Question 1

What is Efficiency Manitoba — Business (Efficiency Manitoba — Business Energy-Efficiency Incentives) and who is it for?

Accepted Answer

Efficiency Manitoba (a provincial Crown corporation) runs a suite of financial incentives and rebates to help Manitoba businesses cut electricity and natural-gas use. Business offers include: Commercial Energy Audit Program (incentives for ASHRAE Level 2/3 audits), High Performance Buildings, New Buildings Program, Commercial Deep Energy Retrofit, Business Lighting, Building Envelope (roof/wall insulation, doors, windows, curtain wall), Refrigeration, HVAC & Controls, Solar PV, In-Suite Energy Efficiency (multi-family), Innovation Fund, heat pumps for multi-unit residential buildings, Industrial, Agriculture, and dedicated Small Business programs. Incentive amounts and eligibility are set per sub-program. Typical applicant: A Manitoba business or property owner planning lighting, insulation, HVAC, refrigeration, solar, new-construction or deep-retrofit energy upgrades and seeking Crown-corporation rebates/incentives

Question 2

Who qualifies for Efficiency Manitoba — Business?

Accepted Answer

Manitoba businesses (commercial, industrial, agricultural) and property managers making energy-efficiency upgrades Sub-programs cover audits, new construction / high-performance buildings, deep retrofits, lighting, building envelope, refrigeration, HVAC, and solar PV Small Business and Indigenous Small Business programs provide full-service upgrades (see the dedicated Small Business entry) Incentive structure, caps and eligible measures differ per sub-program — identify the specific offer for the client's upgrade Delivered by Efficiency Manitoba, often through its registered supplier network

Question 3

Is Efficiency Manitoba — Business currently open for applications?

Accepted Answer

A suite of energy-efficiency rebates/incentives from a provincial Crown corporation (not a single grant). Amounts vary by sub-program; confirm the specific offer's current terms on efficiencymb.ca or with an Efficiency Manitoba supplier before quoting any figure. Checked 2026-07-29 specifically for an application deadline (prompted by it being fabricated as "Intake currently closed" in a real client document): the umbrella business page itself states no deadline, but as an umbrella covering ~15 distinct sub-programs, that single page can't confirm the absence of a deadline for every sub-program — genuinely unconfirmed either way at this level, not a verified negative. Do not add confirmedRollingIntake here without checking the SPECIFIC sub-program a client needs.