Helping Delaware Businesses Save Money, Create Jobs and Improve the Environment

As Delaware's one-stop resource for saving money, creating jobs and improving the environment, Energize Delaware offers new ways for commercial, industrial and other non-residential groups including municipalities, universities, schools and hospitals to become full partners in Delaware's sustainable energy future. 

The newly launched Efficiency Plus Program offers businesses, non-profits, institutions and other public-sector organizations  a wide breadth of prescriptive and custom equipment incentives and financing options to help save energy while adding  to your bottom line.  A kick-off meeting was held on June 11th to introduce this new initiative.  View the presentation made to attendees.

Learn more about the many ways Energize Delaware's Efficiency Plus Program can help your business and organization put the power of energy efficiency to work for you.  

Make sure to join our business mailing list to receive the latest Energize Delaware program information, energy saving tips and rebate alerts.

Are you interested in becoming an Energize Delaware Program Ally?  Apply today!  We'll list your business on our website and make sure you're provided with the tools, information and program support you'll need to help your business and your customers.

Together we have the ability to save millions of dollars a year and reduce green house gases that harm the environment—just by using energy wisely.

What's New?

Energize Delaware's NEW Efficiency Plus Program

• Finding Opportunities to Save: The Delaware Perspective
• Delaware Businesses:  Leading the Charge
• Ask the Energy Expert
• Energy Saving Resources and Tools

Finding Opportunities to Save:  The Delaware Perspective

Delaware has approximately 20,000 commercial businesses operating from nearly 16,000 buildings (excluding schools and government facilities). The total electricity consumed by these commercial buildings across the state reaches more than 3 million MWhs each year¹.  Office space has the most square feet of commercial space followed by retail and service building type. More than half the energy used by buildings is for heating and lighting. Fortunately there are a number of cost effective opportunities to reduce energy use in buildings and businesses in Delaware are already taking an active role.  

_{The energy allocation across all building types in Delaware²}

Delaware Businesses:  Leading the Charge

Many business leaders in Delaware have already been active in a number of programs that measure and improve the energy efficiency of their buildings. Through programs like the ENERGY STAR^® Leader program, the ENERGY STAR Challenge, and Designed to earn ENERGY STAR, Delaware businesses are demonstrating the importance of reducing energy use and associated green house gases.  Over 40 businesses in Delaware have the national recognition of the ENERGY STAR label. These facilities measurably cost less to operate and improve the quality of our environment. They result from prudent energy management and proven technologies. We congratulate their achievement.

¹  http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/state_energy_profiles.cfm?sid=DE  August 12, 2009.
²  Allocation can differ significantly by building type.