Codes Acceleration Fund:

Stream 1: Support for jurisdictions with the authority to adopt energy codes:

• Salaries and benefits on the payroll of the applicant for the actual time spent by the employees on the project
• Professional, scientific, technical, management, data collection and contracting services
• Travel expenditures, including meals and accommodation, based on National Joint Council Rates
• Advertising, recruitment and training (including facilitator fees, costs of training development, promotion, deployment and evaluation)
• Licence fees, data purchases, certification costs, and permits
• Capital expenditures for informatics hardware and software (capital expenses for retrofits are ineligible)
• Material, supplies and equipment rental
• Rental of facilities, audio and visual services, and other related costs (excluding hospitality and prizes) associated with delivering workshops, delivering training, conferences, meetings, and special events
• Overhead expenditures provided that they are related to the conduct of the project and can be attributed to it. Overhead expenditures may be included in the total project costs, up to 15% of eligible expenditures.
• GST, PST or HST, net of any tax rebate to which the applicant is entitled

Stream 2: Support for organizations without the authority to adopt energy codes:

• Technical studies; research and analysis; feasibility studies; assessments and evaluations; monitoring and verification; tools to support code adoption and compliance; design validation services associated with construction of new buildings; and other tools to support code adoption or compliance
• Templates or studies pertaining to road maps for code adoption, compliance and enforcement and other buildings policies
• Business cases or plans and project development and management
• Data collection and analysis
• Best practices guides and process tools for code implementation and compliance
• Energy modelling and simulation software and monitoring and tracking systems to track energy performance or code compliance
• Integrated design processes and charrettes (problem-solving design and planning sessions) to identify optimized opportunities
• Commissioning and building optimization studies and guides that support code adoption and implementation
• Training, including development and delivery
• Stakeholder engagement and communication and awareness programs, including disseminating information
• Evaluation of the project to determine the overall impacts of the projects