Environmental Financial Incentives

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We offer a variety of financial incentives for different sectors in Edmonton.

Change Homes for Climate

Energy Efficiency and Conservation in Your Home

Learn how to conserve energy and make your home more energy efficient with tools like the Change Homes and Change Habits for Climate guides.

Solar Rebate Program

Eligible property owners ready to go solar could qualify for Edmonton’s Solar Rebate Program and save $0.50/watt towards the cost of a rooftop solar energy system. Properties must have four or more permitted units or dwellings and are eligible for rebates based on the size of their system, to a maximum $4,000 per dwelling and a maximum of $100,000 total rebate per property owner per calendar year.

Residential Clean Energy Improvement Program (CEIP)

The Residential Clean Energy Improvement Program (CEIP) is a financing tool for residential property owners to help fund energy efficiency upgrades and/or renewable energy installations with a competitive interest rate and repayment terms. Read more about how to access Clean Energy Improvement funding for home retrofits.

Home Upgrades Program

The Home Upgrades Program is offered by Alberta Ecotrust and Empower Me, in partnership with the City of Edmonton and others. It helps qualified families struggling to pay their energy bills to upgrade their home's energy efficiency.

Change Buildings for Climate

Energy Efficiency and Conservation in Large Buildings

Learn how energy efficiency and conservation can be incorporated into large buildings

Building Energy Benchmarking Program

Our Building Energy Benchmarking Program improves building energy efficiency, and contributes to significant energy savings and greenhouse gas reduction by providing owners with information about their building. The program supports building owners and operators to reduce energy consumption.

Residential Solar Rebate Program

Eligible residential property owners ready to go solar could qualify for Edmonton’s Solar Rebate Program and save $0.50/watt towards the cost of a rooftop solar energy system. The residential properties must have 4 or more permitted units or dwellings and are eligible for rebates based on the size of their system, to a maximum $4,000 per dwelling and a maximum of $100,000 total rebate per property owner per calendar year.

Commercial Clean Energy Improvement Program (CEIP)

Commercial CEIP is a financing tool for commercial property owners to help fund energy efficiency upgrades and/or renewable energy installations with a competitive interest rate and repayment terms of up to 20 years (depending on the type of upgrade).

Change Business for Climate

Energy Efficiency and Conservation in Business

How to make your organization more energy efficient.

Corporate Climate Leaders Program

The Corporate Climate Leaders Program helps corporations take action on climate change through active greenhouse gas (GHG) management across their operations.

Change Communities for Climate

Green Buildings and Communities

Energy efficiency programs and information for large buildings and communities.

Climate Innovation Fund Grants

We partnered with Alberta Ecotrust to provide Climate Innovation Fund Grants. This program targets the major urban greenhouse gas emissions sources in Edmonton and aims to support a broad range of climate-positive interventions while ensuring an equitable and just future for all Albertans.

Projects supported through the program may cover a diverse range of activities, from technology demonstration to collective impact and policy advancement.

CitiesIPCC Legacy Grants

With support from Alberta EcoTrust, we offered the CitiesIPCC Legacy research grants to help advance knowledge about how Edmonton can become an energy sustainable and climate resilient city. To read the research papers, visit Environment and Climate Resilience and scroll to the CitiesIPCC Legacy Grant Research Papers section.

Brownfield Redevelopment Grants

The Brownfield Redevelopment Grant Program promotes redevelopment of qualified brownfield properties by helping cover some of the testing and remediation costs.

Change Mobility for Climate

Electric Vehicles

Electrification of our transportation system, from electric vehicles to e-bikes, helps to reduce our emissions and our reliance on fossil fuels.

Incentives for Zero Emission Vehicles Program (iZEV) for Light Duty Vehicles

The iZEV Program offers up to $5,000 at the point of sale (dealerships) to Canadian individuals and businesses for the purchase or lease of light-duty zero emission vehicles (ZEV). A light duty vehicle is most personal vehicles; cars, SUVs, and light pick-up trucks.

For details on eligible vehicles, and incentive amounts visit iZEV eligible vehicles.

Incentives for Medium and Heavy-duty Zero-emission Vehicles Program (iMHZEV)

For Canadian businesses, the iMHZEV Program offers point-of-sale incentives of up to $200,000, depending on the vehicle type. Eligible vehicles have a gross weight over 8,500lbs, and Transport Canada may exclude certain types of vehicles from the program such as transit buses, school buses, recreational vehicles (RVs), or off-road vehicles.

For details on eligible vehicles, and incentive amounts visit iMHZEV Eligible Vehicles.

Zero-emission Vehicle Tax Incentive for Businesses

As part of Budget 2019, the government introduced a temporarily enhanced first-year capital cost allowance (CCA) rate of 100 per cent for eligible zero-emission vehicles. There is a limit of $55,000 (plus taxes) for eligible passenger zero-emission vehicles. The enhanced allowance percentage will phase-out over time, ending by 2028.

For more information on the rates, eligible vehicles and more visit: Expanding Tax Support for Business Investment in Zero-Emission Vehicles - Canada.ca.

Zero-emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program (ZEVIP)

The Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program (ZEVIP) provides funding towards the deployment of electric vehicle (EV) chargers and hydrogen refuelling stations across Canada. The current goal of ZEVIP is to support the deployment of 33,500 EV chargers and 10 hydrogen refuelling stations.

Available incentives can be accessed through the ZEVIP website.

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Alberta Ecotrust Foundation - Climate Innovation Fund Grant Program

Natural Resources Canada - Energy Efficiency Programs

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