Restaurant and hotel operations often depend on energy-intensive equipment. Energy Trust offers cash incentives for investing in energy-efficient equipment, including packaged terminal heat pumps, high-efficiency gas convection ovens, vent hoods and more. Upgrading equipment save you money and energy.
With Energy Trust cash incentives you can upgrade foodservice and lodging equipment to more affordable energy efficient models. And, when you use less energy, you’ll save on utility costs so you can put more money back into your business.
See available incentives for foodservice and lodging equipment in the following table. Download the Oregon Existing Buildings Incentive Application to review equipment specifications and requirements before purchasing equipment.
| Equipment | Incentive |
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| Commercial Pool Cover | $6 per sq ft of pool surface area |
| Commercial Swimming Pool Heater | $0.90-$5 per sq ft of pool surface area served by heater |
| ENERGY STAR® Commercial Laundry Washers | $100–$400 each |
| Ozone Laundry System | $5,000-$30,000 per system |
| Two-stage Gas Valves on Clothes Dryers | $700 per valve |
| Automatic Conveyor Broiler | $2,500-$3,500 each |
| Electric Combination Oven (5-40 pan capacity) | $600-$3,000 each |
| Gas Combination Oven (5-40 pan capacity) | $500 each |
| Electric Convection Oven (full-size) | $1,000 each |
| Gas Convection Oven (full-size) | $500 each |
| Double Rack Gas Oven | $600-$900 each |
| Electric Hot Food Cabinet (half-size) | $150 each |
| Gas Steam Cooker | $1,000 each |
| Electric Steam Cooker | $400-$2,000 each |
| Commercial Vent Hood with Demand Controlled Ventilation | $900-$1,500 per controlled motor hp |
| Commercial Stationary and Conveyor Dishwashers | $750-$1,200 each |
| Commercial Ice Maker | $180-$400 each |
| Gas Griddle (single-sided) | $1,000 each |
| Electric Griddle (single-sided) | $1,000 each |
| High Efficiency Gas Fryer | $1,500-$2,000 each |
| High Efficiency Electric Fryer | $800-$1,000 each |
Incentives are subject to funding availability and may change.
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| Commercial Pool Cover | • Pool must be heated. Pool must not have had a pre-existing cover within 6 months of pool cover installation • Covers installed at residential pools do not qualify. Qualifying sites include commercial pools within lodging, fitness centers and municipal centers • Covers must be specifically designed for swimming pools, cover entire pool surface area and utilize a storage reel • Liquid evaporation suppressants, solar disks and mesh covers do not qualify • Pool heating fuel must be provided by participating utility |
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| Commercial Swimming Pool Heater | • Must be a replacement, gas-fired pool heater. Heater must not have a continuously burning pilot light • Must have at most 400 kBtu/h capacity per heater, not to exceed a total (or maximum) of 1,000 kBtu/h for all heaters combined • Must have at least 94% thermal efficiency for condensing heaters, or at least 84% efficiency for non-condensing heaters • Site must receive gas from a participating utility • Covered and not covered pools both qualify. Eligible pool covers include solid track, bubble type, or foam type with storage reels • Pool must meet minimum area requirements as listed in the table below
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| ENERGY STAR Commercial Laundry Washers | • Clothes washers must be front-loading machines and ENERGY STAR rated • Water heating fuel must be provided by a participating utility • Leased equipment must be new. A signed lease agreement and documentation that identifies washer quantity, model number(s), and retail cost of clothes washer are required |
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| Ozone Laundry Systems | • Each ozone laundry system must be new and installed on either new or existing programmable commercial washing machine(s) • Each ozone generator may serve one or more washers • All existing/new washers at a facility must be reprogrammed and connected to work with the new ozone laundry system. Partial conversions do not qualify • Water heating for clothes washing must be provided by boilers, or gas or electric water heaters. Water heating fuel must be provided by a participating utility • The ozone laundry system(s) must transfer ozone into the water with either the venturi injection or bubble diffusion process |
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| Two-stage Gas Valve on Clothes Dryers | • Valves must be installed on commercial gas-fired dryers. Dryers must have 200 or fewer pounds of dry clothes capacity or 65 or fewer cubic feet or dryer drum volume • Valves can be installed on new or existing gas-fired dryers • Sites with on-premises laundry qualify Coin-operated laundromats do not qualify |
