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. 

FEASIBILITY STUDIES

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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 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.  

GET AN AUDIT & REPLACE FAILED TRAPS TO SAVE ENERGY & MONEY  

Steam trap audits are ideal for industrial, commercial, and agricultural facilities that operate large steam boilers and distribution systems with many steam traps. On average, 15% to 30% of traps can be failing in steam trap systems that haven’t been maintained for three to five years.* A plant wide steam trap audit can identify those traps needing replacement, helping you save energy and money. 

We offer financial incentives for the audit and replacement of failed steam traps of $15 per steam trap tested to a maximum of $10,000 per audit.

*US Department of Energy 2012.

An energy audit is commonly the first step in identifying key opportunities for building owners to reduce their energy consumption (and save money!). 

We offer financial incentives and technical support for building owners that complete ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) Level 2 or 3 audits for eligible commercial buildings. 

Through the Commercial Energy Audit Program, you’ll be able to select a consultant from our pre-qualified list to perform an energy audit at your commercial building. After the audit, you’ll receive a detailed report summarizing energy-saving opportunities for your building’s envelope, lighting, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, as well as the Efficiency Manitoba incentive programs that are applicable to you.  

AVAILABLE INCENTIVES

For building owners interested in an immersive and intensive energy review process that includes the implementation of low-capital energy-saving measures, check out our Enhanced Building Operations Program. This program helps identify energy-saving opportunities and optimizes your facility’s daily operations by fine-tuning existing systems and equipment operations. 

For building owners interested in pursuing incentives for specific energy-saving measures related to process loads within their industrial building, you may also be eligible for our Custom Energy Solutions Program.

When it comes to keeping your swine and other livestock warm, consider upgrading to heat pads. We provide a $75 incentive per crate when you upgrade from heat lamps to heat pads. 

BENEFITS OF HEAT PADS

BDC SMALL BUSINESS WEEK 2022

October 16 to 22 is BDC Small Business Week^TM! We’re taking this time to appreciate the entrepreneurial spirit of Manitoba small businesses and the important role they play in supporting economic growth. 

We’re also celebrating over on our Instagram profile by giving FIVE winners a $100 gift card to a Manitoba small business of their choice! Here’s how to enter: 

• Like and follow our Instagram page. 
• Like the Small Business Week contest post pinned at the top of our Instagram grid.
• Show one of your favourite small businesses some love by tagging them in the comments! One comment = one entry (and you can comment as many times as you’d like). 

This contest ends at 11:59 p.m. CT on November 6, 2022 and the winners will be selected by 12:00 p.m. on November 14, 2022. We’ll contact you via direct message if you’ve won, so keep an eye out for a message from us. 

Be sure to read the full contest rules and terms and conditions before entering. 

Good luck!