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• This article explores how to make a home or building more eco-friendly and the financial benefits and tax incentives in Maine that come with reducing energy waste, increasing efficiency, and adding renewable solutions.
• The incentives for federal and state tax credits are outlined, a downloadable guide for Maine is provided, and the tax forms are linked.
  

Positives

• This article is short and easy to understand. 
• This article has a visual that shows many different ways to decrease energy waste and energy usage.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should know what a tax credit is.
• Students should understand how emissions from energy use contribute to climate change.

Differentiation

• This article could supplement a lesson on the American government's effectiveness at combating climate change.
• After reading the article, the teacher could lead a classroom discussion about the Inflation Reduction Act, how this law tries to address climate change, and the political context this law exists in. 
• This article could enhance a lesson on different types of home-based renewable energies and why they are environmentally friendly. 
• This article could augment a classroom discussion on what incentivized Maine to create tax credits for home decarbonization and how this policy will impact different groups within the state.
• Engineering classes could discuss the best types of insulation, how heat pumps work, and the difference between Energy Star appliances and other appliances.
  

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