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We have a range of cash back offers for commercial real estate customers.

Commercial Real Estate

Upgrading to energy-efficient equipment doesn’t just minimize your building’s effect on the environment. It also creates a healthier, more productive work environment for tenants – and it improves profitability by reducing your energy costs.* Even better? Energy efficiency investments have been shown to increase property values by up to 40 times the initial investment cost.**

Rebates and Incentives

With our suite of Smart $aver® Business programs, you can get cash back for installing energy-efficient equipment, which will lower your energy bills while subsidizing the cost of upgrades. We have a wide range of offers so you can tailor your energy efficiency improvements to fit both your building and your budget. This table incorporates popular energy efficiency measures and their relative effect to overall building efficiency.
 
 

  • Good

    These changes are easily accomplished.

  • Better

    These are slightly more involved upgrades that are even better for your building, tenants and budget.

  • Best

    These are the best ways to help you save energy and make your building more profitable.

HVAC

Lighting

Envelope

Plug Loads

Good 

  • Programmable Thermostat

  • Water cooled central chiller in lieu of rooftop units

  • VFD on cooling pumps

  • Building automation system

  • LED lighting in lieu of fluorescent

  • Window film

  

Better
Good – plus these

  • Increased chiller efficiency

  • VFD on chiller compressor

  • Energy recovery ventilation

  • Occupancy sensors in areas not required by code

  • Improved roof insulation


Best
Better – plus these

  • Optimum chiller efficiency

  • Occupancy sensor control of zone temperature

  • CO2 control of outside air

  • Aggressively efficient lighting

  • Daylight harvesting in non-required areas

  • Improved wall insulation

  • Cool/white roof

  • Install high efficiency windows when replacement is needed

  • Occupancy sensor control of other plug loads


Average results for a Commercial Real Estate customer *** Good  Better  Best 
Projected Annual Electric Savings $30,000+ $40,000+  $60,000+ 
Duke Energy Incentives and Rebates
 $45,000+  $60,000+  $85,000+ 

Supporting Programs

We have three ways you can approach getting cash back for your energy efficiency upgrades: Prescriptive, Custom and Performance.

  • Prescriptive‌

    Get cash back for the purchase and installation of common energy efficiency improvements such as lighting, HVAC, chillers, VFDs and Information Technology equipment.

  • Custom‌

    Considering an upgrade that doesn't quite fit into any of the Prescriptive categories? You can still apply for our Custom Incentive program.

  • Performance‌

    Have an innovative or energy-saving concept that is difficult to calculate or predict savings? We can offer incentives based on actual measured “performance”.