ecoENERGY Retrofit Incentive for Buildings

Owners of small and medium-sized buildings in the commercial and institutional sectors often lack the financial and technical resources to make energy improvements.

Natural Resources Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE) offers the ecoENERGY Retrofit Incentive for Buildings, the commercial/institutional component of the ecoENERGY Retrofit financial incentives for existing homes, buildings and industrial processes. If you have not yet started a new energy efficiency project, you could 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.

Version 4.4 of the application guide and forms is available as of April 22, 2009. To make sure you are using the latest versions, please refer to the important updates page.

The program ends on March 31, 2012 or when all funds are committed, so don't delay. We start reviewing applications as soon as we receive them. To help speed up the process, it is important that you thoroughly read and follow the guide since this is the definitive source of information on the incentive. You can also refer to the following Web pages for general information:

• Benefits of retrofit projects
• How the incentive works
• Steps to apply for the incentive
• Application guide and forms
• Related incentives
• Associated training
• Important updates
• Questions and answers

We also offer a wide range of information, publications, training and other resources on energy-efficient technologies and practices in buildings. If you have questions after you have read the materials, you can contact us.

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