DC Department of Energy & Environment
DC Sustainable Energy Utility
Affordable Housing Retrofit Accelerator
Maryland and Montgomery County
100

Incentives are available for these buildings that are highly energy-efficient.

What are net-zero energy buildings?

100

DCSEU does not offer rebates and incentives for boilers, furnaces, or heaters that use this fossil fuel.

What is methane or natural gas?

100

Prioritized buildings are not in compliance with this law.

What is BEPS?

100

The state's green bank which leverages private capital and private sector capabilities to help homeowners and businesses save money on their energy bills. 

What is the Maryland Clean Energy Center?

200

DOEE is pursuing this famous federal funding to support electrification for small and large residential buildings.

What is Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)?

200

This incentive offers increased rebates for the installation of energy-efficient dehumidifiers, washers, dryers, and refrigerators in affordable buildings that serve DC residents.

What is Low-Income Qualified Rebates?

200

Multifamily buildings of at least this size will be prioritized for assistance.

What is 50,000 sq. ft.?

200

MEA grant that provides funds to communities and organizations to offset the costs of planning, designing, and constructing microgrids.

What is the Resilient Maryland Program?

300

Program that offers per-watt subsidy to qualified developers for the installation of Community Renewable Energy Facilities.

What is Solar for All?

300

Projects that have more _____ secured towards the total cost of the energy efficiency upgrades will receive preference for the Efficiency Fund.

What are matching funds?

300

AHRA was originally funded by APRA stimulus funding, while going forward it will draw on this other federal funding source.

What is IRA rebates funds?

300

These funds are awarded to nonprofit organizations and local governments for projects that generate significant reductions in energy use and pass on the benefits of the savings to Maryland’s LMI residents.

What is the Energy Efficiency Equity Grant Program?

400

Solar for All provides energy at no cost to these District residents.

Who are low-income communities?

400

This program provides prescriptive rebates to small-to-medium sized businesses and institutions for facility improvements that result in a permanent reduction in electric and/or natural gas energy usage.

What is the Commercial & Institutional — Business Energy Rebates (C&I BER)? 

400

Participants can meet with account managers and engineers from this DC entity to assess the opportunities in your building.  

What is DCSEU?

400

ASHRAE Level I, II, III/ Investment Grade audits and/or targeted analyses into benchmarking can all be covered by this Montgomery County program.

What is the Green Bank's Technical Assistance Program?

500

DOEE funds this DCSEU initiative that supports electrifying houses of individual low-income residents.

What is the Affordable Homes Electrification Program?

500

This opportunity focuses on large, commercial, and institutional existing buildings that are undergoing complex, multi-measure efficiency projects, including those with behavioral or operational changes.

What is the Commercial & Institutional — Pay for Performance (C&I P4P)? 

500

Participating buildings receive this type of audit, at no cost to the owner.

What is ASHRAE Level II?

500

Refunds for businesses, nonprofits, and local governments that install Solar Photovoltaic (“PV”) Systems, Solar Thermal (Water Heating) Systems, Geothermal Heat Pump Systems (heat pump + well field/loops).

What is the Commercial Clean Energy Rebate Program?

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