Heat pumps in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has old housing stock, expensive winter fuel, and one of the most generous rebate programs in the country. That combination makes it one of the most interesting places in America to put in a heat pump — and one of the easiest to get wrong.
The numbers
What a heat pump here has to cover
24°F
Coldest month average low
Boston · NOAA 1991–2020 normals
82°F
Warmest month average high
Boston · NOAA 1991–2020 normals
4%
Homes heated by a heat pump
EIA RECS 2020
Cold-climate heat pumps are rated to hold full output well below zero. The question here is not whether one works, it is whether yours was sized and installed for the coldest night of the year.
Episodes
Recorded in Massachusetts
Homeowners and contractors in MA, in their own words.
Money and next steps
What Massachusetts pays toward one
Mass Save
Statewide efficiency program. Rebates for whole-home and partial heat pump installs, plus 0% HEAT Loans.
Program details →Federal 25C tax credit
Annual credit toward a qualifying heat pump. Check current-year limits before you file.
Program details →
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