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San Francisco Home Improvement and Performance Program (SFHip)

 $1,000 to $2,000 additional rebates available for San Francisco residents to do home energy improvement projects. Start with a home energy audit.

San Francisco homeowners are now eligible to receive up to $8,000 in rebates and tax credits to make their homes more efficient through SFHip.

In early October of 2010, the San Francisco Department of Environment announced a program called the “Home Improvement and Performance Program” (SFHip). The program adds $1,000-$2,000 more incentive to the existing Energy Upgrade California rebate amounts of $2,000-$3,500, federal efficiency tax credits of $1,500, and the CA appliance rebates up to $1,000.

The incentive amounts are based on the energy savings accomplished in your home, and when combined with Energy Upgrade California rebates, look like:

San Francisco rebate levels for home energy efficiency improvements in the SFHip program.

How does SFHip work?

  1. You are a San Francisco homeowner and PG&E Utility Customer
  2. You sign up for a San Francisco home energy audit and hire a participating contractor in the Energy Upgrade California program (us) to make your home at least 20% more efficient. This makes you eligible for $2,000-$3,500 in rebates so far.
  3. If your income is less than 120% of Area Median Income (AMI), you qualify for $2,000 additional rebate through SFHip. Otherwise, you qualify for a $1,000 extra incentive. ( download the AMI levels for SF here)
  4. Once the energy improvements are completed on your home, SFHip verifies the work and issues the rebate check.

The experts at Energy Beyond Design are here to help make getting your rebates easy!

There are a lot of programs with a lot of money available to help make your San Francisco home more efficient. The challenge is figuring out what is available and how to work through all the different applications! That is where we come in – our staff will make it all simple and guide you through to a successful energy saving project that takes advantage of the maximum rebates and incentives.

To find out how much rebate and incentive money is available for your home, start with a San Francisco energy audit.