Existing Building Commissioning (EBCx)
Receive up to $50,000 for Energy Savings.
The Save on Energy Existing Building Commissioning (EBCx) program is designed to help owners, operators and managers of commercial and institutional buildings in Ontario improve their energy management. Implementing building management best practices will help reduce energy waste, enhance occupant comfort and increase profitability.
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Save on Energy Existing Building Commissioning (EBCx)
Amount of Funding
The EBCx program has three phases and incentives are available to participants who complete each one:
- Investigation Phase – Hire a commissioning provider to investigate your facility, prepare a report and draft a commissioning plan.
- Receive up to $0.06 per sq. ft. of the building area to a maximum of $50,000 per facility and/or 75% of the costs paid to the CP to undertake investigation.
- Implementation Phase – Implement energy efficiency measures identified in the commissioning plan.
- Receive up to $0.03 per kWh of confirmed persisting energy savings to a maximum of 30% of the facility’s annual electricity consumption or $50,000, whichever is lower. Savings are calculated and verified after a 12-month period.
- Persistence Phase – Receive training from your CP to maintain and monitor systems for one year.
- Receive up to $0.03 per kWh of confirmed energy savings to a maximum of 30% of the facility’s annual electricity consumption or $50,000, whichever is lower.
Save on Energy Existing Building Commissioning (EBCx)
Eligible Applicants
A Participant must:
- be the owner, operator, or manager of a commercial or institutional building; or
- be an electricity customer with one or more Facilities connected to (or behind the meter of an electricity customer connected to) the IESO-Controlled Grid or a Distribution System.
Eligible Facilities
Eligible Facilities must:
- have a minimum of 12 months of consecutive energy data;
- have consumed a minimum of 750,000 kWh per annum, not including energy consumed by industrial and manufacturing processes;
- have baseline models meeting the minimum standards;
- not have undertaken a commissioning exercise in the last two years;
- not be participating in a building accreditation system that requires EBCx as a pre-requisite;
- be connected to, or behind the meter of, an electricity customer connected to the IESO-controlled grid or a distribution system; and
- meet any other eligibility requirements as outlined in the M&V Guidelines.
Save on Energy Existing Building Commissioning (EBCx)
Eligible Activities
To be eligible, a Project must include one of the following measures:
- Occupant behavioural measures;
- Set point and scheduling optimization;
- Air and water balancing;
- Other operational and maintenance changes; or
- Equipment repairs and minor replacements.
Example EBCx measures include:
- Reducing equipment runtime;
- Optimizing economizer operation;
- Eliminating simultaneous heating and cooling;
- Optimizing supply air temperature;
- Optimizing zone/setback temperature set points;
- Eliminating unnecessary lighting hours;
- Optimizing ventilation rates;
- Optimizing static pressure/differential pressure control of fans and pumps;
- Adding/optimizing chilled water temperature reset; and
- Eliminating passing (leaky) valves.
Save on Energy Existing Building Commissioning (EBCx)
Program Deadline
Applications are accepted on a continuous intake.
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