For homes and small businesses
Plan a more efficient home.
Start with what you need: to decide on an expensive repair. Reduce your footprint. Lower costs. Take advantage of rebates. Or find great new energy gear for your home. Greenroom connects you with the latest equipment, incentives and local providers behind a smarter upgrade.
Find my starting pointStart with your home
What would you like to improve?
Start with the challenge your home is giving you. We’ll impartially suggest equipment or service providers unique to your needs.
Suggested path: Start with heating, hot water, and the building envelope.
Ask Greenroom
Turn a question into practical suggestions for your home.
Share what is not working, what you are considering, or what feels confusing. Your private conversation will help you find options, make decisions and connect your next steps.
Opening your home plan…
Greenroom Index
Find energy efficient products and cutting edge technology
Real products only: featured cards are checked against official sources, and the full list comes from ENERGY STAR and California Energy Commission certifications.
Rebates and Incentives
Find programs worth checking before you buy.
Location, income, equipment, installation date, and available funding can all change eligibility. Greenroom starts the search; the program administrator makes the decision.
Open the incentives finderEnter a five-digit ZIP to see programs that may apply where you live.
Experts and Providers In Your Area
Find service providers who can deliver.
Live business listings from Google Maps for your area. Licensing, insurance, and certifications should always be confirmed directly before hiring.
Enter a ZIP code and project type to see nearby businesses.
Costs & savings
Put your upgrade in perspective.
Compare heating costs with your actual bills, local rates, and contractor quotes.
The Greenroom journal
Real homes, real numbers.
Electrification makeovers and rebate stories worth your time — reported by journalists and energy programs, summarized by us, linked out to them.
Deep retrofit
How They Pulled It Off: Making a Midcentury Home Sustainable for the Next Century
A 1953 Chicago-area home — once featured in Better Homes & Gardens — gets a second century of life through deep energy upgrades, with a passive-house architect guiding every decision.
Dwell
Rebates
A Whole-Home Electrification That Makes Dollars and Sense
Bob and Karen electrified their 1930s DC brick home — induction range, heat pump, heat pump water heater, 200-amp panel — for about $25,000, with roughly $11,000 back in rebates. Timing aging appliances with incentives did the heavy lifting.
DC Sustainable Energy Utility
Case study
Wadsworth Home
A New Paltz, New York family decommissioned their oil boiler for an all-electric, variable-capacity heat pump system paired with solar — and watched their average monthly electric usage and costs drop 55 percent.
Mitsubishi Electric