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Public Sector

Maine municipalities are often faced with budget pressures and high operating costs to maintain older municipal buildings that house town offices, public works garages, fire stations, and wastewater treatment facilities. Energy efficiency is a great way for municipalities to save energy and money, and improve comfort, safety, and maintenance costs in the process. Efficiency Maine offers incentives for energy efficiency upgrades.

  • Click here to learn more from our Municipal Resources Information Sheet.

  • Click here to view a copy of our Energy Efficiency for Municipalities and Schools webinar slides. 

Funding Opportunity Notice (FON) for Small Municipalities

Efficiency Maine is seeking applications for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting and refrigeration projects in small Maine municipality and tribal government buildings. Click here for more information. 

Funding for Public EV Charging Stations

Incentives are now available for public Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) chargers in rural communities. Local governments, businesses, tribal governments, and non-profits in eligible towns may apply for this Funding Opportunity Notice (FON). Projects at local government-owned properties, tribal properties, and public libraries are eligible for enhanced incentives. Click here to learn more about this opportunity. Applications are open until January 17, 2023.

Lighting

Reduce energy use and lighting costs with high-efficiency lighting solutions and controls

Municipalities have significant lighting savings opportunities from high-bay lights in public works garages to incandescent bulbs in desk lamps. Municipalities may also have significant opportunities to save with lighting controls. Lighting zones can be tied to dimming or occupancy controls to reduce over-lighting in spaces not in use. Controls can also link to building schedules for even greater synergies between usage patterns and lighting. Many municipalities have purchased their streetlights from their utility and converting streetlights to LED. Efficiency Maine incentivizes high-efficiency lighting, including:

  • Indoor Lighting
  • Outdoor Lighting
  • Screw-in Bulbs
  • Lighting Controls

Learn more.

Heating, Cooling, and Ventilation (HVAC)

Municipalities may have very different HVAC systems in the various buildings. Efficiency Maine offers incentives for a number of heating, cooling, and ventilation technologies. For example, by upgrading to systems that allow zone-by-zone temperature control, town facilities may be able to reduce energy costs and ensure the comfort of staff. Heating and cooling systems with controls or demand control ventilation may be modulated to meet occupancy and temperature requirements. Offices and break rooms in garage spaces, which are more frequently used, and may need to be kept at a different temperature than the garage itself, may benefit from a room-heating solution, like a ductless heat pump. Garage and high-bay spaces in public safety buildings may also benefit from infrared heating systems.

Efficiency Maine offers incentives to upgrade to high-efficiency systems including:

  • Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) Systems
  • Ductless Heat Pumps
  • Boilers and Furnaces
  • HVAC Controls and Demand Control Ventilation
  • Heating Controls

Learn more.

Electric Vehicles 

Qualifying battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are eligible for instant and mail-in rebates at participating dealers or by purchasing them directly from the manufacturer. Click here for more information on electric vehicles and electric vehicle rebates. 

Water Heating

Municipal buildings can save energy and money by installing high-efficiency water heating systems

Water heating efficiency is another opportunity for energy savings for municipalities. Spaces with water heating needs remote from the current water heating system may benefit from a tankless water heater. Spaces with a high-volume of water use, such as a fire station changing room, may benefit from a heat pump water heater. Efficiency Maine offers incentives for:

  • Heat Pump Water Heaters

Learn more.

Plug Loads

Save with high-efficiency office equipment.

Managing plug loads is another significant electricity-saving opportunity for Maine towns. Consider purchasing ENERGY STAR® certified equipment when next updating office equipment, which is 30-75% more efficient than standard equipment. In addition, there may be opportunities to power down some equipment when not in use in public safety buildings, garages, and other facilities. Learn more about managing plug loads with ENERGY STAR®.

Water/Wastewater Treatment

Water and wastewater treatment facilities require significant energy to power pumps, run aeration systems, exchange air, and control other operations 24 hours a day, seven days a week. According to the US EPA, water and wastewater treatment accounts for 35% of a typical municipal energy budgets. To help reduce these costs, Efficiency Maine’s custom program offers incentives a wide variety of tailored energy efficiency projects, including:

  • Variable Frequency Drives for motors
  • Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Systems
  • High-efficiency pumping and aeration equipment
  • Automated controls

Custom Solutions

Don’t see your energy solution listed above? Efficiency Maine also offers incentives for customized, site-specific energy solutions, including building envelope upgrades, combined heat and power installations, and more. Click here for more information on the Custom Program.

Get Started

Find a Qualified PartnerReady to upgrade your facility with high-efficiency equipment and appliances? Work with an Efficiency Maine Qualified Partner in order to be eligible for these incentives. See our Qualified Partner video for more information on this process.

Click here to find a Qualified Partner working near you. If you work with a contractor that is not yet a Qualified Partner, urge your contractor to find out more information here. As part of the project approval process, you will accept the C&I Prescriptive Program’s Terms and Conditions. 

If you’re interested in getting started with an energy efficiency project in your business but don’t know where to start, you can sign-up for a virtual customer consultation here.

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