About California Advanced Homes Program (CAHP)

We're here to help builders today for tomorrow's environment.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison, Southern California Gas Company and San Diego Gas & Electric® are working together to help the building industry design and develop more environmentally friendly communities. Our new California Advanced Homes Program (CAHP) highlights best practices in energy efficiency, green building and sustainability, and offers generous financial incentives and ‘bonus’ kickers to help builders and architects create environmentally friendly, energy-efficient communities for potential new home buyers. The program will be effective from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2012.

Let Us Help Turn Your Blueprints Into Greenprints.

Development of sustainable and livable communities combines environmental protection, green building design, energy efficiency, and land use planning integrated with the building design process. These innovative building practices also help you meet your bottom line. To take advantage of our new California Advanced Homes Program or to find out how to qualify, please contact your local utility today to receive additional information. Let us help you with all of your current and future residential new construction projects.

What's new for 2011?

In addition to baseline incentives, your project may also qualify for additional bonus kickers and incentives based on its energy efficiency.

CAHP is offered through a diverse portfolio of programs by California's Investor-Owned Utilities (IOUs). Participation is open to single-family, low- and high-rise multi-family residential new construction built in an IOU service area**. CAHP is a comprehensive residential new construction concept with a cross-cutting focus on sustainable design and construction, green building practices, energy efficiency, and emerging technologies. Through a combination of education, design assistance and financial support, CAHP works with building and related industries to exceed compliance with the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 6, 2008 Building Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Nonresidential Buildings (Standards), to prepare builders for changes to the standards and to create future pathways beyond compliance and traditional energy savings objectives.

CAHP is designed for the performance-based approach for compliance. Compliance with the 2008 Title 24 Standards must be demonstrated through the performance method utilizing approved California Energy Commission (CEC) compliance software. The documents must be created and signed by a Certified Energy Plans Examiner (CEPE). Compliance must be demonstrated for the building as a whole and may not group unrelated or detached buildings together.

**Multi-family projects built in PG&E’s service area are administered by a third-party program and are eligible for separate incentives. Contact the Heschong Mahone Group (HMG) for more information.