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Kirkland highlights heat‑pump grants, below‑market solar offers and a $500 tree rebate for Earth Month
Summary
On the April 10 City of Kirkland podcast, Senior Planner David Barnes outlined regional programs and local incentives intended to cut emissions and boost resilience: a low‑income heat‑pump ‘boost’ that can cover major costs, Solarize Eastside workshops and assessments with below‑market pricing, and a city tree rebate of up to $500.
Kirkland featured Earth Month programs and incentives during the city’s April 10 podcast, where Senior Planner David Barnes previewed several local and regional efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase household resilience.
Barnes said the regional EnergySmart Eastside partnership—Kirkland, Bellevue, Redmond, Sammamish and others—offers incentives and outreach to help residents replace fossil‑fuel heating and cooling with electric heat pumps. "They can actually get a quote and then get a free heat pump," Barnes said, adding that selected low‑income households can receive support "that’s could be up to $30,000." The program’s low‑income boost targets households at or below roughly 80 percent of area median income and is funded and administered on a rolling basis depending on available funding, Barnes said.
Why it matters: heat pumps both reduce combustion of fossil fuels and provide cooling during smoke or heat events, giving…
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