Our Builder Incentive Program is designed to encourage Colorado Springs homebuilders to qualify their homes under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR New Homes program.

ENERGY STAR homes are independently verified to save at least 15 percent more energy than local code requires. ENERGY STAR New Homes is a consumer labeling program and marketing platform to increase sales of energy-efficient "high-performance homes" (see description below).

Builders will incur upfront costs to integrate energy-efficiency measures in their building practices and to pay for third-party verification. Colorado Springs Utilities Builder Incentive Program is intended to partially offset these costs. Qualified homes are eligible for incentives up to $800 per home.  

This incentive is not available to home buyers.

Interested homebuilders are encouraged to get the details and apply today, or call 448-4800 for more information.

Builder benefits
The ENERGY STAR brand provides participating Colorado Springs area builders with several means to build value in their homes and for their customers, including:

Becoming an ENERGY STAR Builder Partner

Participating builders are required to become a partner with the ENERGY STAR program. To learn more, or to become an ENERGY STAR partner, or to find a complete list of local ENERGY STAR Partners, go to:

www.energystar.gov

Benefits and features of owning a High-performance Home
The high-performing homes concept evolved out of the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America program, which takes a “systems” approach to building design and construction. High-performing homes incorporate commercially available, advanced technologies – such as high-efficiency furnaces and air-conditioners, low-e windows, energy-efficient lighting and appliances – and other efficiency measures, such as “right-sized” heating and cooling systems, improved duct design, higher performing insulation, air sealing and duct sealing. For the homeowner, these improvements mean lower utility bills. At a cost of ownership no more than a conventionally built new home, high-performance homes offer a package of homeowner benefits, including:

Program goals
The Builder Incentive Program was launched with the following objectives:

• Help individual customers save money on their utility bills
• Contribute to Colorado Springs Utilities’ energy conservation goals
• Benefit the community by deferring expensive energy infrastructure projects
• Support an emerging market for high-performance homes
• Demonstrate environmental stewardship

Resources

• 2012 application (pdf)