Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative (DRAI) | Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

Eligible expenditures must be directly related to the implementation of the project and reside in the following categories:

• Salaries and benefits on the payroll of the Recipient for 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 trainer fees, costs of training development, promotion, deployment and evaluation)
• License fees, data purchases, certification costs, and permits
• Capital expenditures – informatics hardware and software (note: capital expenses for retrofits are ineligible)
• Material, supplies and equipment rental (note: equipment installed as a part of a building retrofit is ineligible)
• Rental of facilities, audio and visual services and other related costs (excluding hospitality and prizes) associated with delivering workshops, delivering training, conferences, meetings and other events
• Overhead expenditures, provided 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 Recipient is entitled