ecoEnergy for Renewable Heat - Natural Resources Canada

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Program Responsibility:
Natural Resources Canada

Program Description:
The ecoENERGY for Renewable Heat program will invest $36 million over four years to: increase the use of renewable thermal energy; help develop renewable thermal energy industry capacity; and contribute to cleaner air by displacing fossil fuel-based energy use for space heating and cooling, and water heating in Canadian buildings.

Incentives will be offered to the industrial/commercial/institutional entities to support the installation of solar space and water heating. Natural Resources Canada estimates suggest the program will support installations in about 700 buildings by 2011.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Active solar water and air heating systems that are installed in Canada qualify for the incentive.
• Eligible buildings used in part for residential occupancy, the building must have a common entrance and must either exceed 600 m2 in building area or have at least four (above ground) storeys of building height.
• Eligible systems must use only collectors accepted by the program.
• Proposed systems that exceed a specified cost per square metre will undergo a technical review before a Contribution Agreement is entered into and may or may not be eligible.

Funding:

• Funding is based on a rate per square metre of collector area multiplied by a collector-specific performance factor.
• The program provides a maximum incentive of $80,000 towards the installation of a qualifying solar water or solar air heating system.
• The corporate maximum incentive for multiple installations is $2 million.

Following an extensive program review and consultation with stakeholders, NRCan has made changes to the Commercial Deployment Incentive under the ecoENERGY for Renewable Heat program. These changes will come into effect on September 1, 2008. Please refer to NRCan website (http://ecoaction.gc.ca/ecoenergy-ecoenergie/heat-chauffage/index-eng.cfm) for more details.

Program Category:
Financing, Energy Incentives

Contact Information:
ecoENERGY for Renewable Heat
Renewable and Electrical Energy Division
Natural Resources Canada
615 Booth Street, Room 150
Ottawa ON K1A 0E9
Tel.: 1-877-722-6600 (toll-free)
Fax: 613-943-6517
E-mail: ecoenergyrhp@nrcan.gc.ca
Website: http://www.ecoaction.gc.ca/ecoenergy-ecoenergie/heat-chauffage/index-eng.cfm

Last Reviewed:
March 2009/MP