If you’re looking to upgrade the old, inefficient lighting in your business, we’re here to help! We offer financial incentives and expert advice to implement energy-efficient lighting upgrades for businesses.
With three programs available, you can choose the one that’s right for you and your business.
When we work together, our energy and bill savings are anything but small.
We offer communities the opportunity and support to have an energy efficiency advocate help communities be more energy efficient and work towards their sustainability goals. Through program participation and guidance from our energy experts, these initiatives will help communities lower their energy consumption and empower its citizens to work towards a more sustainable Manitoba.
Get to know your local energy efficiency advocate! They’re already familiar with your community and our programs.
Let’s work together to make a difference in your community and beyond.
GOALS
Reduce energy consumption in your community
Help your community better understand its energy use
Identify energy-saving opportunities in your community
Set energy efficiency goals and develop an action plan to achieve them
Encourage long-term sustainability
Build resiliency to climate change
FIND YOUR LOCAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY ADVOCATE
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Contact your local energy efficiency advocate to get started.
Don’t see your community? We’re here to help all Manitobans save energy, money, and the environment. Check out our other energy efficiency offers for your home, business, or community.
BDC SMALL BUSINESS WEEK – Thank you
THANKS FOR ENTERING OUR SMALL BUSINESS WEEK CONTEST!
We’ve received your Small Business Week contest submission. The winners will be contacted via email by 12:00 p.m. on November 24, 2023.
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY DAY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY DAY
NETWORKING EVENT
The Energy Efficiency Day festivities are still going strong here in Manitoba. Efficiency Manitoba, Efficiency Canada, and Sustainable Building Manitoba are teaming up to host a networking event to celebrate how energy efficiency is supporting sustainable solutions for the environment and growing our green economy — and we’d love for you to join us!
You’ll hear from local experts in the industry including our CEO Colleen Kuruluk, Efficiency Canada’s Abhi Kantamneni, and Sustainable Building Manitoba’s Laura Tyler. Plus, you can join the conversation on how we can continue creating an energy-efficient Manitoba.
Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Time: 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Where: Little Brown Jug (336 William Ave, Winnipeg)
Fill out the form below to register for the event.
STRATEGIC ENERGY MANAGER PROGRAM
STRATEGIC ENERGY MANAGER PROGRAM
Our Strategic Energy Manager Program is designed to support the hiring of an onsite energy manager to provide focus, expertise, and a strategic approach to energy reduction within your organization. The program is delivered over three years and provides financial incentives to offset the salary of a full-time energy manager. This program is geared towards customers with facilities that consume approximately 20 GWh of energy or more per year.
We provide ongoing coaching for your in-house energy management team and funding for Certified Energy Manager Training. Your organization will benefit from collaboration with a growing network of energy managers, as well as tracking and reporting of energy savings.
PROGRAM OFFERS
UPFRONT FUNDING
We provide up front funding to off-set the cost of hiring an energy manager. The funding is available based upon an evaluation of a participant’s savings potential. This amount would be received at the start of the program and act as a credit for future incentives.
TRAINING
We provide money towards pre-approved training courses that will build the energy manager’s knowledge and expertise. This includes the Certified Energy Manager course, along with other opportunities identified throughout the program.
STRATEGIC ENERGY MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
We cover the cost of a professionally lead Strategic Energy Management Workshop. This workshop is designed to bring your organization together as a team, allowing you to collaborate and work towards identifying and implementing energy saving opportunities. It also serves to ensure the organization tracks progress and recognizes achievements in saving energy. Success requires buy-in from the entire organization, and the workshop is an important first step to begin this process.
STRATEGIC ENERGY MANAGEMENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT & COACHING
We support the on-site energy manager with coaching to develop your organization’s Strategic Energy Management Plan (SEMP). The SEMP is a formal energy reduction plan that outlines annual savings targets, potential energy-saving projects, activities in progress, and completed measures. Additional coaching throughout the program will continue to build the energy manager’s expertise.
INCENTIVES
Bonus incentives will be added on top of our standard program incentives that participants receive. These incentives are issued at $0.05 per kWh and $0.05 per m3 saved when participants submit regular reports verifying savings, up to a maximum of $200,000 per year. These incentives are also available for a broader range of measures than what our other programs cover, including low cost and no cost maintenance projects. This rewards participants for taking additional steps to optimize their energy use. All reductions that can be verified with supporting calculations are eligible.
