Energy-Efficient Lighting Design
Building for Performance
The Energy-Efficient Lighting Design offer provides financial incentives and tools to help building developers and their design teams create and install more effective and energy-efficient lighting in new commercial development projects.
The Offer
Receive financial incentives for the following energy-efficient measures:
- A $1,000 incentive for creating a lighting design that meets or exceeds ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1 – 2004 code.*
- A capital incentive to install the new lighting. The incentive will be based on the total electrical savings of the energy-efficient design.**
- An incentive of up to $3,000 will be paid for a daylight study. Limited number of studies available.
Optional for new multi-unit residential buildings:
- Install an In-Suite ENERGY STAR® Package and receive rebates up to $200 per suite.
* Projects within the City of Vancouver must exceed the code by 10 per cent.
**Minimum savings criteria of $500 apply. Projects are considered qualified once certain guidelines have been met.
Eligibility
- For new commercial or multi-unit residential buildings that are over 6,000 square feet.
- Commercial buildings include: warehouses, offices, retail, mixed-use low and high-rise buildings, restaurants, schools, long-term healthcare and other government facilities, etc.
Benefits
The developer, owner, occupants and design team will benefit from participating. The Energy-Efficient Lighting Design will provide many long-term benefits:
| Who Benefits | How You Benefit |
| Building Developers |
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| Design Teams |
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| Owners and Occupants |
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Register Online
Once you are in the planning stages of developing a new commercial building or are carrying out a substantial retrofit and have selected a lighting designer, you are ready to register and apply for the Energy-Efficient Lighting Design offer.
Ask your lighting designer to calculate the incentives for your new building by completing the lighting calculator spreadsheet [MS Excel, 2.3 Mb]. Submit this spreadsheet as part of your application package.
Resources
- Lamp and Ballast Product Guide [PDF, 256 Kb]
- Reference Guide for Lighting Calculator [PDF, 378 Kb]
Contact Us
If you are interested in exploring opportunities to create an energy-efficient high-performance building, contact us at 604 453-6400 in the Lower Mainland or 1 866 453-6400 elsewhere in B.C.
