LiveSmart BC: Small Business Program
LiveSmart BC: Small Business Program Helps BC Businesses Go Green and Save
The three year LiveSmart BC: Small Business Program will make it easy for thousands of BC small businesses to save money and reduce their energy consumption.
Program overview
Join other businesses across B.C. who are saving money and reducing energy use by participating in the LiveSmart BC Small Business Program. The LiveSmart BC: Small Business Program was developed in partnership with BC utilities (FortisBC, BC Hydro and Terasen Gas), industry associations, the Small Business Roundtable and other BC-based small business operators.
The LiveSmart BC Small Business Program in the Capital Regional District
The LiveSmart BC: Small Business Program provides small businesses with unbiased, expert advice from a Business Energy Advisor about how best to save energy and money. If you are an owner or manager of a small or medium sized business in the capital region, you may be eligible for a free business energy assessment. After the assessment, you will receive a written report with recommendations about the best return on investment from lighting and energy upgrade options and how to access utility incentives to help pay for them.
During a site visit of your business a City Green Business Energy Advisor will:
- Conduct an on-site assessment (20 minutes to 1 hour depending on building size)
- Interview a business representative about general energy concerns or comfort complaints
- Collect detailed information about the building lighting systems, and
- Collect basic information about windows and doors, heating, hot water, and ventilation systems
Program Service Area - Capital Regional District
The LiveSmart BC: Small Business Program is available through the capital region including Central Saanich, Colwood, Esquimalt, Highlands, Langford, Metchosin, North Saanich, Oak Bay, Saanich, Sidney, Sooke, Victoria and View Royal; and the Juan de Fuca, Southern Gulf Islands, and Salt Spring Island electoral areas. For delivery in other regions see: www.livesmartbc.ca/green_business
Program Eligibility Summary
The eligibility criteria for this program include:
- Businesses that spend less than $50,000 per year on electricity Only
- The business has a location in B.C. at which the Project will be implemented
- The business is a registered business
- The business is privately owned and operated
- The business has a commercial electrical account
- At least 50 per cent of the building in which the business operates is used for business purposes
- The business has not participated in the LiveSmart BC: Efficiency Incentive Program for homes (i.e. in the case of a home based business)
- Non-profit organizations are not eligible
- Home-based businesses are not eligible for this program but may be eligible for incentives from the LiveSmart BC Efficiency Incentive Program. For details on this and other programs see below:
Contact Us Today
For more information, to determine eligibility or to arrange for a free business energy assessment from City Green Solutions please contact:
250-478-1130
chamber@westshore.bc.ca
www.westshore.bc.ca/livesmartbc
For more information about the program see the LiveSmart BC: Small Business Program Website at: www.livesmartbc.ca/green_business
Home Based Business
Home based businesses are NOT eligible for the LiveSmart BC: Small Business Program. However, they may be eligible to receive incentives from one of the following programs:
- LiveSmart BC Efficiency Incentive Program
- BC Hydro Incentives:
BC Hydro offers a number of incentives including a fridge buy-back program, an Energy Star Appliance Incentive Program, light bulb incentives, and low-flow fixtures rebates.
- Fortis BC Incentives:
Fortis BC has a number of rebate and incentive programs for residential homes.
- Solar Colwood Incentives:
Large incentives for homes and/or home based businesses in Colwood converting to Solar Hot Water Systems and Ductless Split Heat Pump Systems.
