Incentives & Related Links

On October 21, 2021 Loyalist Township staff hosted an Energy and Water Conservation Incentives webinar, in partnership with Red Squirrel Conservation Services. You can watch a recording of the webinar on the Township's YouTube channel

Loyalist Township offers a $50 credit on water/wastewater bills to assist residents with purchasing a low-flow toilet or high-efficiency faucet to conserve water. You can learn more about the program and how to apply on the Water Conservation Incentive Program webpage.

The Canada Greener Homes Grant is a federal program that reimburses homeowners up to $5,000 for qualifying energy-efficient retrofits. The program also covers up to $600 for the cost of home energy evaluations before and after the retrofits. The program aims to help homeowners save money, create jobs, and fight climate change. Red Squirrel Conservation Services explained how you can qualify in our 2021 webinar

The Save on Energy Retrofit program is designed to help Ontario businesses save energy, reduce costs and increase productivity. This province-wide initiative offers financial incentives for equipment upgrades that reduce facility electricity consumption.

Eligibility Requirements: Retrofit incentives are available to owners or lessees of:

• Commercial spaces or buildings, such as offices, retail and grocery stores, restaurants, hotels and warehouses

• Industrial facilities in sectors such as food and beverage, automotive, plastics, steel, mining, paper and chemical industries

• Institutional buildings, including hospitals, universities, municipal facilities

• Multi-family buildings, such as apartments (including social housing) or condominiums

• Agricultural facilities, including dairy, swine and poultry farms, greenhouses and nurseries.

*If you lease, you must have the owner’s consent or authorization to participate.

Projects eligible for the Retrofit program are generally those that provide sustainable, measurable and verifiable reductions in peak electricity demand and electricity consumption.

Examples of eligible projects include:

• Lighting retrofits

• Lighting controls

• HVAC redesign

• Chiller replacement

• Variable-speed drive installations

Incentives are available for a variety of products and technologies to continue to help businesses save on energy costs and increase their competitiveness.

Link: Save on Energy - Retrofit Program

See your business in a new light with up to $2,000 in incentives towards eligible energy-efficient lighting upgrades and up to $2,500 for eligible non-lighting equipment.

Eligibility Requirements:

• All types of businesses with 50 or fewer employees on site at any point in time can participate.

• Previous participants of the Small Business Lighting Program from 2016 – 2019 are not eligible to participate again.

Link: Small Business Lighting program | Save on Energy

The Strategic Energy Management (SEM) program is a transformational program designed to help organizations in Ontario improve their energy performance by implementing an integrated system of organizational practices, policies and processes to achieve persistent energy savings. The SEM program can help your organization increase profitability, reduce costs and achieve its carbon reduction and environmental goals.

Link: Strategic Energy Management (SEM) Program

The Energy Performance Program (EPP) rewards customers who are able to make behavioural and operational changes that support capital investment projects, enabling them to grow their energy savings over a number of years.

Three years of annual pay-for-performance incentives are available for multi-site and single-site facilities for applications approved by December 31, 2024.

• The program is based on a pay-for-performance model that encourages whole building energy performance improvements, as well as peak demand reduction.

• Participants have choice and flexibility in implementing capital and non-capital energy-efficiency measures, and are rewarded for energy savings and peak demand savings at the same incentive rate regardless of the types of projects/activities that have been implemented.

• Participants receive a performance incentive based on electricity savings determined by comparing metered consumption to their baseline energy model. Participants receive $0.04/kWh multiplied by the electricity savings realized with the annual incentive capped at 20 percent of the facility baseline energy use.

• Participants are also eligible to receive a performance incentive based on summer peak demand savings determined by comparing metered consumption to their baseline energy model. Participants receive $50/kW multiplied by the summer peak demand savings realized with the annual incentive capped at 20 percent of the facility baseline summer peak demand.

Eligibility Requirements: Participants must:

• Be owners and/or operators of commercial, institutional, or industrial facilities located in Ontario

• Commit to participate for three years and commit to realize a minimum of five percent energy savings per facility within two years

• Have a minimum annual consumption of 1,500,000 kWh per facility (or group of up to five buildings aggregated into a single facility baseline energy model)

• Have 12 months of hourly interval meter data for each facility.

Link: Energy Performance Program | Business and Industry incentives | Save on Energy

An Enbridge Gas Energy Solutions Advisor will work with you, free of charge, to identify energy efficiency opportunities that save natural gas and in return save you money. If you implement any of our recommendations, we will cover up to 50% of the project cost.

Eligibility Requirements:

Contact Enbridge Gas to confirm your eligibility. Incentives are only made available to customers where Enbridge Gas energy-efficiency offer(s) have impacted the customer’s decision to proceed with the improvement(s). Incentive cannot exceed 50% of the project cost and $100,000 per project. Must provide proof of purchase matched to installation address.

Link: Commercial Custom Retrofit Program - Enbridge Smart Savings

A dedicated Enbridge Gas Energy Solutions Advisor (ESA) will work with you to develop a solution that meets your unique energy, budget and cost savings objectives. You can also qualify for a range of incentives for audits and implementing energy efficiency projects.

