The following are programs offered by the ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune and its partners. Various types of financial assistance are available through these programs.
| Title | Sector | Agency | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|
AVENUESThe AVENUES program validates the profitability and commercial viability of opportunities aimed at residential and commercial clients. These opportunities may be based on implementing underexploited technologies or commercial approaches that the distributor feels are not yet sufficiently developed. Relying on an advisory committee representing different segments and interests of its clientele, the distributor defines market opportunities and analyses every proposal it receives. |
Technological Innovation, Residential, Institutional, Commercial, Industrial, Municipal | Hydro Québec | Electricity, Emerging Energy Sources |
Combo SystemThe combo system heats all rooms and provides hot water to combine your comfort needs. It is called a combo because the water heater is combined with a fan coil unit that heats the air. This program applies exclusively to Gaz Métro’s residential customers for single family homes (including detached homes, townhouses, row houses, duplexes and triplexes, or buildings with four apartments or more). |
Residential | Gaz Métro | Natural Gas |
Commercial Refrigeration EquipmentThe purpose of this program is to reduce electricity consumption by the installation of highly efficient refrigerators and freezers that are certified by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE). Commercial, institutional, industrial and agricultural customers, except those who are subject to Rate L are eligible. This program is also offered to owners of multi-units residential buildings, for products used in common areas and customers of municipal and off-grid systems. |
Agri-food, Agriculture, Municipal, Industrial, Commercial, Institutional | Hydro Québec | Electricity |
Condensing boilerThe purpose of this program is to save on the consumption of natural gas. It is aimed at commercial and institutional clients who are looking to buy or to rent a condensing boiler with an efficiency rating of 90% or better. All Gazifère commercial and institutional clients are eligible. |
Commercial, Institutional, Municipal | Gazifère | Natural Gas |
Condensing boilersThis program is focused on heating technologies and procedures that offer an energy efficiency rating of more than 90%. The program is for existing buildings as well as new construction, and is of interest to both current and new clients. |
Institutional, Industrial, Municipal, Commercial | Gaz Métro | Natural Gas |
Condensing unit heaterThis program aims to replace unit heaters with units whose energy performance rating is higher than the current standard of 80%, i.e. an AFUE rating of 90%. The program ir for current and new Gaz Métro clients. |
Commercial, Institutional, Commercial, Industrial | Gaz Métro | Natural Gas |
Condensing water heaterThe purpose of this program is to save on the consumption of natural gas. This programm offers to the commercial and institutional customers financial support for the purchase or rental of a condensing water heater with an efficiency rating of 90% or better. All Gazifère commercial and institutional clients are eligible. |
Commercial, Institutional, Municipal | Gazifère | Natural Gas |
Condensing water heatersThe program encourages clients to buy and install condensing water heaters with an energy efficiency rating of more than 90%. It is aimed at both existing buildings and new construction, and is of interest to both current and new clients. |
Institutional, Commercial, Industrial, Municipal | Gaz Métro | Natural Gas |
Demonstration program of technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions (Technoclimat)The purpose of this demonstration program is to finance projects that demonstrate new technologies and innovative procedures that show strong potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Québec. |
Technological Innovation, Municipal, Institutional | Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune | Electricity, Natural Gas, Fuel Oil, Heavy Fuel Oil, Propane, Butane, Gasoline, Diesel, Emerging Energy Sources |
Discount on purchase of windows certified ENERGY STAR®The program offers financial incentives for the purchase of energy efficient windows certified ENERGY STAR® to replace older windows when doing home renovations. It also provides Gaz Métro clients with information on the inherent features of energy efficient windows in order to encourage them to purchase these products. |
Residential | Gaz Métro’s Fonds en efficacité énergétique (FEÉ) | Natural Gas |