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the purchase and installation of a qualifying system, up to a maximum refund of $80,000.
REDI also offers architects and designers an incentive of up to $10,000 to offset the cost
of the incremental design time associated with the inclusion of renewable energy
technologies in building designs.
Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM) Project:
The Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM) Project is an interdepartmental
technology investment program offered by the Government of Canada. TEAM supports
projects that are designed to demonstrate technologies that mitigate greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions nationally and internationally, and that sustain economic and social
development. The TEAM program follows a unique approach that is built on incremental
financing and extensive networking, and brings together industry, community, and
international partners to encourage additional investment. TEAM operates under the
leadership of Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada, and Industry Canada, and
TEAM project partners include large and small companies in Canada and around the
world, provincial and municipal agencies, and foreign governmental organizations. As of
March 2004, TEAM has supported 98 projects in 64 Canadian cities (representing 10
provinces and 2 territories). Internationally, TEAM-supported projects can be found in 13
other countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Egypt, India, Pakistan,
Panama, Poland, Romania, and Russia. TEAM investments are aligned with the federal
government's Climate Change Technology and Innovation initiative. As a result, TEAM
provides project support in five major priority areas: cleaner fossil fuels, energyefficiency
technology, biotechnology, hydrogen economy, and decentralized energy
production. To receive TEAM support, a project must result in, or lead directly to GHG
reductions, removals, or both. This initiative supports the green building movement by
encouraging the development of new energy and resource-conserving technologies.
Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP):
For Canada’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs, defined for the purposes of this
program as businesses with fewer than 500 employees), the National Research Council
(NRC) runs the Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP), which provides a range
of both technical and business oriented advisory services along with potential financial
support. IRAP’s services are fourfold: technology expertise and advisory services,
financial assistance for R&D activities, networking opportunities, and partnerships. Like
the TEAM program but on a smaller scale, IRAP supports Canada’s SMEs in conducting
R&D projects.
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC):
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is a not-for-profit foundation that
finances and supports the development and demonstration of clean technologies which
provide solutions to issues of climate change, clean air, water quality and soil, and which
deliver economic, environmental and health benefits to Canadians. Established by the
Government of Canada in 2001 and beginning operations in November of the same year,
SDTC’s mission is to act as the primary catalyst in building a sustainable development
technology infrastructure in Canada. However, SDTC does much more than fund
research leading to groundbreaking technologies. It works closely with an ever-growing
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