(a)   A project for a residential building qualifies as an energy
conservation project if it consists of:
    (1)   the purchase or installation of:
      (i)   caulking or weather stripping;
      (ii)   a clock thermostat;
      (iii)   ceiling, attic, wall, floor, or duct insulation;
      (iv)   water heater insulation;
      (v)   a storm window or door, multiglazed window or door, or heat-absorbing
or heat-reflecting window or floor material;
      (vi)   a device associated with load management techniques;
      (vii)   an automatic energy control system;
      (viii)   machinery, equipment, or a facility that uses groundwater as a heat
source for a heating system or as a heat sink for an air conditioning
system;
      (ix)   a furnace efficiency modification, including:
        1.   a replacement burner, furnace, or boiler or any combination of them
that increases the energy efficiency of the heating system;
        2.   a device for modifying a flue opening that increases the energy
efficiency of the heating system; and
        3.   an electrical or mechanical furnace ignition system that replaces a
standing gas pilot light; and
      (x)   any other energy conservation improvement that the Administration
determines by regulation to be appropriate and consistent with this
subtitle; or
    (2)   a planning or technical service, a residential energy audit, or a
conversion from a master utility meter to individual utility meters if
the service, audit, or conversion is related to or undertaken with the
installation of an item specified in item (1) of this subsection.
  (b)   A project for a commercial building qualifies as an energy conservation
project if it consists of:
    (1)   the purchase, installation, or modification of an installation that is
designed primarily to reduce the consumption of energy, including:
      (i)   caulking or weather stripping;
      (ii)   insulating the building structure or a system in the building;
      (iii)   a storm window or door, a multiglazed window or door, a heat-absorbing
or heat-reflecting window or door system, glazing, a reduction in
glass area, or another window or door system modification;
      (iv)   an automatic energy control system;
      (v)   equipment that is associated with an automatic energy control system
and that is required to operate a variable steam, hydraulic, or
ventilation system;
      (vi)   the replacement or modification of a lighting system to increase energy
efficiency without increasing the overall illumination, unless the
increase in illumination is necessary to conform to State or local law;
      (vii)   an energy recovery system;
      (viii)   a cogeneration system;
      (ix)   machinery, equipment, or a facility that uses groundwater as a heat
source for a heating system or as a heat sink for an air conditioning
system;
      (x)   a modification of a furnace or utility plant and distribution system
including:
        1.   a replacement burner, furnace, or boiler or any combination of them
that increases the energy efficiency of the heating system;
        2.   a device for modifying a flue opening that increases the energy
efficiency of the heating system; and
        3.   an electrical or mechanical furnace ignition system that replaces a
standing gas pilot light; or
      (xi)   any other energy conservation improvement that the Administration
determines by regulation to be appropriate and consistent with this
subtitle; or
    (2)   a planning or technical service or a commercial energy audit, if the
service or audit is related to or undertaken with the installation, or
the modification of an installation of an item specified in item (1) of
this subsection.
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