Businesses can now double energy rebates—up to $25,000 through November
WINOOSKI, VT
Up to $25,000 in extra incentives are available from Efficiency Vermont for businesses or nonprofits that complete custom projects—while funding lasts.
WINOOSKI, VT—Dairies and ice cream makers. Breweries and furniture builders. Hospitals and colleges. Some of Vermont’s most recognizable businesses have saved energy and cut costs through Efficiency Vermont's rebates for custom projects. Now, for a limited time, any Vermont business can double their rebate—up to $25,000—if they finish a custom project by the end of November.
“Doubling your rebate is really an inflation-buster for businesses,” said Peter Walke, Managing Director of Efficiency Vermont. “It can help operations of any size make policy-proof investments this year. And the energy savings from these projects will help keep costs lower for years to come.”
Custom projects are tailored to meet each business’s unique needs and goals. This ensures businesses install the most efficient equipment and make the most cost-effective facility improvements.
But businesses can only double their rebate for a custom project completed before the end of November.
“You’ve got to start planning right away if you want to get a custom project done in time,” Walke added. “If you want to double your rebate for your business, you’ve got to act now.”
Past projects that received Efficiency Vermont’s custom rebates include:
- Energy-saving ice cream making at Ben & Jerry’s facilities in Waterbury and St. Albans. The ice cream makers are saving $816,000 annually thanks to “energy treasure hunts” that toured both facilities and found multiple ways to save energy, including refrigeration optimization projects.
- Cutting-edge cold at Lawson’s Finest Liquids in Waitsfield. The brewery’s new 3,500-square-foot cooler uses carbon dioxide as a refrigerant, reducing its environmental impact and boosting efficiency. This saves the brewery $13,000 a year and avoids 223,000 pounds of annual emissions.
- Bright ideas at Landmark College in Putney. The first Vermont campus to adopt 100% LED lights, Landmark also added controls for its HVAC systems in nearly all its buildings. Along with other projects, each year Landmark saves $98,000 and enough electricity to power 79 homes.
- Energy-conscious yogurt at Commonwealth Dairy in Brattleboro. With a new, optimized building management system and upgrades to their chilled water and compressed air systems, Commonwealth Dairy is saving around $200,000 annually.
- Hand-crafted savings at Pompanoosuc Mills in Thetford. Switching to 100% LED lighting, specifically tailored to be warm and inviting to showcase the company’s hand-crafted furniture, helped this Upper Valley icon cut its annual electricity bills by 15%, saving $30,000 a year.
- Smart cooling at Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) in Berlin. Fine-tuning CVMC’s HVAC systems, chilled water system, and data center cooling drove improvements that save $63,000 annually, reducing energy use and operating costs while also improving staff and patient safety.
Efficiency Vermont has other supports for businesses looking to invest in efficiency, including:
- Free Business Energy Consultations for businesses of any size. Understand where energy and money are being wasted in your business, and learn about incentives and rebates that can help.
- Rebates for pre-approved commercial tubular LED (TLED) lamp replacements. Rebates cover up to 100% of product costs for qualifying TLED lamps that replace existing fluorescent lamps.
- Rebates for pre-approved agricultural LED lighting projects. Rebates cover up to 100% of a project’s total costs in livestock or sugaring facilities, farmyards, dairy barns, processing and sorting rooms, milking parlors, and egg-packing rooms.
Only new or currently incomplete custom projects are eligible for a doubled rebate up to $25,000. Eligible projects may receive up to twice the standard custom incentive with the total additional incentive capped at $25,000 or 100% of the total project cost, whichever is less. Custom projects must be completed in full by November 30, 2026. This offer is only available for a limited time, or until funds run out this year. Doubled rebates are not available for Efficiency Vermont’s standard business rebates. Additional terms and conditions apply. See Efficiency Vermont’s Custom Project rebate page for additional details.
About Efficiency Vermont
As the nation's first Energy Efficiency Utility, Efficiency Vermont has helped Vermont save $3.7 billion in lifetime savings and avoid more than 14.8 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions since 2000. Operated by clean energy nonprofit VEIC, Efficiency Vermont has received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR® program Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence award over eight consecutive years. Efficiency Vermont works with partners to help our state transition to more affordable, low-carbon energy use through education, rebates and incentives, and support for our clean energy workforce. Learn more at www.efficiencyvermont.com.
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