Insulation & Air Sealing Rebates

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Ready to insulate your home?

One of the best ways to improve comfort, lower your energy costs, and boost efficiency in your home is through insulation and air sealing. These home improvement projects can also help remedy and protect against ice dam issues in the winter and air quality issues year-round. Focus on Energy offers rebates to bring down the cost of insulation and air sealing, and a list of Trade Ally contractors to help you complete the project with ease. Or, if you prefer a hands-on approach to home improvement, check out our available DIY Rebates.

Note: Insulation must be installed by a participating insulation Trade Ally contractor to be eligible for standard rebates.

Rebate Details DIY Rebates

Are you eligible for higher rebates?

You may be eligible for the income-qualified rebates for your energy efficiency home improvements, such as heating and cooling equipment or insulation and air sealing.

See if You Qualify

Consider an Energy Assessment

To achieve the greatest benefits, it’s best to look at your home as a system with many different parts working together. A home energy assessment will identify areas in your home that cause drafts, discomfort, high energy bills, and will also look at health and safety issues. Trained and certified Trade Ally contractors perform the energy assessments, which typically range between $500-$700 dollars—in return you’ll gain access to higher rebates for improvements you chose to make.

Trade Ally contractors that perform energy assessments are listed under "Home Energy Assessments" in the Find a Trade Ally tool. Often, they partner with, or perform insulation services themselves.

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How an Energy Assessment Works

Using special diagnostic tools, such as a blower door test, our Trade Ally contractors can locate any air leakage sites and other trouble areas. You’ll walk away with a clear road map of:

Where your home is performing well, and where you could benefit from efficiency improvements.
Specific solutions for comfort, health, and safety issues, as well as ideas for lowering energy costs.
Available financial rebates that cover assessment cost and provide funding for additional work.

From there, you can determine which improvements to make, like adding insulation to your attic or walls.

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How do I get a rebate for my improvements?

Confirm that your utility service company participates in Focus on Energy.

Participating Utilities

2 Qualification

There are two rebate levels: standard rebates and higher income-qualified rebates. See if you are eligible for income-qualified rebates.

See if You Qualify

3 Contact a Trade Ally

If you choose to complete an energy assessment, be sure to schedule your appointment with your Trade Ally contractor.

Find a Trade Ally

4 Terms and Conditions

Choose which home improvements you want to pursue and schedule the work with a Trade Ally contractor. Be sure to review the program terms section below.

Work with your Trade Ally to complete the application and provide the required supporting documentation within 60 days of installation.

2023 Online Application 2023 Print Application

Rebate Details

Rebates Educational Materials Terms and Requirements

ENERGY STAR Qualified Air Sealing

Energy assessment required*

Rebates effective for improvements made on or after January 1, 2023.

Insulation and Air Sealing Single-Family Home (1-3 units)	Standard	Income-Qualified
ENERGY STAR Qualified Air Sealing Energy assessment required*	$675	$1,125
Attic Insulation	$525	$675
Foundation Insulation*	$150	$225
Wall Insulation	$450	$450
Duct Sealing & Insulation*	$75	$75
DIY Attic Insulation & Air Sealing	$200	$200

*Must be completed along with Trade Ally contractor installed attic insulation improvements. Please review the Terms & Conditions tab for full participation requirements.

Insulation & Air Sealing Multifamily Home (4+units)	Rebate
Air Sealing & Attic Insulation, Existing < R-11	$1.00 per sq. ft. of attic space
Air Sealing & Attic Insulation, Existing R-12 to R-19	$0.70 per sq. ft of attic space
Air Sealing & Attic Insulation, Existing R-20 to R-38	$0.55 per sq. ft of attic space
Exterior Wall Insulation, Existing <R5	$0.80 per sq. ft of wall area improved

