Vida Latina 
🏷️ #Massachusetts #State #Legislature #Energy #MassSave #H.5151
Martin Owens 
This is the first serious warm day/night with the new heat-pump system here in #Boston and it is proving itself to be a major quality of life improvement.
It's quiet. It sits there in multiple rooms and those rooms feel gloriously cool.
No more lugging window AC units, avoiding holding the vent side, with ill-fitting gaps to close off with tape. Just a house that manages it's temperature. ❤️
Highly recommend!
Praise to #MassSave for helping with the costs.
mem_somervilleAlthough #MassSave has had issues and you sometimes have to sit on them to get the money in the past, I have had good services with them for things like energy audits and insulation.
Their new plan is rolling out. It's not clear to me if it's in place right now, but it is supposed to be very aggressive about #HeatPump installations and more renter-friendly.
@nathanpbostonAfter being sent in circles for an answer to a simple eligibility question about the residential #ConnectedSolutions #DemandResponse program by #MassSave and #Eversource, including MassSave.com sending me to Eversource.com then Eversource sending me to dead end, I sleuthed and found that they’ve outsourced customer support to energyhub.com. Waiting on an answer now six days from inquiry from #EnergyHub.
https://www.masssave.com/en/residential/programs-and-services/connectedsolutions
https://www.masssave.com/en/residential/programs-and-services/connectedsolutions
knizer@briank We went with NETR last year and had a positive experience with them, changing from gas furnace to all electric heat pump for heat/cool.
It's a couple years old now, but someone shared with us this sheet comparing quotes from a variety of vendors.
Have you scheduled a #MassSave home assessment yet? Lots of info to start there.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YPT49TLWXCUsFV02jlR2XLYf1jJXxGwdA8ahbUE5-zk/edit
#HeatPumps #HVAC #Boston
Joan Liu#MassSave #HeatPump Installation Timeline:
July 16: AC broken
July 27: Earliest diagnostic visit possible (I did some checking on my own before then)
July 27-August 14: Trying to get at least 2 quotes that made any sense
August 21: Finally got approval from MassSave incentives, picked vendor
September 12-15: Earliest install available by preferred vendor
September 29: Completed MassSave rebate form
Jan 26: Installation Inspection
March 4: Finally received incentive check 😩
July 16: AC broken
July 27: Earliest diagnostic visit possible (I did some checking on my own before then)
July 27-August 14: Trying to get at least 2 quotes that made any sense
August 21: Finally got approval from MassSave incentives, picked vendor
September 12-15: Earliest install available by preferred vendor
September 29: Completed MassSave rebate form
Jan 26: Installation Inspection
March 4: Finally received incentive check 😩
ScottIncomplete list of questions for solar on a multifamily:
1. Can it generate enough power to be beneficial to all units?
2. What needs to happen in order to split power to multiple units?
3. Can you even install solar on a 3 story tall building with a mansard roof?
4. Have you had any experience navigating #MassSave incentives as an HOA? What does that look like?
1. Can it generate enough power to be beneficial to all units?
2. What needs to happen in order to split power to multiple units?
3. Can you even install solar on a 3 story tall building with a mansard roof?
4. Have you had any experience navigating #MassSave incentives as an HOA? What does that look like?
@inliuofjoan @itamarst sorry to hear that. We recently had a bad experience with #masssave too, for a water heater heat pump. There was straight up misinformation with the #MassSave logo front and center on the instant point of sale rebate webpage.
In better news, we got a 2 zone ASHP Mitsubishi low temperature region mini-split installed two years ago for about $5,500, from an outfit in Dorchester. (No rebates, cash transaction). Happy to share info.