Residential
Winter Tips to Help Mainers Keep Warm and Save Energy
There’s no denying it: it’s going to be expensive to heat homes this winter. While Mainers can’t control the cost of heating fuels, they can control how much of it they use. To help homeowners better manage their energy consumption, Efficiency Maine has compiled these affordable heating...
READ MOREMobile Home Initiative: What to Expect as an MHI Participant
In our last blog post, we described our Mobile Home Initiative (MHI) – available to low-income homeowners in single-wide mobile homes in designated Maine towns. This blog will outline the steps to paying as little as $2,000 for a new high-efficiency heat pump system. Step One Confirm that...
READ MOREWhat is Efficiency Maine’s Mobile Home Initiative?
Among the many residential rebates and incentives Efficiency Maine administers, the Mobile Home Initiative (MHI) offers eligible low-income homeowners the most generous residential heat pump rebate available. Recipients could pay as little as $2,000 for a new high-efficiency ducted heat pump...
READ MOREWeatherization Tips from the Ground Up: Attics, Roofs, Ducts, and Vents
This blog is the third post in our short series on home weatherization tips for the heating season. Last time, we explored weatherization opportunities throughout your living spaces. Now, we’re heading upward — to the attic and roofline — to make sure you’re not only comfortable...
READ MOREWeatherization Tips from the Ground Up: The Basement
This time of year, most Mainers aren’t thinking about the dead of winter — unless, of course, it’s one of those rare sweltering summer days when cooler weather sounds like a dream. But believe it or not, summer is actually one of the best times to start thinking about winter comfort and...
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