General Program Requirements

Must be a customer of a participating utility. Focus on Energy rebates are available to Wisconsin residential customers of participating utilities.
At least 51% of the home’s heating must come from a participating utility (electric or natural gas). Homes heated with wood, oil, LP, etc. are not eligible for a rebate.
Offer is valid for equipment and products purchased and installed between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023.
Only single-family dwellings and multifamily dwellings with three or fewer units under one roof are eligible for the single-family rebates, Multi-family dwellings (4+ units under one roof) are eligible for the multi-family rebates. rebates may be available for other customer or property types. Please visit https://focusonenergy.com/business for more information.
Any project with an expected rebate exceeding $10,000 requires pre-approval BEFORE project initiation or equipment purchase to guarantee fund availability. Projects not receiving pre-approval will be subject to funding availability.
rebates are limited to $400,000 per customer per calendar year for all Focus on Energy rebates
rebates may not exceed the total purchase price of the improvement.
The building is not eligible for rebates if the building has received a rebate from Focus on Energy for insulation or air sealing work in the last 3 years (1095 days).
The only costs eligible for rebates are materials and external labor.
Allow approximately 8-10 weeks for your completed application to be processed. Incomplete applications cannot be processed. Failure to complete the application in full and provide the required supporting documentation will either delay the payment process or result in your application being denied. Receipt of an application does not guarantee payment of a rebate.
The program is not responsible for items (i.e. applications, supporting documentation, rebate checks) lost or damaged in the mail.
Focus on Energy will only pay one rebate for each type of improvement. rebates paid on this application cannot be claimed on another Focus on Energy application. Similarly, rebates can only be paid to one person or entity (i.e., either the resident or landlord, not both).
All single-family projects will be tested using the current BPI Building Analyst procedure related to the visual inspection of the CAZ ((ANSI/BPI-1200-S-2017 section 7.7), visual inspection of the combustion appliance/s and venting system/s (ANSI/BPI-1200-S-2017 section 7.8) and a spillage assessment (ANSI/BPI-1200-S-2017 section 7.9).
Carbon Monoxide Alarms must be installed or present on all conditioned floors.
All installations are subject to verification inspection by the program for proper installation.
Participants must allow, if requested, the program or a program representative reasonable access to their home to verify the installed installation.are only eligible to participate in the program if you are:

A current residential customer of a participating utility in Wisconsin at the time of improvement or a landlord who paid for the improvement in the residence of a current residential customer of a participating utility in Wisconsin at the time of improvement; and
Installing qualifying energy efficient improvements in an existing residential dwelling. New construction does not qualify.
Improving the air sealing and insulation of an existing site. Insulation and air sealing work in a newly built addition is not eligible for rebates.

Your installation of air sealing and insulation improvements is only eligible for a rebate if:

It meets all installation requirements as outlined in our eligibility guidelines by installation type:
- ENERGY STAR Air Sealing – Single-family (1 – 3 units under one roof)
- Attic Insulation – Single-family (1 – 3 units under one roof)
- Foundation Insulation – Single-family (1 – 3 units under one roof)
- Wall Insulation – Single-family (1 – 3 units under one roof)
- Duct Sealing – Single-family (1 – 3 units under one roof)
- Air Sealing – Multifamily (4+ units under one roof)
- Attic Insulation – Multifamily (4+ units under one roof)
- Wall Insulation – Multifamily (4+ units under one roof)
It is purchased new. Resale material or material that is leased, rebuilt, rented, received from insurance claims, received from a manufacturer warranty, purchase through Focus on Energy or won as a prize does not qualify.
Improvement is installed by a Focus on Energy Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Trade Ally or Air Sealing & Insulation Trade Ally.
Installation is conforming to all applicable building, local, state and federal codes, standards, ordinances and regulations, and manufacturer specifications.
rebates are only available for insulation improvements for living spaces of a home. Insulation of garage (attached or detached), outbuilding, mechanical room, etc. are not eligible.
Installation is completed prior to submittal of this application at the address listed on the application.
It is installed in a property owned by the applicant, or the applicant has received permission from the property owner to install the equipment. If you do not own the property where this equipment is installed, as a residing tenant you are responsible for obtaining the owner’s permission to install the equipment for which you are applying for a rebate. Submission of this application indicates that you have obtained this permission.

To be considered complete and eligible for rebates, all applications must:

Be postmarked no later than 60 days after the installation date; and
Be signed by the purchaser (utility account holder, landlord, or applicant signing on behalf of the utility account holder) or Trade Ally; and
Include itemized contractor invoice(s) or proof of purchase receipt(s) containing:
- Improvement
- Total installed cost
- Purchase date or installation date
- Professional contractor’s business/company name, address, and phone number
- Balance due of zero, paid in full stamp, or payment terms

Ready to insulate your home?

Consider an Energy Assessment

How an Energy Assessment Works

Learn More With the Following Educational Material

General Program Requirements

Your installation of air sealing and insulation improvements is only eligible for a rebate if:

To be considered complete and eligible for rebates, all applications must:

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