Triple Decker Retrofit Pilot

The Triple Decker Retrofit Pilot is a MassCEC pilot that will offer technical support, incremental financial incentives, and performance monitoring to implement high-efficiency, all-electric retrofits of triple deckers. The Triple Decker Retrofit Pilot will build upon the lessons learned from the Triple Decker Design Challenge to demonstrate cost-effective strategies for decarbonizing small multi-family buildings.

The pilot aims to establish real-world examples of all-electric building retrofits and surface additional lessons learned, which will help inform efforts to rapidly scale all-electric retrofits in the coming years.

Opportunities Under the Program

The Triple Decker Retrofit Pilot will be separated into two tracks: one for market rate triple decker owners and one for affordable housing triple decker owners.

Affordable Housing Triple Deckers:

• MassCEC is working with New Ecology, Inc. to:
  • Assist with program design and participant recruitment
  • Conduct assessments of existing building conditions
  • Provide technical support for building retrofits
  • Test and analyze the efficacy of recommended weatherization approaches
  • Conduct performance monitoring

• Now open! Affordable housing owners can apply for all-electric affordable housing triple decker incentives.
  • MassCEC hosted an informational webinar for the Affordable Housing track on Wednesday, February 9th, 2022. Watch the recording here and access the presentation slides here.
  • Incentives available for retrofitting existing units and adding an additional all-electric unit.
  • Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. The first review deadline was 3/4/22. The second review deadline will be 6/4/22.
  • For more details on incentive levels and pilot requirements review:
    • Pilot Program Manual
    • Attachment A: Signature & Acceptance Form
    • Attachment B: Template Grant Agreement
    • Sample application (for reference only; use link below when ready to apply)
    • Apply here

Market Rate Triple Deckers:

• MassCEC has selected Abode to be the technical consultant supporting the market rate triple deckers (in coordination with Decarbonization Pathways). As the pilot's technical consultant, Abode will:
  • Conduct assessments of existing building conditions
  • Provide technical support
  • Test and analyze efficacy of recommended weatherization approaches
  • Conduct performance monitoring
• Coming soon: Market rate triple decker owners can apply for all-electric affordable housing triple decker incentives
  • Incentives for retrofitting existing units
  • Incentive for adding an additional all-electric unit
  • Application for owners expected to launch in Summer 2022. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

Program Development and Launch Timeline

Please note this timeline is subject to change and will be updated regularly as development continues.

Contact

If you have any questions about the Triple Decker Retrofit Pilot, please email us at buildings@masscec.com with "Triple Decker Retrofit Pilot" in the subject line.