Funding options for energy efficiency projects are diverse and can include loans, grants, rebates, and more. The options can help an organization cover upfront costs, which include equipment, installation, and servicing. Trane can help you explore which methods are right for your business needs.
Overview
Determine the right program implementation and funding approach to meet your needs.
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End-to-End Implementation Expertise
Trane supports every phase: project design, contracting, procurement options, and validation of outcomes for buildings and energy systems.
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Maximize Incentives and Rebates
Navigate federal infrastructure funding, state/local incentives, and utility programs and rebates to optimize ROI.
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Flexible Procurement Solutions
Utilize options like energy-as-a-service, cooperative purchasing, and pre-approved contract pricing for turnkey project delivery.
Benefits
With end-to-end expertise, we streamline the process and maximize your outcomes.
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Utilize operational budgets to help fund infrastructure improvements
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Minimize capital required to achieve project outcomes
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Meet environmental sustainability targets faster and with less risk
Key Features
Funding solutions for energy projects.
Trane works with you to achieve infrastructure renewal and decarbonization goals. Our experts assess your needs, develop a plan, and recommend sustainable funding and contracting strategies.
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Performance Contracting
Upgrade your building with confidence and low to zero upfront costs. Fund projects with future energy savings.
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Cooperative and Group Purchasing
Streamline procurement and boost buying power by working with approved suppliers using pre-negotiated contracts.
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Tax Credits & Utility Rebates
Maximize your budget with grants, utility rebates, and government incentives available in your region.
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Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Loans
Finance energy or infrastructure improvements upfront and repay affordably through property assessments.
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Third-Party Ownership Models: ESA, EaaS, PPA
Find the right ownership and financing structure—Energy Service Agreements, Energy-as-a-Service, and Power Purchase Agreements—to match your business objectives and financial goals.
FAQs
Your questions about funding infrastructure and energy improvements, answered.
Trane helps identify and secure relevant federal, state, and utility incentives, grants, and tax credits to offset your project costs. To learn more, check out our Incentives page.
Trane helps clients identify and access available funding opportunities for renewable energy, sustainability, and green energy projects—including incentives, grants, and other public or private programs—but does not provide financing directly.
Trane supports clients in identifying and navigating solutions, implementation, and funding paths for renewable energy, decarbonization and sustainability, without acting as a financier.
Related Solutions
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Advance your mission with Trane as your dedicated partner in creating lasting improvements for your people, facilities, and future.
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Get tailored strategies to reduce environmental impact, boost building resilience, and reach your unique sustainability goals with a clear, actionable roadmap designed around your needs.
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Building Modernization & Retrofits
Extend your building’s lifespan while achieving energy savings, compliance, and performance. -
Insights on the major laws, policies and incentives impacting commercial buildings today and expert guidance to help you adapt for tomorrow.
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Service-Based Procurement Models
Explore service-based procurement models including Energy-as-a-Service, ESAs, and PPAs to help advance energy efficiency, decarbonization, and operational resilience. -
Energy Savings Performance Contracting
Upgrade your facilities through an integrated funding and project implementation approach that focuses on producing future energy savings through high impact energy efficiency and infrastructure projects, eliminating the need for upfront capital costs. -
Cooperative Purchasing & Group Purchasing
Unlock value-driven procurement solutions with cooperative and group purchasing programs. Streamline the process, accelerate projects, and achieve more for less.
Customer Stories
See how we’ve helped customers like you.
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EnerSys Energy Strategy Drives Measurable Results
See how a roadmap designed in collaboration with Trane is boosting energy efficiency, strengthening operational resilience, and increasing reliability. -
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Kaneland Schools' Renewable Energy Journey
Kaneland School District worked with Trane to install 1.89MW of solar PV using a PPA, saving 3.175GWh and reducing costs with no upfront investment, enhancing sustainability. -
Dighton Rehoboth Regional School District
Performance Contract updates facilities, reduces energy spend by 62 percent, generates 75 percent of electricity with PV solar carport canopies, and captures $3.35M in utility rebates and State incentives.
Resources & Insights
Knowledge is the power to do more.
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Stop Saying You Can’t Fund Your Energy & Sustainability Projects
Trevor Joelson, Enterprise Energy Services Account Executive at Trane, explores how businesses can secure funding for energy and sustainability projects. -
Navigating Building Regulations and Leveraging Incentives to Empower Sustainability
In this episode of Smart Energy Voices, host Debra Chanil speaks with Melissa Banks, Regulatory and Utility Advocacy Director at Trane Technologies, about the complex landscape of building decarbonization and sustainability. Banks discusses the increasing importance of regulatory compliance, utility incentives, and tax benefits in making energy efficiency projects financially viable for businesses and building owners. -
Reducing Energy Costs with Federal Tax Incentives: What Building Owners Need to Know
Learn how federal tax incentives like 48E Investment Tax Credits and Bonus Depreciation can accelerate your energy savings. Discover how to fund maintenance and modernization projects for privately or community owned facilities (including K-12 schools, higher ed, and healthcare facilities).
