You may be able to claim the Residential Energy credit if you made energy saving improvements to your US based home during the tax year. For tax year 2019, the only credits allowed are for solar, wind, geothermal and fuel-cell technology.
Energy Saving Improvements included for tax year 2019 are listed below:
- Solar Electric Property Costs
- Solar Water Heating Property Costs
- Small Wind Energy Property Costs
- Geothermal Heat Pump Property Costs
- Fuel Cell Property Costs
The energy credits listed below are only allowed on your tax returns for 2017 and prior years:
- Insulation designed to reduce heat loss or gain
- Exterior Windows and Skylights
- Exterior Doors
- Metal Roofing (pigmented coating)
- Asphalt Roofing (appropriate cooling granules)
- Electric heat pump water heaters; electric heat
pumps; central air conditioners; natural gas, propane, or oil
water heaters; and stoves that use biomass fuel - Qualified natural gas, propane, or oil furnaces and qualified
natural gas, propane, or oil hot water boilers - Advanced main air circulating fans used in natural
gas, propane, or oil furnaces