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    Climate Action Incentive Fund

    October 08, 2019
    Canada

    The Climate Action Incentive Fund (CAIF) SME Project stream provides support to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for retrofit projects in sectors such as Building, Transportation, Industry, Waste, Agriculture, and more. The CAIF program is available to applicants operating in the provinces of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and New Brunswick.

    Deadline

    90 days starting July 17, 2019

    Eligible rebate amount

    • Up to 25% of project’s total eligible costs
    • No less than $20,000 CAD and no more than $250,000 CAD per project and per recipient

    Eligible categories

    Agricultural retrofits

    • Changes to agricultural processes to improve energy efficiency
    • Fuel switching to lower emitting energy sources in agricultural operations
    • Other energy efficiency measures in the agricultural sector

    Building retrofits

    • Enhancements to building envelope (with direct energy savings), including energy efficient windows/doors/skylights, increased insulation, weatherproofing, and glazing
    • Energy efficient lighting system
    • Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment/systems/controls
    • Water heating retrofits, including high efficiency condensing water heating
    • High-efficiency motors and controls
    • Energy management controls, including building automation systems
    • Fuel switching to lower emitting energy sources in existing buildings

    Electricity, energy or fuel production

    • District energy (heating and/or cooling)
    • Combined heat and power for own use
    • Renewable energy systems (e.g. solar photovoltaic, wind energy, micro-hydro, stand-alone storage systems) on-site and for own-use
    • Low-emission fuel production for own-use

    Industrial process improvements

    • Retrofitting and upgrading of existing equipment used for industrial processes
    • Fuel switching to lower emitting energy sources
    • Process changes
    • Waste-heat recovery

    Transportation retrofits

    • Heavy-duty vehicle retrofits, including energy efficiency and/or fuel switching to lower emitting sources
    • Marine vehicle retrofits, including energy efficiency and/or fuel switching to lower emitting sources

    Waste

    • Energy efficiency measures in waste management

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