We are committed to exercising corporate environmental stewardship because it aligns with our Core Values of Integrity, Continuous Improvement and Sustainability. Every day, we strive to do our part to protect our natural resources by recycling, reusing materials where appropriate, and reducing pollution emissions.
In 2021, we completed installation of a 1.792 MW solar array at our stone manufacturing facility, comprised of 4,480 solar panels. It is expected to reduce electrical power consumption by 60% and to prevent emission of 1,472 tons of CO2 annually.
Sustainable product development is important to ProVia—in addition to the solar array, our stone manufacturing plant employs rainwater holding tanks and uses recycled water on the production line, our residential metal shake and slate roofs are manufactured from domestically sourced recycled steel, and our siding products contribute to LEED and ICC 700 National Green Building standards.
In addition:
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a non-profit/non-government agency developed by USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council) in 1998 to encourage sustainable building practices in several different markets.
The LEED green building certification program is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of green buildings. It is a voluntary certification program that can be applied to any building type and any building life-cycle phase. It promotes the whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in key categories. For a building to become LEED certified, it must meet specific prerequisites and achieve specified performance levels to qualify for rating points.
All rating categories can achieve 1 of 4 levels of certification. ProVia door products can contribute to LEED points in 3 credit categories, helping your project satisfy all prerequisites to be certified. The three categories ProVia doors contribute to are as follows:
Energy and Atmosphere (EA)—This credit category encourages a variety of energy strategies such as reducing carbon impact and energy consumption.
Material and Resources (MR)—This credit category encourages sustainably grown, harvested, produced and transported products and materials. Reuse and recycle existing building materials. Use more recycled content.
Regional Priority (RP)—This credit category encourages use of regional products to reduce carbon impact of fossil fuels in transportation and to support local economies.
To learn more about USGC and LEED go to www.usgbc.org/leed
*”LEED” and related logo is a trademark owned by the U.S. Green Building Council® and is used with permission.
| Old 25C Tax Credit | New 25C Tax Credit | |
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Timing |
Retroactively extended through December 31, 2022 |
January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2032 |
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Limits |
$500 lifetime limit for all qualified products |
No lifetime limits |
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Eligible Amounts |
10% of product cost Windows: $200 lifetime limit for ENERGY STAR Version 6.0 Doors: $500 lifetime limit for ENERGY STAR Version 6.0 |
30% of product cost Windows: $600 annual limit for ENERGY STAR Most Efficient Doors: $500 annual limit ($250 per exterior door) for applicable ENERGY STAR requirements |
The homeowner may be required to have a Manufacturer’s Certification Statement to qualify for the tax credit. This is a signed statement from ProVia certifying that the product or component listed qualifies for the current tax credits.
Exterior Doors – 30% of costs up to $250 per door, up to a total of $500. Must meet applicable ENERGY Star requirements.
Windows – 30% of costs up to %600. Must meet ENERGY STAR Most Efficient certification requirements.
There is a $1,200 aggregate yearly tax credit maximum for all building envelope components, home energy audits and energy property.
To qualify, a home must be located in the United States and must be owned and used by the taxpayer as the taxpayer’s principal residence.
A taxpayer can claim the credit only for qualifying expenditures incurred for an existing home or for an addition to or renovation of an existing home, and not for a newly constructed home.
A taxpayer may not include labor costs for qualified energy-efficient building envelope components including doors and windows.
If you have additional questions about the tax credit, view the full IRS Fact Sheet here: https://www.irs.gov/pub/taxpros/fs-2022-40.pdf
ProVia has transitioned from using the Manufacturer’s Energy Tax Credit Statement to list qualified products. This document is now obsolete. Going forward, the homeowner/taxpayer must retain their NFRC Label as proof of purchase of ENERGY STAR certified products. Taxpayers must include the NFRC label when submitting paperwork for the tax credit and keep a copy of all purchase receipts for their records.
