Integrated Building Design Plus

Build smart and save big

Qualifying building owners, architectural and engineering firms, and developers can participate in our free Integrated Building Design Plus program that puts energy efficiency at the forefront of plans for new construction. Business owners can:

Qualify for significant rebates that will offset the cost of more efficient materials and equipment.
Reduce equipment maintenance and replacement costs since more efficient equipment may have a longer production life.
Achieve significant savings in long-term energy and maintenance costs.聽

Phases and incentives

Computer modeling of design alternatives
This program includes individual strategy modeling and schematic description of selected strategy concepts. It packages these strategies and analyzes them for their net impact on your building's energy use.
Design-team reimbursements
While design teams often are interested in exploring energy-saving alternatives, typical fee structures provide little room for analyzing alternatives. This program offers financial reimbursement to help compensate design-team members for their time to participate in this process.
Construction incentives
Once a package of strategies has been identified, we use the聽聽as the baseline for energy-savings analysis and offer financial incentives for qualifying energy-efficiency measures.聽
Construction document review
A design assistance consultant reviews construction documents to ensure plans reflect modeled intent.
Energy-efficiency measurement and verification
After construction is complete, we'll review operations in the areas affected by the energy-efficiency strategies to provide feedback to the owners, design team, and modelers on the as-built results.聽

When to start

The design phase offers the greatest opportunity to affect the energy use of your new building. To participate in our Integrated Building Design Plus program,聽contact us at the start of your design process.

Qualifications

Minimum project size:聽5,000 square feet (pending additional qualifications)
Project location: Our company's Minnesota service area
Customer type:聽Otter Tail AOA体育平台 Company commercial or industrial customer
Initial utility contact:聽Schematic or early design development
Required energy savings:聽5% beyond a baseline building聽

Application process

聽and submit it online or return your hard copy to an聽Energy Expert on our staff.
We'll conduct an initial review of your application. If you qualify for our Integrated Building Design Plus program, we'll be in touch with detailed information about next steps in the process.聽

Enhanced Energy Design Assistance

If you're committed to maximizing energy savings and have an interest in recognition for your efforts, consider the Enhanced Energy Design track of this program.聽To qualify, you must be enrolled in one of the following programs聽prior to formation of conceptual design plans and application to our Integrated Building Design Plus program:

Sustainable Buildings 2030 initiative
Other approved certification programs

Enhanced Energy Design projects聽must meet or exceed 20% projected energy savings聽over baseline conditions to qualify for energy-efficiency incentives.聽

More information

Take advantage of significant incentives and long-term savings by building energy efficiency into your new-construction project. Call our聽Idea Center at聽800-493-3299听辞谤听contact an Energy Expert for more information about our Integrated Building Design Plus program and/or about ENERGY STAR庐, LEED, or Green Globes.

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