Save The Planet and Pocket Some $$$ 

Replacing your water heater with a super-efficient heat pump

A Santa Clara County Guide

Santa Clara county residents can now get great rebates to replace your gas water heater for an ultra-efficient electric heat pump water heater. This will significantly reduce your CO₂ emissions, and save you money on your utility bill.

• Electric heat pump water heaters are almost 4 times as efficient as gas heaters, so they are much cheaper to run and cause far less pollution.
• With generous rebates and a 30% tax credit, it's now cheaper to upgrade to a heat pump than replace with gas - but you need to act soon because these rebates won't all last.
• This will save you about $130/year now, and protect you from the predicted big increases in gas prices.
• Over its lifetime, you’ll avoid the equivalent of 93,000 pounds of CO₂ pollution, comparable to driving your car for 105,000 miles or four years worth of your entire greenhouse gas emissions.

This is a big new opportunity, as federal and local rebates have just gone way up, but will not last. Now may be the best time ever to save your money and our planet by switching.

Interested? Here’s where to learn more:

Costs and Savings

How much does it cost to switch, how will rebates help and how much will I save every year?

Emissions

How much greenhouse gas emissions will this really save?

About Heat Pump Water Heaters

How do they work? Will they work for me?

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How to do it

Finding a contractor, picking a water heater, installation decisions.

When to do it

Should I wait until the old one breaks or do it now?

Getting Advice

How to get free advice from experts and from your own neighbors who have already cleaned up their water heater.

FAQ

Varied questions we hear about it all.

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