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Government incentives, rebates and assitance to help make your home more sustainable.

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1	HEAT Team assessments The ACT Government-funded Home Energy Advice Team (HEAT) provides free, independent, expert advice on how to improve the energy efficiency of your home. Whether you own or rent, HEAT can suggest ways to make your home more comfortable while saving money, energy and the environment. After receiving an assessment, you may be eligible for a $500 rebate.
2	ACT Solar Feed-in Tariff The ACT Feed-In Tariff rewards households and businesses that install renewable energy generation technology by paying a Premium price for the electricity they generate. For each unit of renewable energy generated, you will be paid 3.88 times the retail price you would usually pay to buy the same amount of energy for your use. The ACT tariff is a "gross tariff" meaning you get paid the premium rate for all electricity you generate, irrespective of how much you you use yourself. The premium aims to let you pay off your solar panels within 10 years of installation.
3	Home Energy Action Kit The Home Energy Action Kit enables you to perform an audit of your home and develop your own Home Energy Action Plan. The kits may be borrowed from the ACT Public Library. They contain equipment, instructions and worksheets that will assist you to find practical ways to save energy around your home and to reduce your energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions.
4	Rainwater tank rebate The ACT Government offers rebates for the installation of eligible rainwater tanks with an internal plumbing connection to inside the home (for example to the toilet or washing machine) on properties connected to ACTEW Corporation's water supply network. Unfortunately, development on blocks where rainwater tanks are required in order to satisfy lease and development conditions or requirements contained in the relevant Precinct, General or Development Codes are not eligible for rebates under this program. This generally includes all housing in new estates. Redeveloped blocks, extensions in excess of 50% of the original area and multi-unit developments where rainwater tanks are included in the development proposal for the dwelling or where they are proposed in order to satisfy a condition of development approval, do not qualify for a rebate.
5	ToiletSmart Rebate The program which was scheduled to close 30 June 2009 has now been extended. The 2009 ToiletSmart program assists ACT residential property owners to replace single flush toilets with four-star, water efficient 4.5/3 litre dual flush toilets.