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| Automatic Conveyor Broiler | • Broiler must have an automatic conveyor with catalyst • For gas-fired broilers, input rate must be below 80 kBtu/h or dual stage or modulating gas valve with a capability of throttling the input rate below 80 kBtu/h • Qualifying broilers may be gas, electric or hybrid gas/electric • Broilers may use propane or other gas at sites where only electricity is provided by a participating utility |
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| Electric Combination Oven – 5-40 Pan Capacity | • Must be active on ENERGY STAR certified product list (version 3.0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Combination Oven – 5-40 Pan Capacity | • Must be active on ENERGY STAR certified product list (version 3.0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electric Convection Oven – Full-size | • Must be active on ENERGY STAR certified product list (version 3.0) • Accommodates standard full-size sheet pans measuring at least 18” x 26”x 1” |
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| Gas Convection Oven – Full-size | • Must be active on ENERGY STAR certified product list (version 3.0) • Accommodates standard full-size sheet pans measuring at least 18” x 26”x 1” |
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| Double Rack Gas Oven | • Must be active on ENERGY STAR certified product list (version 3.0) • One removable double-width rack or two removable single racks to accommodate two full sheets per level, each pan at least 18” x 26” x 1” |
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| Electric Hot Food Cabinet – Half-size | • Must be active on ENERGY STAR certified product list (version 2.0) • Interior volume must be less than 13 cubic feet • Hot food holding cabinets installed in schools do not qualify |
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| Gas Steam Cooker | • Gas steam cooker must be active on ENERGY STAR certified product list (version 1.2) and meet efficiency requirements below • Steam cookers must hold at least three pans • Steam cookers may be boiler-less or steam generator type • Site must receive gas service from a participating utility • Gas steam generator cookers installed in schools do not qualify
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| Electric Steam Cooker | • Electric Steam Cooker must be active on ENERGY STAR certified product list (version 1.2) and meet the requirements below • Steam cooker must hold at least three pans • Steam cookers may be boiler-less or steam generator type • Site must receive electricity from a participating utility
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| Commercial Vent Hood with Demand Controlled Ventilation | • Motor speeds must be controlled by a programable controller, with scheduling, occupancy sensing, and heat sensing capabilities • Variable speed control must be installed on both the make-up air unit motor and the hood exhaust motor. Both motors must be functional • Make-up air must be tempered • Total controlled motor horsepower must be at least 1.0 hp and cannot exceed total existing horsepower of make-up air unit and exhaust fan motor |
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| Commercial Stationary and Conveyor Dishwashers | • Must be active on ENERGY STAR certified product list (version 3.0) • Dishwasher must be either high temp or dual temp except for the undercounter dishwasher which can be high, low or dual temp • Flight type dishwashers do not qualify • Site must receive electricity from a participating utility |
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| Commercial Ice Maker | • Must be active on ENERGY STAR certified product list (version 3.0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Griddle – Single-sided | • Must be active on ENERGY STAR certified product list (version 1.2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electric Griddle – Single Sided | • Must be active on ENERGY STAR certified product list (version 1.2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High Efficiency Gas Fryer | • Gas fryer must be on the Qualified Product List and must be active on ENERGY STAR certified product list (version 3.0) • Standard vat must have at least 54% efficiency and idle energy rate must be at most 8,000 BTU per hour • Large vat must have at least 56% efficiency and idle energy rate must be at most 10,000 BTU per hour • Site must receive gas service from a participating utility |
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| High Efficiency Electric Fryer | • Gas fryer must be on the Qualified Product List and must be active on ENERGY STAR certified product list (version 3.0) • Standard or split vat must have at least 85% efficiency and idle energy rate must be at most 700 Watts • Large vat must have at least 88% efficiency and idle energy rate must be at most 1,000 Watts • Site must receive electricity from a participating utility |
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Download the Oregon Existing Buildings Incentive Application
Download Request for Taxpayer Identification Number & Certification Form (Form W9)
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