Trusted support for efficient home heating, cooling, and hot water.
Clover Energy by VGS helps Vermont homeowners explore heat pump solutions designed for their homes, budgets, and energy goals. Whether you’re upgrading one space or planning an upgrade to heat and cool your entire home, our team is here to guide you through every step of the process.
Why Choose Clover Energy
Support you can count on.
Heat pumps are an efficient, electric option for heating, cooling, and hot water. We focus on helping you understand your options and choose what’s right for your home.
When you work with Clover Energy, you receive:
Local support from a trusted teamHelp identifying the right system for your space
Rebates and incentives applied directly towards the cost
Purchase, lease, and finance options
Optional service plans
Our approach is designed to make heat pump decisions feel clear, supported, and well informed.
Heat Pump Options for Vermont Homes
We support heat pump installations designed to meet your home’s heating and cooling needs, including systems that integrate with existing boilers and furnaces.
Ductless Mini-Split Heat Pumps
A mini-split heat pump is a heating and cooling system that serves one room or a specific area of a home. It includes an outdoor fan connected to one or more indoor units mounted on a wall. Because mini-split systems do not use ductwork, they work well in homes without ducts, with additions, or spaces that are hard to heat or cool evenly. Each indoor unit can be controlled on its own, allowing homeowners to adjust temperatures room by room and focus comfort where it’s needed most.
A ducted heat pump system is integrated into a home’s existing ductwork to heat and cool the entire house. Warm or cool air is distributed through these ducts, just like a traditional furnace or central air system, and is typically controlled by a single thermostat. Ducted heat pumps are installed as part of a hybrid system, where the heat pump provides efficient heating for much of the year, and a backup heat source supports comfort during colder conditions. This option works well for homes with ductwork that is in good condition, and our team evaluates each home to ensure a ducted system is the right fit.
Clover Energy currently offers centrally ducted heat pump systems for customers with a natural gas furnace.
A heat pump water heater is an efficient appliance that heats the water in your home by using electricity to pull heat from the surrounding air and move it into the tank. This process uses significantly less energy than traditional electric water heaters and can help lower operating costs over time. As an added benefit, heat pump water heaters can help dehumidify the space they’re installed in, which is particularly useful in spaces like basements. They’re a great option for homeowners looking to improve hot water efficiency while maintaining reliable, everyday performance.
Clover Energy helps make heat pump upgrades easier by coordinating rebates, when eligible, through the State of Vermont and Burlington Electric, and applying them directly to lease and purchase costs. This reduces the paperwork and simplifies the process for you. Customers may also have the option to finance or lease equipment over time.
Service and Support
Clover Energy’s heat pump solutions extend well beyond installation. Service is included with leased equipment and service plans are available for heat pump systems that are not leased. Our team provides ongoing maintenance, access to heat pump service plans designed for long-term reliability, and local support from trained technicians who understand all types of HVAC systems. Our goal is to help your heat pump perform well season after season, with peace of mind that you have support you can count on.
Heat pumps draw warmth from the air, then amplify and transfer the heat to where it’s needed. Cold climate heat pumps are an energy efficient way to cool your home. They can be twice as efficient as cooling with window AC units, and they dehumidify better than all AC alternatives (this results in less electric energy usage).
Centrally ducted heat pumps utilize your pre-existing furnace and ductwork. This allows the system to heat and cool your home where ductwork is present, which often covers the entire home. Ductless mini-split heat pumps are wall mounted units that are generally easier to install. Depending on layout, a single unit may only be suited for heating and cooling an individual space within your home. Multiple ductless mini-split units may be required to heat and cool the entirety of your home.
Heat pumps are a very efficient solution to heat and/or cool your home. When it comes to cooling, you can expect to save money versus traditional window air conditioners and aging central air conditioning systems. With heating, the total cost of running a heat pump compared to combustion alternatives varies depending on multiple factors. If you currently heat with propane or fuel oil, heat pumps could help you lower your energy bill. Generally speaking, using natural gas is less expensive than using a heat pump to heat your home. However, individual results may vary depending on how your system is configured and how you choose to use it. Our teams will help you understand how your choices can impact your cost and carbon goals.
Heat pumps will save carbon compared to combustion systems. When heating, the amount of carbon savings depends on how much you utilize heat pumps in place of oil, propane, or natural gas you’d otherwise use. This is true of centrally ducted systems and ductless mini-splits that are integrated with an existing backup, like a boiler. In both examples, you can optimize the system to prioritize saving carbon. For instance, if you program your heat pump to switchover to natural gas at a higher temperature (approximately 45 °F), VGS has found that customers’ home heating bills do not significantly increase, yet the carbon savings are substantial. Configuring the system to rely on the heat pump at lower temperatures will increase your carbon savings. The actual amount of carbon savings will vary based on your home’s size and how well insulated it is. Our teams will help you understand how your choices can impact your cost and carbon goals.
Heat pumps are made to operate efficiently at temperatures as low as negative 15 degrees. The heat pumps VGS installs have been vetted and selected based on their ability to perform in different conditions throughout the year. As with all heating and cooling systems, heat pumps perform better in well insulated and air sealed homes. In the case of a centrally ducted heat pump, your hot air furnace is available as a backup, providing the option to heat your home using natural gas on the coldest days.
Yes. VGS deducts state rebates from the upfront cost. These rebates are incorporated into both the upfront sales cost (should you purchase) and the monthly lease cost.
Service plans are included in the price when you lease a centrally ducted heat pump from VGS. For customers that decide to purchase a heat pump from VGS, you can learn more about service plans here.
VGS leases heat pumps via a monthly charge on the bill for 10-years. After the10-years (120 rental charges) has ended, customers will be charged the remainder balance on their VGS bill, as indicated in the lease agreement.
