Open research & heat pump bulk deals for the benefit of the community.

Hyperlocal pricing benchmarks w/20+ contractors. Deep market research & vetting. Join hundreds of your neighbors (550!!) & save thousands.

FAQs

What's a heat pump/mini-split?

A machine that heats and cools your home. They're like ACs with a heating mode. Here's one that goes on the wall without air ducts. There are also ones that use central air ducts.

You can see a photo of a wall unit & an exterior condenser below :)

If you replace your oil or gas heating with heat pumps, Mass Save will give you a $10k rebate.

How do you vet contractors for quality?

This research memo gives you a pretty good idea of how we approach the contractor market.

And here's a more technical memo about what we look for in quality indicators.

Can you show me some previous installations?

You can see an early gallery here with a small fraction of the ~80+ installations we've facilitated at this point!

Does everyone get a $10k rebate?

Depends on your scenario:

  • If you live in a triple decker, or a single family home: yes.
  • If you live in a multifamily building: you'd qualify only for a partial rebate.
  • If you are in an area with a municipal light plan (e.g. no Eversource/National Grid): maybe, but probably not. You may qualify for your local incentive, though.

If you're in Mass Save service territory & you complete a whole home installation, you'd qualify for $10k in MassSave rebates, and an additional $2k in the form of a tax credit from the Inflation Reduction Act. There's also a 0% HEAT Loan.

You may qualify for $16k (or more) enhanced incentives if you fall under these income ranges.

Who's running this?

You can find our team page here!

Laminar is backed by a Mass Save Community Education Grant, and we're building new partnerships all the time.