The Energy Efficiency Fund (EEF) offers financial support for projects in development, experimentation or demonstration of innovative technologies and approaches to energy efficiency.

Call for proposals

Each year, the EEF launches a call for proposals at a fixed date. However, depending on the budget, proposals can be received during the year. Please contact the EEF for more information

These projects of development, experimentation or demonstration must enable the realisation of energy savings and must be applicable to buildings that use natural gas for space or water heating. The innovative technology or approach must be related to a building’s envelope or to the integration of renewable energy.

As well, the project must meet one or more of the following objectives:

• To test the use of new or emerging technologies in the Québec market resulting in savings of natural gas used in space or water heating applications related to a building’s envelope or to the integration of renewable energies;
• To test one or more innovative commercial approaches relating to a measure applicable to a building’s envelope or to the integration of a renewable energies;
• To test the development of measures or incentives relating to a building’s envelope or to the integration of renewable energies that result in eliminating or reducing barriers to the adoption of energy efficiency measures for space or water heating with natural gas for Gaz Métro customers, especially low income customers.

The innovation projects related to gas technologies, HVAC units or control measures are eligible for the Technological Innovation’s program of Gaz Métro.

The financial assistance granted to the selected projects may reach $100 000.

How to submit a project ?

• Read the description and the terms and conditions (PDF | 116 ko) of the call for proposals;
• Send us the duly completed New Technologies program Application.