Metal Roofing Blog

While there are endless benefits to installing a new metal roof, one main benefit is the tax rebate of $1500.  The 2009 Stimulus Package provides substantial tax credits and tax rebates to homeowners who make energy efficient upgrades to their home, and has been extended through 2010!!!!

All 35 colors of our standing seam metal roofing are ENERGY STAR rated, which makes the roof eligible for the federal tax credits.  The tax credit expires on December 31, 2010 and includes 30% of the projects material costs, up to $1500. While all of our standing seam metal roofs are eligible for the tax rebate, there is only a limited selection of shingle roofs on the ENERGY STAR list.  You should choose reflective roofing during the building design process, and also when you are looking to replace your current roof as a substitute for asphalt shingles.

Qualified roofing systems reflect more of the sun’s rays, which can lower the roof surface by up to 100 F, decreasing the amount of heat transferred to your home. Cool metal roofing not only looks great and lasts for decades, but standing seam metal roofing has the ability to lower your annual energy costs by up to 40%!!! You home can have significant savings because Americans spend about $40 billion annually to air condition buildings.

*Check out this Bonus 1500 Tax Fact: Detached garages, barns and other sturcutures on your property also are eligible for the tax rebate! The law states that products are covered if “such component is installed in or on a dwelling unit located in the United States…”

Detached structures may be considered part of the “dwelling unit” if you use them as part of your living space, for example, as a workshop, or an extra bedroom.

Also install now and Global Home Improvement will also match your tax credits dollar for dollar, giving you a total savings of up to $3,000.

Don’t hesitate, call Global Home today for a free no obligation estimate on metal roofing and to learn more about tax credits today!!!!

DSIRE Solar is a comprehensive source of information on incentives and policies that promote solar technologies. This comprehensive database provides all the tax code and new laws enacted as it relates to your solar rebate!

Here is an excerpt of the New Jersey Property Tax Exemption for Renewable Energy Systems

Five months into the federal stimulus program, Pennsylvania is lagging behind its neighbor New Jersey and other states in preparing for a deluge of money to do energy-saving home improvements…

The state has received about $25 million of $253 million it expects to get over three years for the massive expansion of its Weatherization Assistance Program, which dates to the ’70s. Full Article

$1500 in tax credits per household are available for improving your homes energy efficiency. This includes improvements for:

*Replacement Windows
*Insulated Siding
*Cool Metal Roofing
*HVAC
*Water Heaters (non-solar)
*Biomass Stoves

Tax credits are available at 30% (both federal and state) of the cost, with no upper limit through 2016 for:

*Geothermal Heat Pumps
*Solar Panels
*Solar Water Heaters
*Small Wind Energy Systems
*Fuel Cells

Call Global Home Improvement at 215-953-5151 for additional information.

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Pennsylvania may not be the “Sunshine State” but there is plenty of solar money for Keystoners who install the latest in solar and PV laminates.

Rebates of up to 35 percent are available on a first-come, first-served basis to owners of homes and small businesses looking to offset the cost of buying and installing solar-energy systems.

“This is a great day for Pennsylvanians who care about saving money over the long run, who care about creating the new green-energy jobs that President Obama talks so much about, and who care about the quality of our air and the future of our environment,” Rendell said.

Rendall began his remarks on May 21st, 2009 shortly after 11 a.m. the former Mayor of Philadelphia and now Governor of Pennsylvania made his remarks in a familiar area, close to home and with eager solar contractors paying close attention.

The PA legislature has approved $100 million for the rebate program.

Despite a battered economy and a workforce on edge over sharply rising unemployment, Rendell said he believed Pennsylvanians would claim every cent of the $100 million – “and . . . fairly quickly.” He cited a number of reasons – among them the fact that the new state rebate, along with federal tax credits of up to 30 percent, would enable Pennsylvanians to get as much as a 50 percent break on the cost of a solar-energy system.

The price of an average 5-kilowatt residential unit is $35,000 to $40,000. Experts say that investment will be recouped in eight to 10 years – through reduced energy costs and from selling unused power into the grid and alternative energy credits to utilities.

Another impetus to going solar now, Rendell said, is the likely event of double-digit rate increases by utilities when state caps are lifted in 2011.

Actual funding for the solar-rebate portion of Rendell’s $650 million Alternative Energy Funding Act did not come until last month. Although trailing New Jersey and Maryland in announcing the state’s solar program, it couldn’t come at a more opportune time, with a bright future for the Green Economy and a bright sunny forecast for Memorial Day Weekend.

Cool Metal Roofing from Global Home Improvement is eligible for 2009 tax rebates up to $1500.

As a result of the Stimulus Package signed in February of 2009, homeowners who make energy efficient updates to their home—the installation of a painted or coated Energy Star® labeled metal roof included—between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2010 may be eligible for a tax credit worth 30% of the installation costs (materials only) up to $1,500 per home over the two-year period.

According to energystar.gov:

• ENERGY STAR qualified roof products reflect more of the sun’s rays. This can lower roof surface temperature by up to 100F, decreasing the amount of heat transferred into a building.
• ENERGY STAR qualified roof products can help reduce the amount of air conditioning needed in buildings, and can reduce peak cooling demand by 10–15 percent.