Eligibility Requirements:

See website for incentive structure. Industrial Custom Programs: Incentives apply to Enbridge Gas industrial customers in the Enbridge Gas Distribution rate zone for measures implemented and commissioned between Jan. 1 and Nov. 15 of the current calendar year. Projects must be pre-approved by Enbridge Gas. Volumetric savings are based either on Enbridge Gas approved engineering calculations or Enbridge Gas validated performance metrics. Enbridge Gas makes no warranty or guarantee regarding the estimated savings of any energy-efficiency measure. Replacements of existing energy-efficient equipment do not qualify. High-volume projects will be reviewed on a per-project basis. All applications are reviewed by Enbridge Gas and require verification of eligibility, proof of purchase and installation. Incentives cannot exceed 50 percent of the project’s cost and are only made available to customers where Enbridge Gas energy-efficiency offer(s) have impacted the customer’s decision to proceed with the improvement(s). HST is not applicable and will not be added to incentive payments. Programs are subject to change or cancellation without notice at any time.

Link: Industrial Custom Solutions and Incentives Program - Enbridge Smart Savings

The Savings by Design program was developed to help builders improve energy and environmental performance in new construction projects. The program is available to Ontario builders in the Enbridge Gas franchise area. There’s no cost to participate.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Commercial, Institutional, Multi-Residential or Industrial Buildings covered under the Ontario Building Code (OBC) Part 3.

• A minimum threshold of 50,000 square feet or aggregate “same construction” projects built within the program time requirement that equal 50,000 square feet or more. For example banks, schools, and retail buildings.

• Building(s) must be within the Enbridge Gas service area.

• Building(s) must be in the design phase or earlier.

• Building must be completed within 5 years of signing the agreement.

Buildings participating in other incentive programs such as High Performance New Construction (HPNC) are still eligible to participate.

Link: Savings by Design Build - Enbridge Gas Inc.

Enbridge Gas offers incentives to help offset the cost of installing energy efficient natural gas equipment in new and existing buildings. Cut down your heating costs and qualify for financial incentives by installing any of the following energy efficient technologies. Ie. Air curtains, condensing make-up air units, demand control kitchen ventilation (DCKV), demand control ventilation (DCV), destratification fans, dock door seals, heat recovery ventilator (HRV) and energy recovery ventilator (ERV), ozone laundry system.

Eligibility Requirements: 

Check link to check eligibility. 

Link: Fixed Incentive Program

We help fund measures and equipment that will reduce your natural gas consumption. Implement an energy-saving measure or install high-efficiency equipment. Both new and retrofit applications are eligible.

Enbridge helps fund measures and equipment that will reduce your natural gas consumption. Implement an energy-saving measure or install high-efficiency equipment. Both new and retrofit applications are eligible.

Link: Energy Solutions by Equipment

We offer a range of programs and incentives to help you offset the cost of upgrading to energy-efficient equipment.

Investing in energy efficiency has many lasting benefits. It can optimize your operations, reduce energy costs, lower your carbon footprint and create a safer and more comfortable environment for staff, affordable housing residents or customers.

Common Equipment Upgrades:

• Boilers

• Condensing make-up air units

• Air curtains and dock door seals

• Destratification fans

• Demand control kitchen ventilation

• Demand control ventilation

• Heat and recovery energy ventilators

• Ozone laundry

Link: Equipment Upgrades

Whether you’re building new construction homes, women’s shelters, community centres or condominiums, Enbridge Gas can help by offering free building science consulting and real-time energy modelling to maximize energy performance and avoid costly changes during construction.

Get help at the early stages of design, with programs that offer free design expertise and financial incentives to build energy-efficient, sustainable and high-performance buildings.

Many Types of Buildings Are Eligible for Incentives:

• Affordable multi-family housing

• Multi-family residential buildings

• Residential homes

• Commercial offices and retail spaces

• Schools, hospitals and long-term care facilities

• Community centres and shelters

Link: New Construction

Enbridge offer a range of programs and incentives for retrofit projects that deliver energy savings—from straightforward upgrades to custom projects in commercial, multi-residential, affordable multi-family housing and industrial buildings.

Saving energy is good for business. Investing in retrofits that make your building or facility more energy efficient can reduce operating costs, improve profitability, create a more comfortable environment and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Examples Of Common Custom and Retrofit Upgrades:

• Boiler Upgrades

• Heat Recovery

• Water Heating Systems

• Steam and Hot Water Systems

• Building and Process Controls

• Air Balance

Link: Retrofits and Custom Projects

Understanding how and why energy is being used in your building or facility can help you find efficiencies and reduce costs. An energy audit can reveal your greatest energy-saving potential, helping you to map out a plan for maximum energy efficiency and performance.

Take advantage of Enbridge's Energy Solutions Advisors’ expertise in identifying opportunities. Then explore incentives that can offset the cost of a deeper analysis, such as energy audits, assessments and engineering studies for buildings, facilities and affordable housing.

Why Work with Us?

• Identify and prioritize energy projects and set goals to save

• Get technical support on new technologies and processes

• See estimated savings on all energy sources to build your business case

• Secure incentives to speed up payback

Link: Audits, Studies, and Assessments

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