Should the government provide incentives for zero energy construction? Or are there already some incentives?
The Department of Energy is funding zero-energy home research with their Building America Program, but there don't seem to be any direct programs for homeowners right now. However, there are some energy tax breaks currently available: For installing energy efficient windows, doors, insulation, roofs, and heating & cooling equipment before December 31, 2010, you can get a tax credit for 30% of the cost, up to $1500. There's also residential renewable energy tax credits for installing solar water heating and solar electric systems; small wind systems, geothermal heat pumps, and residential fuel cell and microturbine systems.
That's also a 30% tax credit, without the $1500 cap, and you have until December 31, 2016 to install those. Personally, I think they should take the $1500 cap off the doors, windows, etc, because there's no way you can install all of that for $4500; and they should continue the program beyond 2010.
But they provide something that is a very valuable service to the community -- they help people feel better. That's important to any community." The available breaks aren't going to put a practice on easy street, but Moll said they can have a noticeable impact on the bottom line.
Moll has seen physicians shave, at least in the first year they get their incentives, anywhere from 3% to 10% off their expenses. And those cost cuts, unlike others a practice might make, are invisible to patients. Dr. Johnson, in searching for a place to practice in the Chicago area when he was leaving academic medicine in 2003, was able to get incentives from south suburban Park Forest.
By opening an office in a former outdoor mall the city owned that had gone into decline, he got assistance on rent and office space construction. He said he saved about 25% on facility costs. He also got a 50% discount from the village on his signage and greatly reduced advertising rates in the local newspaper, a perk available to any downtown business.
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