If it's time to install a new heating or cooling unit in your business, it makes sense to invest in an energy-efficient system. It also makes sense to ask your dealer about cash incentives from Alliant Energy-Interstate Power and Light.

Alliant Energy-IPL has great incentives on furnaces, boilers, air conditioners, water heaters, clock programmable thermostats and heat pumps that meet minimum energy-efficiency standards.

Download the 2009 Iowa Business Cash Rewards booklet [PDF]

Eligible equipment and reward amounts:

Clock-programmable thermostats

When you install an ENERGY STAR qualified clock-programmable thermostat, you gain the flexibility of daily settings with weekday and weekend programs designed to increase your business' energy-saving potential. You can program the thermostat to adjust during different work hours, maintaining the comfort level of your employees and/or customers while lowering your energy bills by as much as 30 percent!

Equipment	Reward
Clock programmable thermostat	$25 each

2009 Iowa Clock Programmable Thermostat claim form [PDF]

Water heaters

If your water heater is more than 10 years old, it probably is 50 percent less efficient than a newer model. An old, inefficient water heater can operate for years before it fails. One way to reduce your water heating costs is to replace your old water heater with a new, higher efficiency model.

Equipment	Reward
Electric tank type, 40 gallon tank or greater, energy factor 0.93 or greater	$50 each
Natural gas tank type, 40 gallon tank or greater, energy factor 0.62 or greater	$75 each
Natural gas condensing, thermal efficiency 90% or greater	$300 each
Natural gas tankless: EF 0.80 or greater	$300 each

2009 Iowa Water Heater claim form [PDF]

Heating and Cooling Systems

If it's time to install a new heating and/or cooling system in your business, it makes sense to invest in energy-efficient equipment. With rewards from Alliant Energy-IPL, you can upgrade to high-efficiency models for less and save money in lower energy bills for years to come.

Light commercial, ENERGY STAR qualified HVAC units utilize an average of 10 percent less energy than other models. Our energy experts can explain the efficiency standards and help you determine your total reward.

Qualifying units must be shown in the current GAMA and ARI directories.

Special Alert: AHRI Changes and Alliant Energy Cash Reward Claims

Recently the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) made a significant change to its equipment database in July 2009 – removing many coil-blower combinations from the equipment list. As you may know, Alliant Energy utilizes the AHRI database as a reference for processing cash reward claims.

For Alliant Energy customers or dealers that have installed new equipment with a mix-match coil-blower: until further notice our claims processors are using the AHRI equipment list that existed prior to the update. If your equipment is on the old list and purchased by December 31, 2009, we will honor your reward claim. Throughout the remainder of 2009, IPL will add new equipment to the old list as needed.

If you have any questions, please call the Energy Efficiency Hotline at 1-866-ALLIANT (1-866-255-4268).

Equipment/Reward

Natural gas furnaces

Minimum Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) = 92.0 percent

AFUE 92 percent - 93.9 percent ............................. $250
AFUE 94 percent - 95.9 percent ............................. $325
AFUE 96 percent and above .................................. $400
With efficienct fan motor (electric customers only).. $50

Natural gas boilers
Input capacity < 300,000 Btu per unit
Minimum AFUE = 85 percent

AFUE 85 percent - 89.9 percent ......................... $150
AFUE 90 percent and above .............................. $400

Central air conditioning
(units less than 65,000 Btu)
Minimum SEER = 14.0

SEER = 14.0 ................................................... $100
SEER = 15.0 or greater ..................................... $200
HSPF < 8.5 ..................................................... $200*
HSPF ≥ .......................................................... $400*

*PLUS the central air conditioning reward

(units 65,000 Btuh or greater) (includes package rooftop)
≥ 65,000 and < 135,000 Btuh
Minimum 11.0 EER & COP 3.4 ... [$50 x (EER-10.9)] x tons

≥ 135,000 and < 240,000 Btuh
Minimum 10.8 EER & COP 3.2 ... [$50 x (EER-10.7)] x tons

≥ 240,000 and < 760,000 Btuh
Minimum 10.0 EER & COP 3.2 ... [$50 x (EER-9.9)] x tons

≥ 760,000 Btuh
Minimum 9.7 EER & COP 3.2 ..... [$50 x (EER-9.6)] x tons

Room air conditioners
ENERGY STAR rated .......................................... $50
(maximum of 20)

Call the Business Resource Center at 1-866-ALLIANT for reward information on other large equipment.

2009 Iowa Clock Programmable Thermostat (CPT) claim form [PDF]
2009 Iowa Natural Gas Boiler claim form [PDF]
2009 Iowa Electric Heating and Cooling claim form [PDF]
2009 Iowa Natural Gas Furnace claim form [PDF]

Insulation and Building Sealing

If you're looking to implement efficiency upgrades that have big potential for maximum impact on your bottom line, consider insulation and building sealing.

Insulation levels are specified by R-Value, which measures the insulation's ability to hold in or hold out heat. The higher the insulation's R-Value, the better its thermal performance.

Measure	Reward
Ceiling and in-wall insulation	70 percent of total cost of contract labor, equipment and material up to a maximum of $10,000 for each type of insulation.
Building Sealing	70 percent of total cost of contract labor, equipment and material up to a maximum of $1,500
Multi-family insulation and building sealing	For multi-family dwellings the maximum reward is $750 per dwelling unit insulated and sealed.

Note:

Measures must be installed in a building in which Alliant Energy-IPL supplies the primary heating energy.
Professionally installed insulation: Have your dealer send a completed reward form and invoice to Alliant Energy-IPL within 30 days of installation.
Self-installed insulation: Call the Business resource center at 1-866-ALLIANT (1-866-255-4268) to obtain the appropriate reward form, attach the itemized, dated receipt and UPC code and send to Alliant Energy-IPL within 30 days of installation.
UPC code from product must accompany claim form.
New construction projects do not qualify.

Geothermal heating and cooling systems

A geothermal heating and cooling system, sometimes called a ground source heat pump, works on a simple premise: the earth below the “frost line” (usually about five feet down) is at a constant temperature of about 50 degrees year round. Heat can be taken from the ground and transferred through a heat pump to warm the air in your business during the winter. Heat can also be transferred back into the ground during summer to cool your business. Because the loop is self-contained and the heat pump is installed indoors, a geothermal system can have a life expectancy of up to 50 years. Learn more online at http://www.alliantenergygeothermal.com.

Ground source (geothermal) heat pumps (>180,000 Btu or 15 tons or less)

Closed loop: minimum EER = 14.1 and COP = 3.3
Reward = ($300 x tons) + [(EER - 14.1 x $50) x tons]
For desuperheater ...................................................................................

$100

Open loop: minimum EER = 16.2 and COP = 3.6
Reward = ($300 x tons) + [(EER - 16.2 x $50) x tons]
For desuperheater ...................................................................................

$100

2009 Iowa Geothermal claim form [PDF]

This program is effective January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2009, and is subject to periodic review and modification by Alliant Energy-IPL.

Alliant Energy-IPL does not guarantee that the installation of high-efficiency equipment will result in reduced usage or demand or in cost savings. Alliant Energy-IPL makes no warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to any equipment purchased and/or installed, including, but not limited to, any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Alliant Energy-IPL be liable for any incidental or consequential damage.

Products and services from Alliant Energy-IPL detailed here are offered to customers of Alliant Energy-Interstate Power and Light Co.

View additional application and qualification information.