Improve your property, help the environment, and create local jobs!
How does it work?
All emPowerSBC (Elective Municipal Programs to Optimize Water, Energy and Renewables) programs are voluntary and are designed to remove the obstacles and provide assistance for our residents and businesses in their effort to “go green”.
emPowerSBC offers low cost financing to help residential and commercial property owners cover the high upfront costs of energy efficiency, water efficiency or renewable installation property improvements.
Financing is available to all eligible residents of the County and each of the incorporated cities. This financing is paid back over 20 years through an individual property tax assessment, while property owners enjoy increased comfort and equity as well as energy and water related savings.
Program Benefits
* Creates approximately 900 local jobs - roughly equal to 40% of those lost in construction trades during the recession.
* Induces $131 million in local investment and $346 million in economic output over ten years.
* Helps the State meet its long term greenhouse gas reduction targets through incentive-based programs.
* Reinvests in the region's existing buildings through energy and water conservation improvements.
* Provides a model for the use of voluntary programs to achieve community development goals.
emPowerSBC is now accepting inquiries.
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