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Financial Incentives
There are financial incentives available for a variety of energy efficient upgrades to your facilities, and for environment-related projects and improvements that can save your business thousands of dollars in costs while contributing to a healthier environment.
Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance
Manufacturing Innovation and Training
Manufacturing Productivity Improvements
Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance
Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance for Efficient and Renewable Energy Generation Equipment
To provide an accelerated rate of write-off available to private companies for certain capital expenditures on equipment that is designed to produce energy in a more efficient way or to produce energy from alternative renewable sources.
Visit Industry Canada for details.
Biofuels
The ecoENERGY for Biofuels program supports the production of renewable alternatives to gasoline and diesel and encourages the development of a competitive domestic industry for renewable fuels. The program provides an operating incentive to facilities that produce renewable alternatives to gasoline and diesel in Canada.
For the first three years, the incentive rates will be up to the maximum of $0.10/L for renewable alternatives to gasoline and up to the maximum of $0.20/L for renewable alternatives to diesel. These maximum rates will decline after three years as detailed in Table 1.
Visit Natural Resources Canada for details
Electric and Gas Utilities
Electricity Retrofit Incentive Program (ERIP)
The Ontario Power Authority’s Electricity Retrofit Incentive Program is designed to remove older, inefficient lighting, motors, HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning), and other inefficient equipment and systems.
ERIP offers two tracks for those considering retrofits. The first, a prescriptive track, offers in-depth product listings and the relative savings per item. Should a participant wish to make retrofits not included in the lists for the prescriptive track, a custom track also exists.
Visit the following websites for details:
Whitby Hydro Energy Services Corporation
Oshawa Public Utilities Commission
Enbridge Small Commercial Rebate Summary
A variety of special financial incentive programs for business owners. Download the Small Commercial Rebate Summary brochure.
Enbridge Commercial Incentive Summary
Free technical advice and financial rebates for implementing energy efficiency improvements. Download the Commercial Incentive Summary brochure.
Enbridge Gas Distribution New Building Construction Program
Building in efficiency during early design stages, whether commercial, institutional or multi-family use is the most cost-effective way to ensure ongoing savings and environmental benefits.
The program provides an incentive for energy savings that will result from adding natural gas efficiency measures to a new building design. Enbridge will pay $0.075/m3 of projected annual natural gas savings to a maximum of $15,000.
Download the New Building Construction Program brochure, or contact by Email or call (866) 844-9994 for details.
Enbridge Gas Distribution’s Design Assistance Program
The best buildings result from a design process that considers energy and environmental efficiency from the beginning. The Design Assistance Program™ (DAP™) has been created to encourage such a process. It offers applicants a fixed DAP™ incentive of $4,000 to undertake design activities aimed at improving a building’s energy and environmental performance – whether it is a new building, an addition to an existing building or a major renovation.
Download the Design Assistance Program brochure, Email or call (866) 844-9994 for details.
Power Savings Blitz
The Power Savings Blitz program offers up to $1,000 in FREE energy efficient retrofits for the small commercial sector (non-food sub-sectors) with an electricity demand of less than 50kW. This includes a wide range of businesses including; professional dry cleaners, medical offices, beauty salons, convenience stores and other small retailers.
Power Savings Blitz is offered together with the Ontario Power Authority and the following local electricity distribution companies.
Visit the following websites for details:
Whitby Hydro Energy Services Corporation
Oshawa Public Utilities Commission
Energy Management
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) - SMART Assessments
The SMART program integrates with another CME initiative which provides companies with energy management benchmarks that guide the identification of energy efficiency improvement opportunities.
The total cost of each SMART Assessment is up to $7,000, but your company only pays $1,000 (or 15% of the Assessment cost, whichever is less).
Visit SMART - Energy Benchmark Study for details.
Energy Retrofits
ecoENERGY Retrofit Incentive for Buildings
Owners of Small and Medium-sized Buildings
Receive up to $10 per gigajoule of estimated energy savings, 25 percent of eligible project costs or $50,000 per project.
When applying, you will need to provide a pre-project energy audit of your buildings.
Important note: Please do not start the retrofit project or incur eligible costs until you receive written approval from Natural Resources Canada.
