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Keep out unwanted heat.
And keep up to $250.
Reduce the amount of the sun's heat that
enters your home, increase your comfort, and lower your energy costs—by
installing energy-efficient windows, window film or screen on your home.
Professionally installed high-performance windows or window screening
offers a great way to add value to your home. Solar window screens,
which look similar to the traditional screens they replace, do a much
better job of minimizing solar heat gain—and keeping bugs out.
Window film, available at home improvement stores, can be a simple
do-it-yourself project that pays big dividends in reduced glare,
daytime privacy and lower indoor temperatures without air conditioning.
Window upgrades offer clear benefits
- • Eliminate hot spots in rooms.
- • Protect carpets, upholstery, wood, papers and artwork from fading and UV rays.
- • High-efficiency, double-paned windows can also reduce sound.
- • You may even be able to reduce the size and cost of a new HVAC system, thanks to the increased efficiency of your windows.
- • When you install a new heating and air system, it's strongly
recommended to upgrade your windows at the same time—and maximize your
energy-efficiency advantages.
Make your home more comfortable, and more valuable—and save on
your energy bills. Start the process with a Home Energy Check.
At Progress Energy, we are working to ensure clean, reliable,
affordable power today and in the future by using a balance of
energy-efficiency, new, environmentally responsible technology and
alternative energy projects like biomass, solar power and hydrogen fuel
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Rebate details:
High-performance replacement windows
$1 per square foot of window area,
up to $250.
Must have whole house electric heating and cooling.
Window film
50 percent of the cost,
up to $100
Must have whole house electric cooling.
Window screen
50 percent of the cost,
up to $100
Must have whole house electric cooling.
For installation of Progress Energy-approved products. You may qualify
for only one of these programs. A Progress Energy Home Energy Check within the past 24 months is a prerequisite to qualifying for all Progress Energy incentives.
The National Fenestration Rating Council provides guidelines for
measuring solar heat gain—which simply means the amount of heat that's
transferred from the outside of your home to the inside, through your
windows. A lower coefficient number (SHGC ratings range between 0 and
1) indicates that less heat is transferred—and that you'll be more
comfortable.
Installed windows must have a solar heat gain coefficient of less than
or equal to 0.50 and a U-value of less than or equal to 0.75.
Window film or screening must have a shading coefficient of less than
or equal to 0.45, or a solar heat gain coefficient of equal to or less
than 0.40.
Window film or screen must be installed on all windows facing east,
west and south. (This does not include decorative glass that covers
less than 15 percent of the total glass area.)
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