Improving Industrial Energy Efficiency

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Improving Industrial Energy Efficiency

• Windsor, Ontario
• March 27, 2009

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About CIPEC

• Industry and government working in
  partnership to
• Cut operating costs
• improve productivity
• reduce GHG emissions and air pollution

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CIPEC Structure
Executive Board
Natural Resources Canada supports CIPEC at all
levels
Task Force Council
Sector Task Forces Sector Associations
CIPEC Leader Companies
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CIPEC Approach

• Raise Awareness
• Build Knowledge
• Generate Action
• Celebrate Success

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Information Networking

• Sector Task Forces
• Employee Awareness Information
• Case Studies
• Best Practices and Benchmarking Guides
• Twice monthly newsletter Heads Up CIPEC
• Technical Videos

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Conferences and Awards

• CIPEC Energy 2009
• Two day conference focused on industrial energy
  efficiency
• In partnership with the CME
• Toronto, November 2009
• Include workshops, trade show and awards dinner

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Downloadable tools

• NRCan downloadable software

• Boiler Efficiency Calculator
• evaluates boiler performance
• CanMOST
• analyses and compares the efficiency of
  three-phase electric motors over
• 43,000 motors in the database
• RETSCREEN
• assesses financial viability and risk for various
  types of energy efficient and renewable energy
  technologies

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Energy Efficiency Training
Training to Build Capacity

• Dollars to ense Workshops
• Spot the Energy Savings Opportunities
• Energy Monitoring and Tracking
• Energy Master Plan
• Energy Efficiency Financing

NRCan covers 50 of the cost of a customized
workshops tailored to companies and sectors
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Incentives

• Capital Projects 25 percent of the cost to a
  maximum of 50,000.
• Process Integration Studies 50 percent of the
  cost to a maximum of 50,000.
• Solar Projects 25 percent to a maximum of
  80,000 for solar space and water heating.
• Tax Incentives Up to 50 percent CCA for
  renewable energy and energy efficient equipment.
• Computational Fluid Dynamics Studies 50 percent
  to a maximum of 30,000.

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Incentive to Upgrade Equipment

• The ecoENERGY Retrofit Incentive
• Helps small- and medium-sized industrial
  facilities implement energy-saving projects
• Eligibility
• Non-regulated industry sectors with less than 500
  employees
• Commercial and institutional buildings 20,000
  m2
• Funding Amount
• Calculated as the lowest of
• 10/GJ of estimated savings
• amount required to reduce the simple payback to
  one year
• 25 of project costs
• A maximum 50,000 per application and 250,000
  per organization in total

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Retrofit Calculation
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Retrofit Project Types(as of October 17, 2008)
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Applications by Sector (as of October 17, 2008)
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Incentives (contd)

• Process Integration (PI) Study Incentive
• Assess energy efficiency potential in complicated
  processes systems
• 50 funding to a maximum of 50,000.
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Incentive
• Use computer modeling to optimize system design
  and operation parameters for combustion devices
• 50 funding to a maximum of 30,000.

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ecoENERGY for Renewable Heat
Solar space and water heating

• 36 million 4-year program
• 15 25 of the cost for solar space and water
  heating units in the industrial, commercial and
  institutional sectors
• Maximum contribution per project of up to
  400,000

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Tax Treatments

• Class 29, 43.1/43.2 of the Income Tax Act
• Class 29 provides 50 straight line ACCA for
  manufacturing and processing equipment
• Class 43.1 and 43.2 provide 30 or 50 ACCA
  (declining balance) for equipment used in systems
  that generate electricity and/or produce heat for
  industrial processes by
• recovering and re-using thermal waste
• using specified waste-fuels
• using cogeneration
• Using renewable sources, including solar, wind
  and small hydro
• Canadian Renewable Conservation Expense (CRCE)
• Covers intangible (soft) costs for Class
  43.1/43.2 projects
• Can be fully expensed in the year incurred or
  carried forward.

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CIPEC Success Story Maple Leaf Foods
ecoENERGY retrofit incentive
9 Customized workshops
Employee Awareness Days
6 Energy Audits
Process Integration study
CIPEC presentation to senior managers
Awareness/Action
Joins CIPEC FB taskforce
Becomes CIPEC Leader company
Energy savings 3.5 Million/year 355,000
GJ/year
Contacts CIPEC for Info.
Attend D2 Workshop
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The CIPEC Portfolio
Training
Tools

• Dollars to ense
• expert facilitators
• four components
• customized for companies

• CanMost
• Boiler Efficiency Calculator
• Energy Savings Toolbox
• (Audit Manual and Tool)
• RETScreen Intl
• Fans, and more

New!
Information
Incentives

• ecoEnergy Retrofit
• Procecess Integration Studies
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Studies
• Renewable Energy for Heat

• Sector Task Forces
• tip sheets
• case studies
• source books
• website
• Heads Up CIPEC

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Where to Start

• Become a CIPEC Leader!
• Go to
• CIPEC.ca

For more information Richard Janecky Office of
Energy Efficiency Natural Resources Canada Tel
613.992.3286 Cel. 613.371.2076 E-mail
rjanecky_at_nrcan.gc.ca