Ductless Heating & Cooling Systems offer a great way to upgrade your home.
A ductless heat pump is a highly efficient, and easily installed, primary heating and cooling system for homes and businesses. These systems are safe, quiet, and heat rooms evenly at a fraction of the cost of baseboard or wall heaters. They don’t require ductwork, which eliminates maintenance or worry about duct leakage. If a home already has ductwork, an Air Source Heat Pump may be more efficient.
Commercial Customers looking for heat pump incentives, please call the PUD 3 Conservation Department for more details at (360) 426-0777.
Why Should You Go Ductless?
- Save Energy and Money – Ductless systems use 25% to 50% less energy to heat a home compared to electric zonal heat.
- Experience a More Comfortable Home – Ultra-quiet fans evenly circulate air throughout a single zone, eliminating hot and cold spots.
- Air Conditioning Comes Standard – Systems come standard with air conditioning to keep a home cool during hot summer months.
- PUD 3 Incentives Available – Receive an incentive from PUD 3 for the installation of a qualifying ductless heat pump system. See program requirements below.
Adding a ductless heat pump increases the flexibility of your heating system. Keeping an existing heating system in bedrooms, bathrooms, and offices is optional, to keep individual rooms at desired temperatures, even on the coldest days.
Residential DHP Program Requirements
If a single-family electrically heated site-built home has an electric forced air furnace; or baseboards, wall heaters or other zonal resistance heating as its primary heat source; or if a manufactured home has an electric forced air furnace or other zonal resistance heating as its primary heat source; it may qualify for PUD 3’s ductless heat pump incentive.
- The ductless heat pump must be a split system heat pump employing an inverter-driven outdoor compressor, with an inverter-driven or variable speed indoor blower. The Heating Seasonal Performance Factor (HSPF) must be at least 8.8 (if manufactured before 1/1/2023).
- HSPF2 ductless heat pumps manufactured after 1/1/2023 must have a Heating Seasonal Performance Factor 2 (HSPF2) of at least 7.5.
- The ductless heat pump must be installed according to the manufacturer’s specifications and the Northwest Ductless Heat Pump Best Practices Guide (PDF).
- The ductless heat pump can be installed by a licensed, certified refrigerant technician. View a list of licensed installers. Do-It-Yourself installs can also be allowed.
- Please check with your local permitting agencies (Washington State Labor & Industries, Mason County or City of Shelton) to see what permitting your installation is subjected to.
- The customer or certified HVAC contractor must fill out and submit the Ductless Heat Pump Installation Form (PDF) to the PUD 3 conservation department documenting the condition of the home’s existing heating system and the intended operating strategy.
- The customer must submit a copy of their receipt or invoice showing the make, model number, and cost of the qualified equipment.
- Submit verification photos of installed equipment. See this link for an example.
How Much Can You Get Back?
- $920 incentive check available for qualifying installations
- Existing primary heat source must be electric forced air furnace, electric resistance heat (baseboard, cadet heaters, etc.), or zoned electric.
- $6,000 incentive check available to those who pre-qualify through our Project Share application.
New construction and existing primary heat sources of ducted heat pump, wood, oil, propane, gas, or no existing heating system are NOT ELIGIBLE for this incentive program.