Visit Natural Resources Canada Office of Energy Efficiency or call (877) 360-5500 for more details.
ecoENERGY Retrofit Incentive for Industry (CIPEC)
Provides a financial incentive of up to 25 percent of project costs to a maximum of $50,000 per application and $250,000 per corporate entity to help small- and medium-sized industrial facilities implement energy-saving projects.
Natural Resources Canada's (NRCan's) ecoENERGY Retrofit program is designed to help industrial facilities overcome financial barriers to improving the energy efficiency of their operations.
Visit Natural Resources Canada Office of Energy Efficiency for details.
Freight Technology
Freight Technology Incentives Program
Provides cost-shared funding to companies and non-profit organizations in freight transportation in air, marine, rail and road to help them to purchase and install proven emission-reducing technologies.
Projects can be funded to cover a maximum of:
50% of project total eligible costs
$500,000 over a two-year period
The program requires a minimum funding request of $25,000 to be considered for funding.
Visit Transport Canada for details.
Industry Assessment
ecoENERGY for Industry Assessment Incentives (CIPEC)
Offers financial incentives to help industrial companies perform two types of assessments of their operations to optimize their processes, reduce operating costs, become more competitive and reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) and air pollution – all by using energy more efficiently.
Process Integration (PI) studies are powerful analytical tools that go beyond conventional energy audits to systematically optimize interactions between systems in industrial facilities that consume significant amounts of energy.
Funding is available for up to 50 percent of the cost of a PI study, to a maximum of $50,000.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) studies go beyond conventional physical studies to analyze fluid flow and heat transfer in processes. Through computer modelling, CFD studies can be used to optimize system design and operation parameters for the efficient use of energy.
Funding is available for up to 50 percent of the cost of a CFD study, to a maximum of $30,000.
Visit Natural Resources Canada for details.
Manufacturing Innovation and Training
Yves Landry Foundation
In partnership with the Ontario Government, the Yves Landry Foundation is making available up to $50,000 per project in the form of a grant to foster training that will lead to advancements in innovation within the manufacturing sector in Ontario.
This funding is open to all Ontario Manufacturing companies in all segments that meet specific criteria.
Visit Yves Landry Foundation for details.
Manufacturing Productivity Improvements
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) - SMART
SMART Funding is available for up to 50% of project costs or $50,000, whichever is less. Good projects shouldn't be too big or too complicated - projects should be completed successfully and on time.
A wide variety of productivity improvement projects are eligible.
Visit SMART Manufacturing - Made in Ontario for details.
Renewable Heat
ecoENERGY for Renewable Heat
Offers an incentive to industrial, commercial and institutional purchaser and installation of active energy-efficient solar, air and/or water heating systems until March 31, 2011.
The incentive will be based on a rate per square metre of collector area multiplied by a collector-specific Performance Factor and Incentive Rate.
Grants of 25 per cent of the cost of the installation of a solar thermal heating system to a maximum of $80,000 are available from the Province of Ontario but must be accessed through the federal grant program.
Visit Natural Resources Canada for details.
Renewable Power
ecoENERGY for Renewable Power
Receive an incentive of one cent per kilowatt-hour for up to 10 years to eligible low-impact, renewable electricity projects constructed over the next four years, April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2011.
The ecoENERGY for Renewable Power will increase Canada's supply of clean electricity from renewable sources such as wind, biomass, low-impact hydro, geothermal, solar photovoltaic and ocean energy. Businesses, municipalities, institutions and organizations are eligible.
Visit Natural Resources Canada for details.
Durham Sustain Ability's Financial Incentives section is made possible with generous support from the Government of Ontario and its Community GO Green Fund.
Member Spotlight: Laser Cartridge Services Inc.
LCS is a high quality manufacturer of compatible laser cartridges. They are also an authorized HP, Xerox, & Samsung sales/service dealer. Their products are 100% Canadian and they are ISO certified.
They manufacture most brand name cartridges such as HP, Lexmark, Canon, Dell, Samsung, Brother, IBM, Xerox and more. For cartridges they do not make, they do sell the originals at very competitive prices. LCS employs 25 people; all from the Durham Region and they supply many Durham companies as well as the GTA. Using compatible laser cartridges is a great environmental choice as cartridges in landfills is a worldwide problem. It is an excellent low cost alternative without sacrificing quality, as you will save between 30 and 50% on your printing costs. All of their cartridges are 100% guaranteed for quality and yield as they are manufactured to the OEM standards. Save yourself and your business money and help save the environment!!!