Training and Support
Get ahead with energy management training for your business. Save on Energy provides incentives for a range of training programs, making it easy for your team to access the most relevant, up-to-date training.
Making sure your business reaches its full energy efficiency potential requires a true team effort. Even after you make upgrades, having well-trained employees is crucial to powering your business forward.
By taking part in energy management training, your employees can gain the right skills to find energy saving opportunities, implement new solutions within your organization and develop their careers.
Save on Energy offers incentives of up to 50 per cent on valuable training programs that can help build your employees' energy expertise.
New! Training Pathways
Not sure what training courses to take to help you meet your career goals? Save on Energy's Training Pathways can help. We've created development pathways for professionals working in five different sectors that will give you a roadmap to the training courses you need to enhance your energy-efficiency skillset and energy management expertise:
Get Started
Download and complete the application form below to get started with Save on Energy training and support incentives. Once you have filled it out, submit the required documentation to efficiency.training@ieso.ca.
Application form Submit this form with the required documentation to apply for training incentives.Enbridge customers!
Save on Energy has partnered with Enbridge Gas Inc. to offer joint incentives on select training for Enbridge customers!
For a limited time, eligible customers can receive up to 75 per cent of training fees for three courses:
- Dollars to $ense Energy Management Workshops,
- Building Operator Certification and
- Certified Energy Manager training.
Training Opportunities
Learn new technologies, develop best practices and strengthen your skill set so you can demonstrate your expertise and grow your customer base.
Foundational Development
Your organization’s energy efficiency champions can come from any department. Help them gain the right foundational knowledge base so you can keep powering your sustainability efforts forward.
If your employees are new to energy management or already have some experience, the Dollars to $ense program is a great place to start building on their skill set. They’ll learn to build an energy management team, find savings opportunities and create a project business case.
Anyone can participate in these standard or customized workshops, from financial staff and project managers to technical staff and building operators.
The Save on Energy Training and Support incentive covers up to 50 per cent of the fees, or up to $300 per day for any full-day standard or customized workshop for eligible participants.
Eligible Enbridge customers can receive a joint incentive from Save on Energy and Enbridge Gas Inc. covering up to 75 per cent of the fees or up to $500 per day for any full-day standard or customized workshop.
Incentives are received upon the successful completion of a workshop offered by:
Who is eligible to receive incentives?
To be eligible for the incentives, the participant must be:
- currently employed with an accountability for, or providing services for, energy management or building operations at a commercial, institutional or industrial facility, or facilities, in Ontario and;
- an Enbridge business customer in good standing (for the 75 per cent incentive).
How to apply for incentives
Complete the Save on Energy Training and Support Incentive Application Form and submit it with the required documentation to efficiency.training@ieso.ca.
Specialized Development
Upgraded technology can have a dramatic impact on how your organization uses energy, but you need well-trained employees to get the most out of these improvements. Learn how you can build the knowledge base within your company.
Investing in energy-efficient upgrades will improve your business's efficiency; but to get the most out of it, you need employees who can capitalize on new technology. Save on Energy Training and Support incentives can help your team members gain specialized skills to keep your equipment running as efficiently as possible.
Understanding how end-use technologies provide energy efficiency and have an impact on your business will help you get the most out of any upgrades. The right training will ensure your employees adopt the most efficient practices.
The Save on Energy Training and Support incentive covers up to 50 per cent or up to $750 for each course fee for eligible participants.
These applicable training programs can help employees get there:
Compressed Air Challenge (CAC): Fundamentals and Advanced Management of Compressed Air Systems
Understanding your compressed air system and using the right techniques can help cut down on operating costs, plus improve your organization’s productivity and competitiveness.
Experts in compressed air guide participants through the fundamentals and advanced management of these systems.
Pump Systems Matter: Pump System Optimization
Optimized pump systems are more efficient and reliable, keeping maintenance costs down and profits up. Hands-on training can help participants better understand why efficient pumping systems are important, how to optimize their systems, learn about life cycle cost analysis and more.
Building Owners and Managers Institute of Canada (BOMI): HVAC Optimization for High-Performance Sustainable Buildings
This interactive, online course uses real-life scenarios to help participants become masters at HVAC optimization.
Incentives are received upon the successful completion of training offered by a recognized provider of the Compressed Air Challenge or Pump System Optimization training, or the HVAC Optimization for High-Performance Sustainable Buildings training offered by BOMI within three months of registering.
Who is eligible to receive incentives?
