MAINE STATE INCENTIVES

Efficiency Maine incentivizes high-efficiency screw-in LEDs at participating distributors across Maine. In most participating locations, prices are simply marked down, making it easier for multifamily property owners to upgrade their lighting fixtures

Efficiency Maine provides incentives for multifamily buildings with three or more units to upgrade to energy-efficient lighting solutions. Eligible upgrades include: Efficiency Maine

• Interior LED Lighting: LED retrofit kits, new LED fixtures, and lighting controls. Efficiency Maine

• Exterior LED Lighting: LED retrofit kits and new LED fixtures. Efficiency Maine

• Distributor Pathway Lighting: High/low bay lamps, tubular lamps (T-8, T-5), and outdoor LED mogul screw-base replacement lamps. Efficiency Maine

Incentives are based on the first-year energy savings, up to 50% of the measure cost .

For larger multifamily buildings, Efficiency Maine's Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Prescriptive Program offers fixed-price financial incentives for a predefined list of “off-the-shelf,” widely available efficiency measures. Typical measures promoted through this program include lighting fixtures, heating and cooling systems, and sector-specific solutions

For more complex or site-specific energy efficiency projects, the C&I Custom Program provides incentives for tailored energy efficiency and distributed generation projects that require site-specific engineering analyses. This program is primarily designed to overcome the barriers faced by Maine’s larger businesses and institutions when making investments in complex energy efficiency and distributed generation projects

Funded through the Inflation Reduction Act, this initiative offers rebates for qualifying efficient HVAC heat pump systems in new construction of multifamily buildings that will serve low-income households. Eligible projects may receive 100% of the project costs, up to $8,000 per dwelling unit, for qualifying whole-building HVAC heat pump equipment