ENERGY STAR qualified LED light bulbs

To be eligible for this free upgrade, your installation must be performed by PSE.

To be eligible if you're a condo owner, you'll also need a minimum of 25 units or 50 percent of the owners in your complex to sign up for this upgrade. See our condo upgrade brochure for details.

For a summary of this offer, you can view or download our multifamily direct install upgrades brochure.

Electric

ShowerStart™ showerheads/adaptors and WaterSense® labeled bathroom faucet aerators

To be eligible for this free upgrade, your installation must be performed by PSE.

To be eligible if you're a condo owner, you'll also need a minimum of 25 units or 50 percent of the owners in your complex to sign up for this upgrade. See our condo upgrade brochure for details.

For a summary of this offer, you can view or download our multifamily direct install upgrades brochure.

Electric or natural gas

Water heater pipe wrap

To be eligible for this offer, your installation must be performed by PSE.

To be eligible if you're a condo owner, you'll also need a minimum of 25 units or 50 percent of the owners in your complex to sign up for this upgrade. See our condo upgrade brochure for details.

For a summary of this offer, you can view or download our multifamily direct install upgrades brochure.

Electric

Windows and sliding glass doors

To be eligible for this incentive:

• Your property must use PSE electricity as the primary source of its space heating.
• Your existing windows must be single-paned, single-paned with storm windows or double-paned with metal frames.
• Your new windows must be rated by the National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC).
• Insulation upgrades may be required.
• The maximum bid amount for installed window cost is $33 per square foot.

Check out this case study to learn how much this incentive saved a 46-unit apartment building in Bremerton, WA.

$5 per sq. ft. (upgrade from U-factor of .60 to .30 or lower)

$7 per sq. ft. (upgrade from U-factor of .60 to .22 or lower)

$7 per sq. ft. (upgrade from U-factor of 1.2 to .30 or lower)

$9 per sq. ft. (upgrade from U-factor of 1.2 to .22 or lower)

Refrigerator decommissioning

To be eligible for this offer, you must be a PSE customer and your existing refrigerator(s) must be:

• Between 10 and 30 cubic feet
• In working (cooling) condition
• Owned by the property owner

$25 per unit

In-unit ENERGY STAR certified clothes washer

To be eligible for this incentive:

• Your new clothes washer must be ENERGY STAR rated.
• New clothes washer must also be front loading

$25 per unit

Attic, floor and wall insulation

To be eligible for this incentive:

• Your property must use PSE electricity as the primary source of its space heating.
• The R-value of your property's existing insulation must be below eligible levels, which are determined during your energy efficiency audit.

$0.75 per sq. ft.

Air sealing

The values of your incentives are determined by your property's existing conditions and the measures required to properly perform air sealing:

• Attic sealing—$0.75 per sq. ft.
• Crawlspace/underfloor sealing—$0.75 per sq. ft.
• Dense pack wall insulation—$2.00 per sq. ft.
• Door kit—$100.00 each
• Recessed light fixture cover—$40.00 each
• Bathroom fan timer—$50.00 each
• ENERGY STAR qualified bathroom fan—$200.00 each
• ENERGY STAR door—$150.00 each

To be eligible for this incentive, your property must:

• To be eligible for this incentive, your property must:
• Use electricity as the primary source of its space heating
• Have been constructed in 1992 or earlier
• Have 20 units or less
• Be no greater than four stories tall, including the basement
• Conduct air sealing on all accessible surface areas
• Complete blower door tests before and after installation

For a summary of PSE's multifamily retrofit air sealing measure, you can view or download our multifamily air sealing brochure.

To learn more about this measure, watch the video below:

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Electric Line Voltage Thermostat

In-unit thermostats must replace existing bi-metal zonal heat thermostats.

• Must use PSE electricity for resistant space heating.
• All bimetal thermostats (except bathrooms) must be upgraded, to qualify.
• Bathroom thermostats not eligible.

