Overview:

Summary: Sustainable home cooling interventions like ceiling fans and window attachments can reduce indoor temperatures.

Implementation: Establish an income tax rebate program for home cooling improvements.

Considerations for Use: To ensure programs are accessible to the greatest share of residents, programs should be designed to include renters and homeowners as well as those who do not earn traditional incomes.

• Policy Levers:
  
  
  IncentiveFinancial and non-financial incentives to encourage stakeholders to implement heat risk reduction and preparedness solutions, including rebates, tax credits, expedited permitting, development/zoning bonuses, and more.
• Trigger Points:
  
  
  City planning processesIncludes city initiatives such as the development of climate action plan, pathway to zero-energy, master plan, transit plan, energy mapping etc.
• Intervention Type:
  Planning/Policy
• Sectors:
  Buildings

Impact:

• Target Beneficiaries:
  Property owners
• Phase of Impact:
  Risk reduction and mitigation
• Metrics:
  Number and location of participating properties

Implementation:

• Intervention Scale:
  City, State/Province
• Authority and Governance:
  City government, State/provincial government
• Implementation Timeline:
  Short-term (1-2 Years)
• Implementation Stakeholders:
  City government, Property owners and managers
• Funding Sources:
  Public investment
• Capacity to Act:
  High

Benefits:

• Cost-Benefit:
  Low
• Public Good:
  Low
• GHG Reduction:
  Low
• Co-benefits (Climate/Environmental):
  Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Co-benefits (Social):
  Save on utilities