Funding and incentive programs

Find financial assistance programs and hiring incentives for businesses wanting to become energy and environmentally efficient.

• Better Building Partnership - New Construction
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/3278/
  Applies to: Ontario
  Are you planning a new building or major renovation project in the City of Toronto by 2010? New incentives for construction mean you could save on your electricity bill.
• Directory of Energy Efficiency and Alternative Energy Programs in Canada
  
  http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/corporate/statistics/neud/dpa/policy_e/programs.cfm?
  Find programs that promote the use of alternative energy and that will help you save energy. The directory contains programs from all levels of government, as well as the private sector.
• Electricity Retrofit Incentive Program
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/2369/
  Applies to: Ontario
  You may qualify for electricity rebates, if your business has adopted energy-efficient technologies that will lower your bottom line.
• ecoENERGY Retrofit Incentive for Industry
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/1425/
  Applies to: All of Canada
  If you have a small or medium industrial facility or plant, you can get up to $50,000 for projects that help you to reduce pollution and save energy.
• ecoENERGY Retrofit Incentive for Buildings (Commercial and Institutional Organizations)
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/1428/
  Applies to: All of Canada
  If you have a small or medium-sized commercial building, apartment building or mixed-use commercial/residential building, you can get money to make improvements that save energy.
• ecoENERGY for Renewable Power
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/1427/
  Applies to: All of Canada
  You have an alternative energy business? You can obtain financial assistance if you build or transform a power plant before March 31, 2011.
• ecoENERGY for Renewable Heat
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/1424/
  Applies to: All of Canada
  You can get money to install a solar heating system to heat your building or your water, so your business can reduce pollution and save energy.
• Energy Loan
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/4495/
  Applies to: All of Canada
  Financing to help your agricultural or agri-business produce its own renewable energy.
• Funding Technologies for the Environment
  
  http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/fte-fte.nsf/eng/home
  If you are an environmental business, you can use this website to find financing programs to help you develop and roll-out technologies to protect the environment.
• Green Commercial Vehicle Program
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/4977/
  Applies to: Ontario
  Receive financing to help you adopt green technology for your commercial vehicles.
• High Performance New Construction - Outside Toronto
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/3027/
  Applies to: Ontario
  Are you planning a new building or major renovation project, outside of the City of Toronto, by 2010? New incentives for construction mean you could save on your electricity bill.
• NextGen Biofuels™
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/1420/
  Applies to: All of Canada
  If your business produces biofuel (ethanol or biodiesel) using the latest technologies, and your product has been successfully tested, you can get money to help market it.
• Northern Energy Program
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/2833/
  Applies to: Ontario
  Funding is available if you're a Northern Ontario business aiming to reduce energy use through a renewable energy project. Businesses undertaking renewable energy projects in Northern Ontario are also eligible for funding.
• Ontario Current Cost Adjustment:  Pollution Control Equipment
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/2971/
  Applies to: Ontario
  This deduction is an incentive to help you purchase new pollution control equipment for your Ontario-based business.
• Ontario Environmental Leaders Program
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/3918/
  Applies to: Ontario
  If your business goes the extra mile to protect the environment, apply for this program to gain public recognition and other benefits.
• Sustainable Development Technology Fund
  
  http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/1217/
  Applies to: All of Canada
  Do you need money to develop and test a new energy technology? You can get funding for clean technology products that fight climate change.