–VIC Home Heating & Cooling Upgrades Program
The HHCU program provides up to $1700 in total rebates towards the cost of replacing your existing system with an energy-efficient reverse-cycle air conditioner.
About the HHCU program
Reverse-cycle air conditioners are energy efficient and provide households with thermal comfort throughout the year by keeping homes warm in winter and cool in summer.
The Home Air Conditioning Upgrades Program will be delivered through a base rebate of $1,000 provided towards the cost of purchasing and installing a high-efficiency heating and cooling system, with a limit of one rebate per household. Households can receive an additional $200 if they need to cap their old gas heater, or $500 for households who need to upgrade their switchboard.
The objective of the Home Heating and Cooling Upgrades Program is to look at the best ways to deliver heating and cooling upgrades to low-income and vulnerable households.
The program is being delivered by Solar Victoria, a portfolio entity within the Department of Environment, Water, Land and Planning. Solar Victoria is also responsible for the delivery of the VIC Government’s Solar Homes and Solar for Business Programs - the most ambitious and transformative renewable energy programs in Australia.
Am I Eligible?
Homeowner / Occupier
If you are a home owner/occupier, you must have:
• a valid concession card, or
• a combined household income below $90,000
Rental provider
If you’re a rental provider, you must have a residential property:
• earning $500 weekly rent or less, or
• occupied, to the best of your knowledge, by renters holding a valid concession card or combined household income below $90,000, or
that’s unoccupied, with potential weekly rent of $500 or less
A rental provider that is an 'entity' is a company, partnership, trust, self-managed super fund or similar legal entity that owns and rents a property to renters. Only an authorised representative can apply on behalf of an entity rental provider, e.g. a trustee, director or beneficiary.
Type of heating system
Your current heating system must be:
• a gas, electric or wood heater, or
• a reverse-cycle air conditioner more than 7 years old
• replaced with a reverse-cycle air conditioner from the approved products list
• upgraded by an approved supplier
• Households with no heating system may also apply
To find out if you are eligible or to apply for the rebate, please visit the Service VIC website.
You can also get in touch with your local Hitachi Authorised installer to find out if they are an approved program supplier.
What Hitachi air conditioners are approved on the program?
A range of Hitachi wall-mounted split systems are on the eligible/approved products list relating to the HHCU program:
E-Series Wall-mounted System with FrostWash
• 2.5kW Model - RAS/RAC-E25YHAB (5yr warranty)
• 3.5kW Model - RAS/RAC-E35YHAB (5yr warranty)
S-Series Wall-mounted System with FrostWash
• 2.kW Model - RAS/RAC-S25YHAB (6yr warranty)
• 3.5kW Model - RAS/RAC-S35YHAB (6yr warranty)
• 5kW Model - RAS/RAC-S50YHAB (6yr warranty)
• 6kW Model - RAS/RAC-S60YHAB (6yr warranty)
• 7kW Model - RAS/RAC-S70YHAB (6yr warranty)
Ask your home heating & cooling approved supplier about which Hitachi product will be right for you.
For more information on Hitachi's wall-mounted split systems, click here.
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