$35 per Thermostat

Energy Star certified Smart Thermostat

In-unit smart thermostats must:

• Have one-thermostat centralized home heating system using a heat pump, forced air furnace, or boiler.
• PSE's smart thermostat rebate cannot be combined with PSE's heat pump sizing and lock-out controls rebate.
• Only one rebate per PSE residential dwelling unit
• Your rebate application must be submitted within 30 days of equipment installation.
• PSE requires ENERGY12/31/2019 to be eligible for the rebate.
• Required documentation: Your PSE account number and an electronic image of your paid installation invoice or purchase receipt with manufacturer/brand and model number.
• PSE requires ENERGY STAR® certification for all smart thermostat models. To determine eligibility please check your model against the ENERGY STAR Smart Thermostat Certification, or check our list  of qualified smart thermostats.

$75 per thermostat

Energy Star heat pump dryer

Capacity must be 4.0cft with Utility Combined Energy Factor (UCEF) up to 3.99. Specific models are listed with Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA).

To be eligible, you must be a PSE electric customer. You must choose your new ENERGY STAR certified appliance(s) from our list of qualified heat pump dryers

$50 per unit

Heat pump water heater

To be eligible for this incentive, your new heat pump water heater must:

• Use PSE electricity for water heating.
• NEEA Northern Climate Tier 2 or Tier 3 qualified
• Please refer to NEEA’s qualified product list 

Tier 2 $300

Tier 3 $500

Common area lighting**

The values of your incentives are determined based on the fixture type(s), the calculated energy savings of your new equipment and other key factors. Only qualifying lighting products are eligible for an incentive.

To be eligible, you must be a PSE electric customer.

All Multifamily Projects require pre-approval by PSE before the work can begin.

To initiate a multifamily common area lighting project, please submit a completed Lighting Workbook, cut sheets, and W9 for the payee of the incentive to MultifamilyRetrofit@PSE.com.

• Please note that a customer signature is not required on the Business Lighting Workbook for multifamily projects. Our program staff will review submitted workbooks and contact you regarding the next steps for an incentive application.
• A Multifamily Retrofit Incentive Application must be signed by both the customer and PSE before work can begin.
• The workbook will be used as a calculator tool only to help estimate an incentive and energy savings for the project.

For a summary of this measure, you can view or download our multifamily common area lighting brochure.

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ENERGY STAR qualified commercial common area clothes washer

To be eligible for this incentive, your clothes washer(s) must be installed in a shared laundry room of a multifamily building or campus.

Browse our list of qualifying clothes washers.

Up tp $200

Custom upgrades

The values of your incentives are based on the type(s) of new equipment installed and the calculated energy savings:

• Must be a PSE electric customer
• Lighting—$0.20 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of projected annual energy savings, with a maximum value of 50 percent of total upgrade cost
• Mechanical—$0.30 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of projected annual energy savings, with a maximum value of 70 percent of total upgrade cost

Custom electric energy-efficiency retrofit upgrades may include:

• Pool heaters
• Thermal pool cover
• DHW systems
• HVAC systems and occupancy controls
• Variable speed drives

In this case study, you can learn how much a custom upgrade incentive saved a 41-story mixed-use building in Bellevue, WA.

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In-unit gas storage tank water heater

• Your storage water heater must run on natural gas provided by PSENew storage tank water heat must be ENERGY STAR® rated.

Check out this case study to learn how much this incentive saved a 46-unit apartment building in Bremerton, WA.

$50 per unit

In-unit gas tankless water heater

• Your tankless water heater must run on natural gas provided by PSE.
• New tankless water heater must be ENERGY STAR® rated.

$250 per unit

In-unit furnace

• Must be a PSE gas customer
• To be eligible for this incentive, your new furnace must be ENERGY STAR® qualified with an annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE) of 95 percent or higher.

$350 per unit

Attic, floor and wall insulation

To be eligible for this incentive:

• Your property must use PSE electricity as the primary source of its space heating.
• The R-value of your property's existing insulation must be below eligible levels, which are determined during your energy efficiency audit.

$0.75 per sq. ft.

Air sealing

The values of your incentives are determined by your property's existing conditions and the measures required to properly perform air sealing:

• Attic sealing—$0.75 per sq. ft.
• Crawlspace/underfloor sealing—$0.75 per sq. ft.
• Dense pack wall insulation—$2.00 per sq. ft.
• Door kit—$100.00 each
• Recessed light fixture cover—$40.00 each
• Bathroom fan timer—$50.00 each
• ENERGY STAR qualified bathroom fan—$200.00 each
• ENERGY STAR door—$150.00 each

To be eligible for this incentive, your property must:

• To be eligible for this incentive, your property must:
• Use electricity as the primary source of its space heating
• Have been constructed in 1992 or earlier
• Have 20 units or less
• Be no greater than four stories tall, including the basement
• Conduct air sealing on all accessible surface areas
• Complete blower door tests before and after installation

For a summary of PSE's multifamily retrofit air sealing measure, you can view or download our multifamily air sealing brochure.

