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.
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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WANT TO KNOW MORE?
For program details and additional information, please refer to the links below:
- CNC Program Fact Sheet
- Des Moines University Case Study
- Multifamily Sector Fact Sheet
- K-12 Sector Fact Sheet
- Retail Sector Fact Sheet
- 2024 Excellence in Energy-Efficient Design Awards
- 2023 Excellence in Energy-Efficient Design Awards
- cnc@willdan.com
- 877.939.1874
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