ecoENERGY Institutional
Your building may qualify for up to 25% of your project’s capital costs under the federal ecoENERGY Institutional Program. Other institutions have already been awarded up to $50,000 in financial incentives.Eligibility
- Institutional buildings, including those owned by not-for-profit and religious organizations
- Provincial, territorial and municipal buildings
- Federal government buildings that are under a long term (5 years or more) lease by non-federal organizations
Eligible Buildings
- Office Buildings
- Assisted Living Centres
- Religious Institutions
- Universities and Colleges and Schools
- Hospitals
- Nursing Homes
- Community Centres
- Charitable Organizations
Examples of Eligible Measures
Building Automation Systems, Lighting Retrofits, Lighting Controls, Building Envelope, HVAC Redesign, Chiller Replacement, Elevator Modernization, Equipment Replacement, Fuel Substitution, Ground Source Heat Pumps, Tenant Sub-Metering, Deep Lake Water Cooling, Variable Speed Drives, Power Conditioning, Transformer Replacement.Sample Case Study
| Total Project Cost: | $78,668 |
| ecoENERGY Incentive: | -$19,667 |
| Incentive Rate (%): | 25% of total project cost |
| Annual Energy Reduction (GJ): | 1,967 |
| Annual Electricity Cost Savings: | $16,980 |
| Simple Payback (Yrs): | 4.6 |
| Simple Payback (With ecoENERGY Incentive) (Yrs): | 3.5 |
Grasshopper Energy manages various financial incentive programs for institutional energy efficiency upgrade projects. And here’s the best part: it doesn’t cost a dime. Our charge is a small percentage of the financial incentive you receive.
