马萨诸塞州拨款250万美元支持7个家庭能源升级降本项目
马萨诸塞州 Healey-Driscoll 政府11月9日在波士顿宣布，通过州清洁能源中心「降本实验室」向7个项目发放共2,500,000美元补助，目标是把家庭能源升级的前期成本至少降低15%。小型住宅建筑贡献了该州建筑碳排放的六成以上。
获选项目包括：All In Energy 获475,000美元，为剑桥市租户试点插电式太阳能与窗式热泵；Emergent Urban Concepts 获495,000美元，在 Belmont 与 Marblehead 推进地热能源网络；New Ecology 获300,000美元，做窗户翻新与真空隔热玻璃，目标节能约三成；其余项目为 Aris Hydronics 350,000美元、电力研究院310,000美元、Manatee Energy 250,000美元、Stepwise Electrics 320,000美元。
州清洁能源中心首席执行官 Ben Downing 表示，这批项目的共同目标是让普通家庭装得起、用得上清洁能源设备。州能源与环境事务厅长 Rebecca Tepper 亦出席支持。
「降本实验室」是该中心压低住宅电气化与节能改造成本的新举措。（来源：马萨诸塞州清洁能源中心）
Massachusetts Awards $2.5 Million to Seven Projects Cutting the Cost of Home Energy Upgrades
The Healey-Driscoll administration announced in Boston on November 9 that the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center's Cost Reduction Lab has awarded $2.5 million to seven projects aiming to cut the upfront cost of home energy upgrades by at least 15 percent. Small residential buildings account for more than 60 percent of the state's building carbon pollution.
The awards include $475,000 to All In Energy for plug-in solar and window heat pumps for renters in Cambridge; $495,000 to Emergent Urban Concepts for thermal energy networks in Belmont and Marblehead; and $300,000 to New Ecology for window refurbishment with vacuum insulated glass targeting about 30 percent savings. The remaining awards are $350,000 to Aris Hydronics, $310,000 to the Electric Power Research Institute, $250,000 to Manatee Energy and $320,000 to Stepwise Electrics.
MassCEC CEO Ben Downing said the projects share one goal: making clean energy equipment affordable for ordinary households. Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper also backed the initiative.
The Cost Reduction Lab is the center's new effort to bring down the cost of residential electrification and efficiency retrofits. (Source: Massachusetts Clean Energy Center)
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