Thank you to everyone that participated !
The application period for the Get Energy Smart Retrofit program has closed and all funding has been expended.

The Get Energy Smart Retrofit program has been a huge success when it comes to creating opportunities for citizens to increase the energy efficiency of their homes, enabling homeowners to make upgrades and lower their utility bills, hiring local contractors and creating local jobs in the process. Since program launch in August 2010, the Get Energy Smart Retrofit program has resulted in more than $1 million in rebates returned to local homeowners who installed program qualified energy efficiency upgrades. Local homeowners that applied and were approved to participate in the Get Energy Smart Retrofit program used qualified local participating contractors to install program eligible energy efficient products including lighting, insulation, HVAC systems, solar water heaters, and ENERGY STAR Star appliances, received rebates that partially covered the cost of their home energy improvements.

Because of the interest in the Get Energy Smart Retrofit program, Sarasota County has launched a continuing community education initiative, “Energy Upgrade Today” that is designed to help homeowners on how they can start lowering their utility bills in five easy steps. Homeowners can learn more by visiting www.energyupgradetoday.com.

Program Background

The Get Energy Smart Retrofit Program was the result of collaboration between Sarasota County and the cities of North Port and Sarasota and Venice in their applications to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program. These jurisdictions decided to collaborate on the community portion of the program to maximize the impact on energy savings and jobs as well as to reduce administrative costs. 
 

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