The Bay Area Green Business Program
The Bay Area Green Business Program certifies businesses that meet high standards of environmental performance. Going green can help strengthen a business’s bottom line, improve employee moral and health, and help distinguish your organization as an environmental leader. To learn how your business can go green, visit the Bay Area Green Business Program’s website.
Grants, loans, tax credits, and other financial incentives
California Solar Initiative
The California Solar Initiative provides rebates for solar electricity systems on existing non-residential buildings.
EPA Grants and Fellowship Information
List of grant and fellowship programs available from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These programs include Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Water Grants.
Flex Your Power - Commercial
Provides a list of rebates, Incentives & Services for Commercial buildings.
SBA - Environmental Grants, Loans and Incentives
The US Small Business Association provides various programs dedicated to helping help businesses pay for energy efficient upgrades to their facilities, environment-related projects and improvements. These programs include financial incentives such as tax credits, tax deductions, sales tax exemptions, property tax exemptions and rebates.
PG&E - Non Residential Retrofit (NRR)
Provides PG&E nonresidential customers financial incentives for installing more energy efficient systems or products ranging from broilers to light bulbs. Financial incentives are determined per kWh or therms saved.
PG&E - Non Residential New Construction
PG&E offers several rebate and financial incentive programs dedicated to Non Residential New Construction.
PG&E - Rebates for Small Business and Existing Facilities
PG&E has a variety of rebate and financial incentive programs to help small business and existing facilities become more energy efficient.
General Resources
Climate Registry
California Registry is a voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) registry that promotes early actions to reduce GHG emissions by organizations. The California Registry develops and promotes GHG reporting standards and tools for organizations to measure, monitor, third-party verify and reduce their GHG emissions consistently across industry sectors. California Climate Action Registry is a private non-profit organization originally formed by the State of California.
Cool California - Small Business Toolkit
- Highlights how AB32 might impact Small Businesses. This toolkit also outlines steps businesses can take to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, including no- and low-cost actions.
CalMAX Partnerships
CalMAX is a program run by the State of California to help businesses and industry find markets for nonhazardous materials.
ENERGY STAR for Buildings & Manufacturing Plants
An ENERGY STAR qualified facility meets strict energy performance standards set by EPA and uses less energy, is less expensive to operate, and causes fewer greenhouse gas emissions than its peers.
ENERGY STAR for Small Business
Energy Star is a federal program that offers free, unbiased information and technical support to help businesses reduce their energy costs and improve their bottom line.
The ENERGY STAR Guide for Small Business
Energy Star’s Guide for Small Businesses is a comprehensive guide to analyzing and upgrading your facility. This guide contains information for both building own and tenants.
+ EPA - Climate Leaders
Climate Leaders is an EPA industry-government partnership, in which partners establish GHG reduction goal and report their progress to the EPA, creating lasting record of their accomplishments.
+ Spare the Air - Employer Program
Since 1991, the Spare the Air Employer Program has worked with employers across the Bay Area to efficiently and effectively notify their employees of high pollution days.