CEIP financing for office buildings, retail properties, and commercial facilities
Downtown towers, suburban campuses, and professional centers
Shopping centers, standalone stores, and mixed-use retail
Finance eligible energy upgrades and repay over time.
Tied to the property, supporting transfer on sale.
Savings can offset CEIP payments.
Lower operating costs and improved performance.
Supports common commercial pass-through structures.
Reduce exposure to rising utility costs.
Qualified contractors + program standards.
Turn energy upgrades into a self-funding asset improvement
Alberta's Clean Energy Improvement Program (CEIP) helps you finance eligible energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades with long-term repayment that's attached to the property – so you can modernize your building without the usual upfront capital hit or short-term payback pressure.
CEIP can cover hard + soft costs (equipment, design/engineering, audits, permits, and other eligible costs), so you don't need to piece together funding.
Repayment can be spread over the useful life of the improvement – making deeper retrofits financially workable.
When upgrades reduce utility and operating costs, the savings can offset or exceed the CEIP payment – improving net operating income (NOI) and stabilizing operating budgets.
Because repayment is collected via a property-based charge, the remaining balance can transfer to the next owner (subject to program rules). That means you're not stuck paying for benefits a future owner collects.
For many commercial leases, CEIP costs can often be allocated through operating costs / tax-related pass-throughs, aligning who pays with who benefits – especially where tenants capture energy savings.
Lower exposure to energy price volatility, improved comfort, better equipment performance, and a stronger "investable" building profile.
Without a property-tied financing tool, deferred upgrades and energy waste often get pushed to the next owner.
CEIP flips that: money you used to spend on utilities becomes capital invested in the building, improving value and performance while you only pay for the time you own it.
Often, yes. Under many commercial operating leases, CEIP charges can be treated similarly to property-tax or operating cost recoveries.
Because energy upgrades can reduce utility consumption, tenants may see lower utility bills that can offset the pass-through.
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