Commercial/Industrial HVAC Incentive Technical Specifications

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Incentives on a Per Ton Basis

*Geothermal heat pumps above 11.25 tons are a custom program.

Incentives on a Per Unit Basis

Equipment must meet the nominal efficiency level based on the size category (1 ton = 12,000 Btuh).

Eligibility is based on ratings published in the AHRI Directory of Certified Performance (www.ahridirectory.org).

Water-cooled systems, evaporative coolers, and water source heat pumps (with the exception of Geothermal systems) do not qualify for incentives under this program. Window air conditioners are not eligible.

Split System A/C: both the condenser and evaporator must be replaced with matching outdoor/indoor units; model numbers must be provided.

Geothermal Heat Pumps: residential applications do not qualify; replacement of existing geothermal heat pumps not included; program is intended to promote the installation of new systems (in retrofit projects); systems qualify only if geothermal heat exchanger is used for space heating and cooling; system designer must be a Certified GeoExchange Designer (CGD) or be a licensed professional engineer who has successfully completed an accredited geothermal design course.

Mini-split heat pump: Single-phase only, three-phase does not qualify. Heat pump only.

Commercial/Industrial Motor Incentives Technical Specifications

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NEMA Premium^® Three Phase Electric Motors

Incentive amount for NEMA Premium motors is $4 per horsepower. The electric motor incentive encourages the purchase of new energy efficient motors in lieu of rewinding. The program requires single-speed, three-phase, 10 HP to 500 HP, 1200, 1800 and 3600 RPM, squirrel cage induction motors, NEMA Design A or B, continuous rates. Eligible motors must meet or exceed the nominal energy efficiency levels presented below (based on IEEE Standard 112, Method B). Incentives do not apply to rewound or repaired motors. You must replace an existing three phase motor with a new qualifying motor of the same or smaller size. Customers must scrap the previous motor themselves or have it scrapped by their installer. The older inefficient motor cannot be rewound, repaired or brought back into circulation. Motors must operate a minimum of 1,500 hours per year. Pre-approval is not required.

Enhanced NEMA Premium

Incentive amount for Enhanced NEMA Premium motors is $6 per horsepower.

To qualify for an Enhanced motor incentive, the motorʼs nominal efficiency at full load must be at least 1% greater than the efficiency listed on these tables.

Examples:
“Enhanced” efficiency for a 15 HP, 3600 RPM motor must be at least 91.2%.
“Enhanced” efficiency for a 40 HP, 1200 RPM motor must be at least 95.1%.
“Enhanced” efficiency for a 100 HP, 1800 RPM motor must be at least 96.4%.

VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES (VFD)

Incentive amount for VFDs is $30 per horsepower controlled.

Drives between 1 HP and 200 HP controlled applied on HVAC fans, pumps, cooling towers, and industrial fans, and that operative more than 3,000 hours per year qualify for prescriptive incentives. Redundant or back-up units do not qualify. Routine replacement of existing VFDs does not qualify. VFD speed must be automatically controlled by differential pressure, flow, temperature, or other variable signal. The system controlled must have significant load diversity that will result in savings through motor speed variation. Pre-approval is required for VFD incentives > $1,000. Drives controlling greater than 200 HP requires custom approval.

Technical Specifications

Automatic Controls:
Sensors must be permanently installed. Sensors may be wall or ceiling mounted, passive infrared, ultrasonic, or dual technology sensors. All sensors must control a minimum of 125 Watts in order to qualify.

Vacancy sensors:
Wall switchplate mounted or ceiling mounted sensors, must operate on a manual on/automatic off basis.

Occupancy sensors:
Either remote or ceiling mounted, must operate on an automatic on/automatic off basis. Wall switchplate and fixture mounted sensors are not eligible.

High/Low Bay Controls:
Fixture mounted sensors for high-bay and low-bay High Intensity Fluorescent or LED systems. Must operate on an automatic on/automatic off basis; also includes for continuous dimming or stepped dimming of at least 50%.

Technical Specifications

LED Lighting:

LED products must meet DesignLights Consortium criteria (unless noted otherwise), see www.designlights.org/QPL for approved products.

New fixture wattage cannot exceed 60% of the existing fixture wattage.

Linear Ambient Luminaires – Replacement of high-performance T8 systems are not eligible.

High/Low Bay Equipment Replacing HID – HID includes mercury vapor, metal halide, and low/high pressure sodium. Fluorescent lamps are not considered HID.

