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Duct Insulation

Duct Insulation

A heating or cooling system isn’t doing a proper job unless the air maintains the desired temperature throughout the system’s ductwork and into your rooms. By preventing heated or cooled air loss, duct insulation can create a more comfortable indoor environment, reduce indoor air pollution and help lower your monthly energy use.

Energy Trust provides cash for duct insulation. Please note: if you’re applying for our duct sealing incentive, sealing your ducts is required before insulation is installed. Read more below about applying for cash incentives and hiring a contractor: 

Energy Trust Incentives

Duct insulation: 50 percent of cost, up to $100

To qualify for this cash incentive:

  • Ducts must be sealed before insulation is installed
  • Existing insulation must be R-2 or less
  • Duct insulation must be installed to R-11

Encourage your contractor to read the Weatherization Specifications Manual for our full duct insulation guidelines.

Incentive offer is subject to availability of funding and may change.

Tax Credits

Oregon Residential Energy Tax Credit: Potential Oregon tax credit may be available. View availability and requirements. Ask your tax professional for complete details.

Federal energy tax credit: Potential federal tax credit may be available. View availability and requirements. Ask your tax professional for complete details.

 

Oregon customers heating their homes with electricity or natural gas from Portland General Electric, Pacific Power, NW Natural or Cascade Natural Gas can participate.

NW Natural customers in Washington who heat their homes with natural gas can receive our incentives.

Oregon homes that heat with oil, propane, kerosene, butane or wood can conduct their own energy audit and apply for cash rebates for installed weatherization upgrades through the Oregon Department of Energy's SHOW (State Home Oil Weatherization) program.

Energy Trust does not pay incentives for energy-efficient improvements that are mandated for building code compliance, such as remodeling, renovation or new additions to the home.

Follow these easy steps to get cash for insulating the ducts in your home:

1: Establish your eligibility.

2: Select a contractor and have the work done.

To receive an Energy Trust cash incentive, contact a quality, energy-efficiency trained Energy Trust trade ally contractor or any contractor with a current Oregon Construction Contractors Board, CCB, license and Performance Testing Comfort Systems or PTCS certification.

3: Sign and submit your application form within 90 days of installation. Often, your contractor will help you complete the application form. Mail or fax your signed and completed incentive application form along with your contractor's invoice—marked “paid in full”—to:

Mail:
Energy Trust of Oregon
Existing Homes
P.O. Box 40508
Portland, OR 97240

Fax: 1.866.516.7592

Please allow six to eight weeks for incentive processing and payment.

Questions? Call us at 1.866.368.7878.

Oregon Customers

Please mail or fax Form 320WI (PDF | Doc), along with your contractor’s invoice marked “paid in full” and a PTCS Duct Sealing Certificate & NW Duct Sealing Form.

Oregon Small Multifamily Customers (2-4 units)

Please mail or fax Form 320U (PDF | Doc), along with your contractor's invoice marked "paid in full" and a PTCS Duct Sealing Certificate & NW Duct Sealing Form.

NW Natural Customers in Washington

Please mail or fax Form 320WA (PDF | Doc), along with your contractor's invoice marked "paid in full" and a PTCS Duct Sealing Certificate & NW Duct Sealing Form.