Together, we’re electrifying the Eastside

We envision a future of accessible carbon-free living for all 

Everyone in our community deserves the benefits of a healthy, energy-efficient and comfortable home. Energy Smart Eastside connects residents with the information, incentives, and resources they need to go electric. Together we foster resilient, healthy and sustainable communities.

Heat Pump Incentives

We connect residents of the Eastside cities to thousands of dollars in stackable rebates offered through our program, Puget Sound Energy, and the Inflation Reduction Act. Learn more.

Heat Pump Assistance

Our Boost Program partners with Hopelink to cover 100% of heat pump and installation costs for low income home owners. In partnership with King County Housing Authority and Imagine Housing, we support whole building retrofits that increase comfort and reduce costs for building tenants.

Outreach and Education

Our community workshops help residents get connected to heat pump savings and benefits. And we connect residents of all incomes to qualified, highly trained contractors for quotes, installation, and heat pump maintenance.

Program Results

  • Energy Smart Eastside is everywhere - on transit, social media feeds, at farmers markets and community festivals. Thousands of residents have visited Energy Smart Eastside to research heat pumps and incentives, and more than 1,000 have attended an in-person, virtual workshop or signed up for a 1:1 energy advisor appointment.

  • More than 490 homes have utilized program incentives to upgrade to a heat pump. 69% of homes upgrading to a heat pump through Energy Smart Eastside are low or moderate income.

  • Over the lifetime of the appliances installed, we estimate over 23,000 metric tons of CO2 will be averted.

Who We Are

Energy Smart Eastside is a climate initiative of the Cities of Bellevue, Issaquah, Kirkland, Mercer Island, Redmond and Sammamish. The program is funded by city dollars matched with grants from the WSU Community Energy Efficiency Program, Puget Sound Energy, the Washington State Department of Commerce Building Electrification Program and the Washington State Department of Commerce Home Electrification and Appliance Rebate Program.

The Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates Program is supported with funding from Washington’s Climate Commitment Act. The CCA supports Washington’s climate action efforts by putting cap-and-invest dollars to work reducing climate pollution, creating jobs, and improving public health. Information about the CCA is available at www.climate.wa.gov.

Community partner Hopelink administers the Boost program, and HVAC distributors Gensco and Airefco Powered by Ferguson work with Energy Smart Eastside on heat pump dealer education, incentives and workforce development initiatives.