To be eligible for the incentives, the participant must:
- Be currently employed with an accountability for, or providing services for, energy management services for a commercial, institutional, or industrial facility, or facilities in Ontario; and
- have two or more years of experience working in an environment as specified above, OR have one year of experience and one year of college-level education in a facility operations and maintenance-related program.
How to apply for incentives
Complete the Save on Energy Training and Support Incentive Application Form and submit it with the required documentation to efficiency.training@ieso.ca.
Buildings are complex and even small operational problems can have big impacts on performance. Recommissioning optimizes existing building systems to reduce energy use and improve performance. By becoming knowledgeable in building recommissioning you can increase tenant comfort, and reduce inefficiency linked to building performance and maintenance activities.
Skills in advanced building recommissioning will help you make your building more efficient and comfortable. The Save on Energy Training and Support incentive covers up to 50 per cent or up to $875 of course fees for eligible participants.
Incentives are received upon the completion of training offered by:
Who is eligible for incentives?
To be eligible for the incentives, the participant must:
- be currently employed as a continuous optimization (RCx) service provider, recommissioning agent, building operator, energy manager or facility manager in a commercial, institutional or industrial facility in Ontario with a minimum size of 50,000-sq-ft.;
- have two or more years of experience working in an environment as specified above; and
- be an engineer registered with the Professional Engineers of Ontario.
How to apply for incentives
Complete the Save on Energy Training and Support Incentive Application Form and submit it with the required documentation to efficiency.training@ieso.ca.
Understanding how to analyze and track your energy investments is crucial to getting top performance out of them. RETScreen Expert is an intelligent decision support tool that identifies, assesses, optimizes and tracks the performance of clean energy investments.
Individuals who are trained on the software can dramatically reduce financial and time costs associated with identifying and assessing potential clean energy projects.
Become proficient in RETScreen Expert by taking the software tool training. The Save on Energy Training and Support incentive covers up to 50 per cent or up to a maximum of $900 of course fees for eligible participants.
For a limited time, new subscribers may receive a free one-year subscription to RETScreen Expert Professional mode.
Incentives are received upon the completion of an eligible training session offered by a recognized RETScreen Expert Training provider, including:
Who is eligible to receive incentives?
To be eligible for the incentives, the participant must be:
- currently employed with accountability for, or providing services for, energy management or building operations in commercial, institutional or industrial facilities in Ontario.
To be eligible to receive a free one-year subscription, the participant and/or the participant's organization must be new subscribers to RETScreen Expert Professional mode and have not previously received or paid for a one-year subscription (valid on a two or three day training only).
How to apply for incentives
Complete the Save on Energy Training and Support Incentive Application Form and submit it with the required documentation to efficiency.training@ieso.ca.
Understanding how energy behaves, how it is used and how it can be controlled gives facility staff the knowledge they need to operate public sector facilities more efficiently and effectively. Flexible and customizable sessions fit the needs of your organization.
The Save on Energy Training and Support incentive covers up to a maximum of 50 per cent or up to $300 per day of each workshop fee for eligible participants.
Who is eligible to receive incentives?
To be eligible for the incentives, the participant must:
- successfully complete the workshop offered by Local Authority Services (LAS) in partnership with KnowEnergy; and
- be currently employed with an accountability for energy management or building operations of a public sector facility in Ontario.
How to apply for incentives
Complete the Save on Energy Training and Support Incentive Application Form and submit it with the required documentation to efficiency.training@ieso.ca.
Professional Development
Gaining a new certification is the best way for your employees to improve their professional profile with clients and within your organization. Save on Energy incentives can help them build their capabilities for less.
Optimize the performance of your facility by becoming certified in building operations.
Building operators are integral to conserving energy, increasing tenant comfort and reducing the environmental footprint of facilities. These professionals possess the knowledge and skills needed to provide energy conservation strategies and best practices, as well as select and implement energy efficiency systems.
The Save on Energy Training and Support incentive covers up to 50 per cent or up to $1,600 of course fees for eligible participants.
Eligible Enbridge customers can receive a joint incentive from Save on Energy and Enbridge Gas Inc. covering up to 75 per cent or up to $2,350 of course fees.
Incentives are received upon the successful completion of Building Operator Certification (BOC) training and exam, and upon receiving professional certification. Training can be completed through:
Who is eligible to receive incentives?
