Economic Gains with Sustainable Choices and Energy Savings for your Business!
The Milton Sustainability Assessment Program is here to assist the local business community. Level up by improving energy efficiency, reducing carbon emissions, and enhancing climate change resilience!
InvestMilton and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’s Partners in Project Green are partnering to deliver this program, which will provide opportunities for local organizations to reduce their energy bills, cut down emissions and achieve their sustainability goals.
Program Highlights:
Guidance and support to access available funding opportunities, along with complimentary site walk-through assessments to identify opportunities for energy savings, GHG emissions reductions, and climate change resilience.
Participant Profile:
- Up to 5 eligible businesses located in Milton can benefit from complimentary walk-through assessments.
- Businesses that wish to participate in site assessments must have a non-residential facility in Milton and are required to submit an expression of interest and sign the program commitment letter.
What are the benefits for my business?
- Free assessment that helps you identify energy and cost saving measures specific to your facility/business
- Best practices and recommendations to improve the resilience of your facility to climate change impacts, and improve your environmental impact
- Customized sustainability roadmap that can be implemented at your own pace
- Understanding of potential savings and environmental benefits from various actions
- Pathway to implementation including links to funding programs, local contractors, and practical resources
The Process
- Step 1: To participate, you will first need to send us an email with a simple expression of interest. Please include your full contact details, business type, and address. PPG will follow up to confirm your interest in the program and provide the commitment letter.
- Step 2: A Pre-assessment survey will be provided to collect preliminary information about your facility to ensure we can conduct a thorough walk-through.
- Step 3: PPG will connect with you for a Planning Call to coordinate the best time to visit your facility for the walk-through.
- Step 4: PPG will visit your site with a group of technical experts to help you identify opportunities to lower costs, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, save energy, and boost resilience by implementing low-impact development (LID) features.
- Step 5: After completion, PPG and our technical advisors will compile our findings and present the participating businesses with a brief summary report with the recommendations and funding opportunities available to you.
For more information, please contact Ritika Jain, Coordinator, PPG at ritika.jain@trca.ca