Battery Storage
If you are planning to add a battery system to your solar installation, be sure to check out the Compact’s ConnectedSolutions program. This program allows the Compact to discharge your battery into the grid during periods of peak electric consumption in exchange for a yearly incentive.
Heat Pump Dryers
Heat pump dryers use a heat pump that transfers heat from the air where the unit is located into the drum instead of using an electric resistance coil to generate it. These dryers use 40% less energy than standard models saving customers $430 a year.
Image courtesy of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
Call Cape Light Compact at 1-800-797-6699 to set up your Home Energy Assessment or click here to sign up online.
What to Expect at the Home Energy Assessment
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities: An Energy Specialist will conduct a comprehensive energy evaluation of your home, from the attic to the basement. The Energy Specialist will assess energy efficiency opportunities related to your home’s current air sealing and insulation levels, heating and cooling system, appliances, and clean energy resources, such as solar and battery storage. An Energy Specialist may provide you with instant energy-saving measures, such as a low-flow showerhead, faucet aerators, and advanced power strips.
- Safety: If your home has a fuel-burning heating system or appliances, the Energy Specialist will conduct a Combustion Safety Test to ensure these are operating safely in your home.
After the Home Energy Assessment
- Home Energy Action Report: Your Energy Specialist will provide you with a custom Home Energy Action Report outlining a roadmap to pursue the energy efficiency opportunities identified during your home energy assessment.
- Weatherization Contract: If air sealing and insulation opportunities were identified during your home energy assessment, your Energy Specialist will provide you with a weatherization contract for your signature. Upon signature, your Energy Specialist will notify a program insulation contractor on your behalf to reach out and schedule the recommended work at a date and time that works best for you. If you prefer to use a specific contractor, you can select one of our participating contractors by using our Find a Contractor tool and indicating this contractor on your weatherization contract.
Eligibility
- To qualify for a no-cost home energy assessment you must have an active Eversource electric account on Cape Cod or Martha’s Vineyard.
- These assessments are available for existing residences. Details on our new construction, renovations, and additions program can be found here.
Steps to Get Started
- Call 1-800-797-6699 for a NO-COST Home Energy Assessment* or sign up online (please have your electric account number for the online sign-up). *Customers can now choose between a Virtual Home Energy Assessment or an In-Home Assessment. The virtual assessment can be done via phone or computer and allows you to access the same rebates and incentives as the in-person assessment without requiring anyone to enter your home.
- Our Energy Specialist will conduct an energy assessment of your home and recommend improvements to save you energy and money.
- Benefit from rebates and incentives for recommended energy improvements you select.
Customers who enroll by calling the Cape Light Compact or sign up online will be enrolled for a Home Energy Assessment with an Energy Specialist from our Lead Vendor, RISE Group Inc. Customers may also select their own Home Performance Contractor as opposed to using the Compact’s vendor. For a list of Home Performance Contractors, click here.
Unlock low- and no-interest financing with a Home Energy Assessment.
There are two ways to finance your project. See below to learn more.
Mass Save Heat Loan
Zero-percent interest financing for qualifying energy efficiency upgrades.
Energy Saver Home Loan Program
Low-interest financing for income qualified homeowners to finance energy efficiency upgrades.
