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Comprehensive Design Support

A path for today that ensures quality and savings for tomorrow! Blueprint

We're ready to work with your design engineering team to implement a three-step Comprehensive Design Support path for commercial and industrial facilities anywhere in New Jersey. This integrated approach is for large projects (over 50,000 sq. ft.) that have significant potential for energy savings and that are in the conceptual or design stage.

Design incentives are available at each step to help offset project engineering fees related to the analysis of premium-efficiency alternatives. Available to design professionals, these incentives are intended to cover up to 100% of the incremental cost for design services over the cost of the base case building design. Design incentives are intended to encourage integrated, comprehensive designs and alternatives that yield greater energy-efficiency improvements than implementing stand-alone measures.

Step 1:   Pre-design Brainstorming   (Design Incentive of up to $1,000 paid upon completion of Step 2)
         
Step 2:   Design Simulation   (Design Incentive of $5,000 or more)
         
Step 3:   Detailed Analysis of
Energy-Efficiency Measures		   (Design Incentive up to $5,000)

See the Steps in detail!


Conditions and Eligibility

In addition to the Conditions/Eligibility/Requirements detailed on the New Jersey SmartStart Buildings Registration Form, some specific restrictions and requirements apply for Comprehensive Design Support:

1. New construction, additions and/or renovations are eligible for Comprehensive Design Support, provided the project involves either:

    • A non-residential building larger than 50,000 sq. ft., where both the lighting and HVAC systems will be affected, or
    • The installation or replacement of a chiller.

2. Other notes:

    • Total financial incentives, including design and equipment incentives, plus Multiple Measures Bonus, may be limited to a maximum of $200,000 per customer utility account.
    • Architects, engineers, and other design professionals are eligible to receive design incentives.
    • The project owner, design team, and the Commercial/Industrial Market Manager must enter into a Design Incentive Agreement, which includes general requirements, the amount of the incentives, the scope of the analysis, and payment terms.