Facts on the Energy-Efficiency Tax Credit Take advantage of improved tax credits available for a number of energy-efficient home improvements. Find a professional remodeler in your neighborhood at www.nahb.org/remodel to get excellent advice – and your assurance of a project well done. The Existing Home Retrofit Tax Credit (Tax Code Section 25C): Tax credits are available at 30 percent of the cost, up to a $1,500 lifetime limit, for installation in 2009 & 2010 (for existing homes only) of these products: Building envelope components (Installation costs not included): Insulation material or system Exterior window, skylight, door, storm window or storm door with a U factor of .3 or below Metal or asphalt roofs that resist heat gain Qualified energy products (Installation costs may be included): Electric heat pump water heaters that yield an energy factor of at least 2.0 in the standard Department of Energy test procedure. Electric heat pumps and central air conditioners that achieve the highest efficiency tier established by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency as of Jan. 1, 2009. Natural gas, propane or oil water heaters with an energy factor of at least .82 or thermal efficiency of at least 90 percent Biomass burning stoves with a thermal efficiency rating of at least 75 percent as measured using a lower heating value Natural gas and propane furnaces that achieve an annual fuel utilization efficiency rate of not less than 95 Natural gas, propane, or oil water boilers and oil furnaces that achieve an annual fuel utilization rate of not lessthan 90 Advanced main air conditioning fans with annual electricity use of no more than 2 percent of the total annual energy use of the furnace. For More Information: http://www.nahb.org/generic.aspx?genericContentID=113316