City advances lucrative incentive program for HVAC contractors to learn new skills
The Cool Down
The San José, California, City Council in December approved a $100,000 incentive program for HVAC contractors to install heat pumps. The initiative will be more impactful and cost-effective than a similar proposed program for electric leaf blowers, San José Spotlight reported.
“Residents have been clamoring for a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers for years,” the outlet stated, but it noted such an incentive would eat up $142,500 and cut only 191.8 tons of carbon dioxide compared to the heat pump incentive’s 1,616 tons.
“We found the contractor incentive will have 10 times more greenhouse gas reductions than the leaf blower pilot for less staff time and funding,” San José Clean Energy’s Kate Ziemba said at a council meeting, per San José Spotlight.
Read more here: City advances lucrative incentive program for HVAC contractors to learn new skills: ‘We’re targeting one of the big gaps in the market’
