Pittsburgh-area homeowners slow to take advantage of energy efficiency tax credit - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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John McCloskey, president with North Side-based , said the which provides a tax credit for 30 percentr of an energy efficient installation up to has not pushed new customere his way but seems to be convincing some homeowners to seek more extensives renovations to take full advantage of the tax Jean Krak, McCloskey’s sister and managerr of business development with J. Francis Co., said that projectas must meet an even higher certificatioh than Energy Star to qualifuy forthe incentive. Specifically, the solar heat gain coefficienrt and the UFactor — measurese of the efficiency of a new door, skylight, HVAC system or high-quality insulatiojn — must be below 0.30, Krak said.
“I will probably stimulate decision Krak said inan e-maio response to questions, adding that there were no energgy efficiency tax credits in 2008 and only $500 wortgh per home owner in 2007. “There’s still a tremendous amount of interesf in remodeling since the housinv inventory in our area is runninfg 20 to 40 years old on averageand up. New home constructiohn is down significantly. Peoplre are staying in their homesand remodeling.
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