Houston – Oct. 23, 2018 – Today, on ENERGY STAR Day, CenterPoint Energy celebrates its continued commitment to assist customers in reducing energy usage through several energy efficiency and incentive programs to customers, including the High Efficiency Homes (HEH) Program for new homes and Agencies in Action (AIA) Program for income-eligible homes.
- Agencies in Action: CenterPoint Energy partners with area community agencies and non-profits by providing whole-house energy efficiency upgrades.
- Hard to Reach: Pays higher incentives to contractors and service companies for the installation of energy efficiency retrofit projects for the homes of income qualified customers.
- Multi-family Direct Install: Installs energy-efficient lighting and other measures at no cost to the tenant, property owner or developer.
- Affordable Single Family: Pays incentives for nonprofits who build new ENERGY STAR homes for lower-income families.
- Hard to Reach Water and Space Heating: Pays incentives to developers for water heating above federal efficiency standards.
The total greenhouse gas emission reduction produced from the kilowatt hours of 6,638,571 saved by the programs is equivalent to more than 12 million miles driven by an average passenger vehicle or enough electricity to support an additional 533 homes for one year.
“We’re proud to celebrate ENERGY STAR Day and help our customers save money,” said Daniel Dippon, director of Electric Energy Efficiency and Business Development for CenterPoint Energy. “Our single-family residential programs help customers reduce energy usage through energy-efficient measures in both new and existing homes in our service territory.”
This year, CenterPoint Energy received the 2018 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award for the 13th straight year – the longest consecutive winner of any electric utility. This award recognized CenterPoint Energy’s continued leadership and superior contributions to ENERGY STAR through its HEH Program.
The HEH Program promotes the construction and certification of high efficiency homes that achieve the ENERGY STAR label as well as other high-performance homes. This voluntary program provides financial incentives and other types of assistance to production and custom homebuilders who commit to construct energy-efficient homes within the CenterPoint Energy electric service territory. In 2017, CenterPoint Energy’s HEH Program incentivized 3,100 ENERGY STAR homes, which reduced electricity load and consumption by 4.6 megawatts and 14,466 megawatt hours, reducing equivalent emissions of 1,162 homes’ electricity usage for one year. Since 2001, CenterPoint Energy’s HEH Program has incentivized 104,000 ENERGY STAR certified homes.
The AIA Program promotes weatherization of existing income-eligible houses for homeowners who under most circumstances are energy inefficient due to a lack of financial resources. CenterPoint Energy assists these homeowners by implementing several energy efficient measures at no charge that generate energy savings while reducing energy bills for these homeowners. In 2017, CenterPoint Energy’s AIA Program supported more than 200 qualified homes with new heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, ENERGY STAR refrigerators, attic and wall insulation, efficient light-emitting diode (LED) light bulbs, and water savings measures, which reduced electricity load and consumption by 155 kilowatts and 221,650 kilowatt hours. Since 2001, CenterPoint Energy’s AIA Program has incentivized more than 3,400 qualified low-income homes.
For more information, please visit the Energy Efficiency Programs page on CenterPoint Energy’s website.