To learn more about this measure, watch the video below:

$25 per unit

Electric Line Voltage Thermostat

In-unit thermostats must replace existing bi-metal zonal heat thermostats.

• Must use PSE electricity for resistant space heating.
• All bimetal thermostats (except bathrooms) must be upgraded, to qualify.
• Bathroom thermostats not eligible.

$35 per Thermostat

Energy Star certified Smart Thermostat

In-unit smart thermostats must:

• Have one-thermostat centralized home heating system using a heat pump, forced air furnace, or boiler.
• PSE's smart thermostat rebate cannot be combined with PSE's heat pump sizing and lock-out controls rebate.
• Only one rebate per PSE residential dwelling unit
• Your rebate application must be submitted within 30 days of equipment installation.
• PSE requires ENERGY12/31/2019 to be eligible for the rebate.
• Required documentation: Your PSE account number and an electronic image of your paid installation invoice or purchase receipt with manufacturer/brand and model number.
• PSE requires ENERGY STAR® certification for all smart thermostat models. To determine eligibility please check your model against the ENERGY STAR Smart Thermostat Certification, or check our list  of qualified smart thermostats.
• Can we use the list or the link to that which is provided on the SF page?

$75 per thermostat

Energy Star heat pump dryer

Capacity must be 4.0cft with Utility Combined Energy Factor (UCEF) up to 3.99. Specific models are listed with Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA).

To be eligible, you must be a PSE electric customer. You must choose your new ENERGY STAR certified appliance(s) from our list of qualified heat pump dryers

$50 per unit

Heat pump water heater

To be eligible for this incentive, your new heat pump water heater must:

• Use PSE electricity for water heating.
• NEEA Northern Climate Tier 2 or Tier 3 qualified
• Please refer to NEEA’s qualified product list 

Tier 2 $300

Tier 3 $500

Common area lighting**

The values of your incentives are determined based on the fixture type(s), the calculated energy savings of your new equipment and other key factors. Only qualifying lighting products are eligible for an incentive.

To be eligible, you must be a PSE electric customer.

All Multifamily Projects require pre-approval by PSE before the work can begin.

To initiate a multifamily common area lighting project, please submit a completed Lighting Workbook, cut sheets, and W9 for the payee of the incentive to MultifamilyRetrofit@PSE.com.

• Please note that a customer signature is not required on the Business Lighting Workbook for multifamily projects. Our program staff will review submitted workbooks and contact you regarding the next steps for an incentive application.
• A Multifamily Retrofit Incentive Application must be signed by both the customer and PSE before work can begin.
• The workbook will be used as a calculator tool only to help estimate an incentive and energy savings for the project.

For a summary of this measure, you can view or download our multifamily common area lighting brochure.

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ENERGY STAR qualified commercial common area clothes washer

To be eligible for this incentive:

• You must use PSE electricity as the primary source of space heating.
• Your new fan(s) must be able to operate on direct current (DC) power.
• You can receive one new fan per residential unit.

$50 per unit

Custom upgrades

The values of your incentives are based on the type(s) of new equipment installed and the calculated energy savings:

• Must be a PSE electric customer
• Lighting—$0.20 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of projected annual energy savings, with a maximum value of 50 percent of total upgrade cost
• Mechanical—$0.30 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of projected annual energy savings, with a maximum value of 70 percent of total upgrade cost

Custom electric energy-efficiency retrofit upgrades may include:

• Pool heaters
• Thermal pool cover
• DHW systems
• HVAC systems and occupancy controls
• Variable speed drives

In this case study, you can learn how much a custom upgrade incentive saved a 41-story mixed-use building in Bellevue, WA.

$50 per unit

PPP

To be eligible for this incentive:

• You must use PSE electricity as the primary source of space heating.
• Your new fan(s) must be able to operate on direct current (DC) power.
• You can receive one new fan per residential unit.

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