To be eligible to receive the incentives, the participant must:
- be currently employed with an accountability for building operations and maintenance or energy management of a commercial, institutional or industrial facility in Ontario with a minimum of 50,000 sq. ft.;
- have two or more years of experience working in an environment as specified above OR one year of experience and one year of college level education in a facilities and maintenance-related program; and
- be an Enbridge business customer in good standing (for the 75 per cent incentive).
How to apply for incentives
Complete the Save on Energy Training and Support Incentive Application Form and submit it with the required documentation to efficiency.training@ieso.ca.
Help your customers manage their energy use by becoming certified in energy management.
Energy Managers create and implement energy management plans for various customers and facilities. Large commercial and institutional buildings can benefit from having a certified energy manager who can provide strategies to reduce carbon emissions and energy usage, directly contributing to improving their company’s bottom line.
The Save on Energy Training and Support Incentive covers up to 50 per cent or up to $1,600 of course fees for eligible participants.
Eligible Enbridge customers can receive a joint incentive from Save on Energy and Enbridge Gas Inc. covering up to 75 per cent or up to $2,500 of course fees.
Incentives are received upon the successful completion of Certified Energy Manager (CEM) training and exam, and upon receiving professional certification. Training can be completed through:
Who is eligible to receive incentives?
To be eligible to receive the incentives, the participant must:
- Be currently employed with an accountability for providing services in building operations and maintenance or energy management of a large commercial, institutional or industrial facility in Ontario with a minimum of 50,000 sq. ft.;
- have two or more years of experience working in an environment as specified above, OR have one year of experience and one year of college level education in a facilities operations and maintenance-related program; and
- be an Enbridge business customer in good standing (for the 75 per cent incentive).
How to apply for incentives
Complete the Save on Energy Training and Support Incentive Application Form and submit it with the required documentation to efficiency.training@ieso.ca.
Becoming certified in measurement and verification means you can make your customers more confident about their energy savings.
Measurement and Verification Professionals provide the proof that energy efficiency projects deliver the savings that they promise. Their knowledge and skills help customers understand how projects have performed and encourage further investment in energy efficiency.
The Save on Energy Training and Support Incentive covers up to 50 per cent or up to $1,300 of course fees for eligible participants.
Incentives are received upon the successful completion of Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP) training and exam, and upon receiving professional certification. Training can be completed through:
- Canadian Institute for Energy Training (CIET)
- Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) or
- The Efficiency Valuation Organization (EVO)
Who is eligible to receive incentives?
To be eligible to receive the incentives, the participant must be:
- currently employed to provide measurement and verification services for electricity conservation projects to commercial, institutional or industrial customers in Ontario.
How to apply for incentives
Complete the Save on Energy Training and Support Incentive Application Form and submit it with the required documentation to efficiency.training@ieso.ca.
As buildings and building systems become more complex, the need for building commissioning becomes more important. Commissioning professionals possess the knowledge and skills to ensure optimal building performance and reduce building operating and maintenance costs.
Give your clients and your company a competitive edge by becoming certified in the process of building and systems commissioning. The Save on Energy Training and Support Incentive covers up to 50 per cent or up to $1,600 of course fees for eligible participants.
Incentives are received upon the successful completion of a Building Commissioning Professional Certification training program and/or exam, and upon receiving professional certification. Training can be completed through:
- Canadian Institute for Energy Training (CIET)
- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) or
- Building Commissioning Association (BCA)
Who is eligible to receive incentives?
To be eligible to receive the incentives, the participant must be:
- currently employed to provide commissioning services for new or existing commercial, institutional or industrial facilities in Ontario.
How to apply for incentives
Complete the Save on Energy Training and Support Incentive Application Form and submit it with the required documentation to efficiency.training@ieso.ca.
A detailed energy audit is the first step in understanding how a given facility is using energy. Large commercial and industrial buildings can benefit from having a certified energy auditor efficiently assess facility systems, analyze and evaluate equipment and energy usage, and recommend strategies to reduce consumption and associated costs.
Expertly identify the best and most efficient way to use energy by becoming certified in energy auditing. The Save on Energy Training and Support incentive covers up to 50 per cent or up to $1,100 of course fees for eligible participants.
Incentives are received upon the successful completion of Certified Energy Auditor (CEA) training and exam, and upon receiving professional certification. Training can be completed through:
Who is eligible to receive incentives?
To be eligible to receive the incentives, the participant must be:
- currently employed to provide energy auditing services for new or existing commercial, institutional or industrial facilities in Ontario.
How to apply for incentives
Complete the Save on Energy Training and Support Incentive Application Form and submit it with the required documentation to efficiency.training@ieso.ca.