Renewable Heating

Small businesses and non-profits have several options for renewable heating, including heat pumps and pellet boilers. These are green heating solutions that can leave some greenbacks in your pockets as well. Low-interest financing options are also available.

Heat Pumps

Air-source and ground-source (geothermal) heat pumps are increasingly being used in commercial buildings, providing heat in winter and cooling in summer, with very low operational costs.

Air source heat pumps take heat from the outside air (even when it is cold outside).

Ground-source heat pumps, also known as geothermal, remove heat from underground and are more efficient than air source heat pumps. Incentives are significantly increased for customers in the Town of Lansing who are affected by the natural gas moratorium.

Heat pumps can be carbon neutral if paired with solar panels, or if you purchase green energy through your energy supplier. Read more about heat pumps here.

Make sure you weatherize your building before deciding on a new heating system. This will help you reduce your heat load and help you determine the appropriate equipment to keep your home warm all winter long.

NYSEG and other utilities offer incentives for Heat Pumps (more information here [PDF]) as well as other HVAC technologies [PDF]. Incentives for Heat Pumps will change on Sept. 1, 2023 (more info here [PDF]).

A federal tax credit is available for ground source heat pumps, and nonprofits can benefit using elective pay.

Interested?

Contact a local heat pump installer. They will be able to give you a quote on the system and help you access the rebates.

Pellet Boilers

As of the Summer 2021, there are no longer incentives for pellet boilers.