Make Energy Efficiency Part of Your Next Design

The Commercial New Construction (CNC) program provides complimentary energy design assistance and financial incentives to help offset the cost of implementing energy-efficient strategies for commercial and multifamily building in Iowa. Participants receive:

  • A customized energy model to simulate energy use
  • Support in evaluating energy-saving strategies
  • Financial incentives for owners and design teams

Choose from three service options to find the best fit for your project. Explore each option below to see which path aligns with your project’s needs.

Design team members or building owners may enroll a project.

Increased multifamily housing incentives are now available.

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COMPLIMENTARY SERVICES TO FIT ALL PROJECT TYPES

Streamlined Energy Design Assistance provides time sensitive energy efficiency consulting through an online tool for simpler projects. By answering a series of questions, the online tool guides the user in selection of energy efficiency strategies and qualifies the project for energy efficiency incentives. Building types over 3,000 ft2 are eligible (subject to building type limitations).


Energy Design Assistance provides consultant led collaborative design meetings using interactive live energy modeling to evaluate up to three mechanical systems and dozens of energy efficiency strategies applicable to the building type. Buildings over 5,000 ft2 are eligible.


Enhanced Energy Design Assistance is consultant led and is for projects with aggressive energy efficiency goals – typically energy savings of 40% or greater compared to energy code. In addition to evaluating up to three mechanical systems and dozens of energy efficiency strategies, the following services are available:

  • Daylighting Analysis
  • Operational Carbon Analysis and Solar PV Analysis
  • Mechanical System Life Cycle Cost Analysis

The service is appropriate for projects seeking to reach net-zero energy, net-zero carbon, or projects that may be seeking certification through a rating system such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) or the Living Building Challenge. Projects are encouraged to enroll early—in pre-design or early schematic design stage to qualify for this service.

Program Benefits

  • A customized energy model simulating how energy will be used
  • Assistance identifying and evaluating energy-saving strategies
  • Analysis of energy costs and paybacks
  • Owner financial incentives to help offset the cost of implementing energy saving strategies
  • Design team incentives to help offset the cost of participating in meetings

Energy efficiency made easy!

From enrollment to incentive, we make it easy to find the best energy-efficient solutions for your building design.

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Enrollment
Provide your building's basic info in our application
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Preliminary Analysis
Real-time evaluation of energy-efficiency improvements and bundled whole-building strategies
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Final Analysis
Pick the best fit for your goals, and we'll analyze energy savings and eligible incentives
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Verification
We confirm your project was built to plan and issue a verification report
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Incentives
Utility provides financial incentives for your completed project

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