Energy solutions.
Built around the asset.

Solar reduces the operating expense line that flows through to NOI. At a typical CRE cap rate of 6%, every $100,000 of annual operating cost saved adds roughly $1.67M to asset value. The math is mechanical: NOI ÷ cap rate = asset value, so a permanent reduction in electricity expense compounds into the long-term valuation. For a fully owner-operated building, the impact is direct; for net-leased assets, the structure depends on how electricity costs flow through to tenants.

BEPS — the Building Emissions Performance Standard — sets carbon-intensity limits for large commercial buildings on a defined compliance schedule. Failing to meet the standard attracts penalties, and increasingly affects financing access and institutional-investor disclosure requirements. On-site solar reduces a building's grid electricity consumption and the associated GHG emissions intensity — the input to BEPS calculations. The energy audit produces the documentation BEPS reporting requires.

The structure depends on the lease. Where the landlord pays for common-area electricity, solar offsets that load directly. Where tenants pay separately, options include sizing solar to common-area load only, on-bill arrangements, or virtual net metering structures where applicable. We model the economics against your specific lease structure during the discovery process — most owners are surprised at how favourable the math is even on net-lease structures.

On completed Green Integrations CRE projects, simple payback has typically ranged from 5–8 years before incentives, and 4–7 years after the federal Clean Technology ITC and accelerated CCA depreciation are applied. The project IRR is what matters more than payback — and against a 30-year asset financial model, well-structured CRE energy projects typically deliver IRRs that exceed most other capital improvements on the asset.

The full federal and provincial stack applies. Headline programs include the federal Clean Technology Investment Tax Credit (up to 30%), Enhanced First-Year CCA (100% accelerated depreciation), provincial saveONenergy / Save on Energy LED retrofit incentives, and IESO Demand Response programs for assets with battery storage or flexible loads. We screen eligibility during the assessment and manage applications end-to-end alongside the project.