STEPS TO PARTICIPATE
GET IN TOUCH
Contact us to learn more about the Strategic Energy Manager Program. We’ll work with you to determine if the program is right for your organization.
HIRE OR APPOINT AN ENERGY MANAGER
Hire an energy manager or appoint someone from within your organization. You’ll also need to appoint a corporate sponsor from your organization.
PARTICIPATE IN A WORKSHOP & DEVELOP YOUR PLAN
Our consultant will guide you and key members from your organization through a Strategic Energy Management Workshop.They’ll also help you develop a Strategic Energy Management Plan.
IMPLEMENT ENERGY-SAVING PROJECTS
Implement theenergy-saving projectsyou’veidentified throughout your facility and start to see savings!
RECEIVE INCENTIVES
We’ll provide you with incentives for energy-saving projects you’ve completed through our programs, as well as incentives for a broader range of measures only available to our Strategic Energy Manager Program participants.
Your facility consumes approximately 20 GWh of energy per year
Your organization is willing to hire or appoint a full-time energy manager
Your facility and organization must be located in Manitoba
If you don’t use the suggested amount of energy, but you’re still interested in participating, contact us to learn about our Strategic Energy Manager Cohorts Program coming soon. One energy manager will be responsible for helping several companies reach their energy-saving goals.
GET IN TOUCH
GET IN TOUCH
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
Please provide some basic information about the feasibility study you’re proposing. We’ll review it and get back to you with next steps.
GET IN TOUCH
GET IN TOUCH
STEAM STRAP PROGRAM
Please provide some basic details about your steam system. We’ll review it and get back to you with next steps.
THANK YOU – STEAM TRAP PROGRAM
THANK YOU!
We’ve received your submission and have sent a confirmation to your email. We’ll be in touch soon.
Do you have a project or system upgrade in mind for your facility that you think will save energy, and need a better understanding of your options and potential costs? A Feasibility Study can quantify the technical viability, potential energy savings, and overall project economics.
This program is ideal for industrial, commercial, or agricultural facilities that rely on technologies such as the following:
Compressed air
Pumps, fans, and blowers
Refrigeration
Variable speed drives
Steam and water boiler systems
Ventilation
Waste heat recovery
Other process equipment
We offer financial incentives of 50% of the study cost, up to a maximum incentive of $20,000.
A third-party consultant of your choice will conduct a comprehensive study of your potential project, which will quantify the costs, benefits, and savings associated with the project. If you decide to move forward with the project, you can use the information from the study to apply for incentives through our Custom Energy Solutions Program for your energy efficiency upgrades.
Only studies that evaluate electricity and natural gas savings will be considered.
Once we’ve approved your application, the third-party consultant you‘ve chosen can proceed with the study. The study must be completed within 12 months from the time we approve your application.
SUBMIT PAPERWORK FOR PAYMENT
Once the study is complete, submit the Feasibility Study Report prepared by your consultant along with your invoice to us. We’ll review your report and send you an incentive.
Compressed air systems often consume significant amounts of energy. Improving your compressed air system can lower your energy costs. It can also help correct low air pressure, moisture in the air lines, poor reliability, and production outages.
As a free service, we’ll perform a benchmark study of your compressed air system to identify energy-saving opportunities. We work with pre-qualified compressed air specialists who will visit your facility and perform a baseline logging of your system. Our technical experts will analyze the data and provide you with a report that has valuable information about your system, helping you identify the appropriate size for replacement units and other areas for improvement. We’ll work with you to identify energy efficiency upgrades that qualify for incentives through our Custom Energy Solutions Program.
On average, 10% of most industrial energy costs are related to energy use needed for compressed air systems. System optimization can cut energy consumption by an average of 30% and upwards to 85% in some cases.
STEPS TO PARTICIPATE
GET IN TOUCH
Send us an email indicating that you’re interested in a benchmark study for your compressed air system. We’ll contact you to determine if your facility qualifies for the program.
CHOOSE A PRE-QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR TO PERFORM YOUR BASELINE LOGGING
Once we’vedetermined that the program is right for you, choose a contractor from our list of pre-qualified compressed air contractorsand contact them to start the project.The contractor will work with you to determine the logging requirements and submit a work order for approval.
GET YOUR BASELINE LOGGING DONE
The contractor will perform the baseline logging of your compressed air system and provide us with the data.
GET YOUR REPORT
One of our technical experts will analyze the data and provide you with a report that identifies energy–saving opportunities.Most energy efficiency upgrades willqualify for incentives through our Custom Energy Solutions Program.
