罗得岛州1,150万美元小型多户住宅热泵试点：2至4户建筑每户最高补贴1.6万美元，低收入家庭可获全额合规成本补贴
罗得岛州普罗维登斯—罗得岛州能源资源办公室公布一项总额1,150万美元的试点计划，为2至4户的小型多户住宅安装电热泵提供补贴，每个居住单元最高补贴1.6万美元，面向收入合格的住户。该试点经该州现有的「清洁热力罗得岛」（Clean Heat Rhode Island）计划执行。
资格与流程方面，出租物业须先取得房东同意方可安装热泵，参与家庭须先满足房屋防风雨（weatherproofing）要求。补贴按收入分层：收入不超过地区收入中位数80%的低收入家庭，可获得合规成本100%的补贴。申请不由住户、房东或租户直接提交，而是通过计划的参与合作方办理；能源资源办公室此前表示将公布开放日期，在计划正式开始前启动的项目可能不符合补贴资格。
资金来源方面，该试点由「新英格兰热泵加速器」提供资金，该联盟由罗得岛、康涅狄格、缅因、马萨诸塞与新罕布什尔五州组成。州能源资源办公室同时管理一项3,200万美元的联邦 HOMES 计划，面向5户及以上的多户建筑，要求至少50%的单元由低收入住户居住、改造后模型测算节能至少20%，与本次2至4户试点并行。代理专员 Christopher Kearns 在公布时表示，小型多户住宅的改造需要多户家庭之间的协调，并须满足防风雨要求。
In Providence, Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources has announced an $11.5 million pilot program to subsidize electric heat pumps in two- to four-unit income-qualified buildings,
For rental properties, a landlord must approve the project before a heat pump can be installed, and participating households must first meet weatherproofing requirements. Subsidies are tiered by income: low-income households earning up to 80% of the regional median income can receive 100% of eligible costs. Applications go through participating program partners; homeowners, landlords, and tenants do not submit applications directly, and the Office of Energy Resources has said it will announce an opening date, warning that projects started before the program begins may not be eligible.
Funding for the pilot comes from the New England Heat Pump Accelerator, a five-state coalition of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The pilot runs parallel to a separate $32 million federal Home Owner Managing Energy Savings (HOMES) program overseen by the same office, which targets multifamily properties with five or more attached units where at least 50% of the units are occupied by low-income residents and retrofits achieve modeled energy savings of at least 20%. Acting Commissioner Christopher Kearns said in the announcement that working with smaller multifamily housing requires coordination among multiple households as well as weatherproofing requirements.
来源：罗得岛州能源资源办公室试点公告（州政府，经 New England News Press 转述其公布口径） https://newenglandnewspress.com/ri-announces-11-5m-heat-pump-pilot-for-2-4-unit-homes/
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来源：罗得岛州能源资源办公室
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图片来源：住宅热泵外机（资料图）。（Wikimedia Commons）|A residential heat pump unit (file photo). (Wikimedia Commons)
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