Refrigerator/Freezer/Case LED Equipment – Must be DLC approved product. Incentives are calculated on per foot basis, with and without installed occupancy sensors. Please enter total number of feet under Quantity of Fixtures on application form.

Screw-in LED Lamps – Must be Energy Star approved product, see www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=iledl.display_products_html for the approved products list.

LED Flood/Spot Lamps, Downlight Fixtures – Replaces incandescent reflector lamps and fixtures. Must be Energy Star approved.

LED Exit Signs – Only replacement of incandescent signs are eligible.

Technical Specifications

Incentives are available for retrofit of interior lighting equipment in existing facilities only. We recommend Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) light levels. See http://www.iesna.org. Fluorescent lamps and ballasts must be Underwriters Laboratory (UL) listed with a power factor ≥0.90 and total harmonic distortion ≤20% at full lighting output.

High-bay Fluorescent Fixtures with Electronic Ballasts:
Incentives are based on a one-for-one replacement of HID fixtures (including mercury vapor, high pressure sodium, metal halide, ceramic metal halide and pulse-start metal halide) ranging in size from 250W to 1000W. Incentives are available for T8, T8VHO systems or T5HO systems as shown on the Incentive Worksheet. For electronic ballasts please include product specs listing the ballast factor. All High-Performance T8 systems must meet the above CEE specifications.

Technical Specifications

Incentives are available for retrofit of interior lighting equipment in existing facilities only. We recommend Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) light levels. See http://www.iesna.org. Fluorescent lamps and ballasts must be Underwriters Laboratory (UL) listed with a power factor ≥0.90 and total harmonic distortion ≤20% at full lighting output.

Fluorescent T8 Lamps with Electronic Ballast:
Incentives are based on one-for-one replacement of incandescent fixtures or fluorescent T12 lamps controlled by magnetic ballasts.T8 systems may include 1 lamp 8’ or 2 lamp 4’ configurations. This incentive refers to 8′ standard T8 and conversion to 4′ High Performance T8 systems. CEE specifications not required for 8′ lamps.

Technical Specifications

Incentives are available for retrofit of interior lighting equipment in existing facilities only. We recommend Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) light levels. See http://www.iesna.org. Fluorescent lamps and ballasts must be Underwriters Laboratory (UL) listed with a power factor ≥0.90 and total harmonic distortion ≤20% at full lighting output.

Low-wattage Fluorescent T8 Lamps with Low BF Electronic Ballasts:

Incentives are based on one-for-one replacement of fluorescent T12 lamps controlled by magnetic ballasts or 32W T8, replacement of high-performance T8 systems are not eligible. For electronic ballasts please include product specs listing the ballast factor which must be 0.85 or less to qualify.

For Reduced Wattage High-Performance T8 fluorescent systems please include product specs for lamp and ballast. All Reduced Wattage High-Performance T8 systems must meet the following CEE specifications

For a list of Qualified Products, see most recent file at http://library.cee1.org/content/commercial-lighting-qualifying-products-lists For Specifications, see http://www.cee1.org/com/com-lt/lw-spec.pdf

Technical Specifications

Incentives are available for retrofit of interior lighting equipment in existing facilities only. We recommend Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) light levels. See http://www.iesna.org. Fluorescent lamps and ballasts must be Underwriters Laboratory (UL) listed with a power factor ≥0.90 and total harmonic distortion ≤20% at full lighting output.

Fluorescent High-Performance 32W T8 Lamps with Electronic Ballast OR Fluorescent T5 Lamps with Electronic Ballast:

Incentives are based on one-for-one replacement of incandescent fixtures or fluorescent T12 lamps controlled by magnetic ballasts.

For High-Performance T8 fluorescent systems please include product specs for lamp and ballast.

For a list of Qualified Products, see most recent file at http://library.cee1.org/content/commercial-lighting-qualifying-products-lists. For Specifications, see www.cee1.org/com/com-lt/com-lt-specs.pdf.

All High-Performance T8 systems must meet the following CEE specifications:

• Lamps: produce at least 3,100 initial lumens; color-rendering index (CRI) ≥80;
  mean lumens per watt ≥90;
  for instant start ballasts or ≥88
  for programmed rapid start ballasts; lamp life ≥24,000 hours (at 3 hrs/start); and lumen maintenance ≥94%.

• Ballasts: must have a ballast efficacy factor (BEF) at least as high as the factors shown in the table below.

For T5 or T5HO systems, all lamps and ballasts meet qualifying specifications; however, each line measure must result in electricity savings to qualify for incentives.