Banner photo: William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Menlo Park, CA. The Hewlett Foundation's building was designed to save energy and increase the comfort of occupants through individually controlled systems such as operable windows, localized manual floor diffusers, and natural light control throughout the workspace.
Photo credit: Wm. & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Program Offerings
New Construction Pilot Program from We Energies
- Visit our New Construction page to find out how to receive incentives for energy efficient non-residential construction.
Technical Assistance
The AB program offers technical assistance to aid in the design, development and implementation of energy efficient and sustainable building practices. AB promotes integrated design in new buildings and substantial remodels targeting the 20,000 to 80,000 square foot market.
- For Wisconsin projects, technical design assistance is available. To apply, please download our application form
(62K).
Technical assistance is available for customers of Alliant Energy, Madison Gas & Electric and We Energies. The purpose of this assistance is to help offset the additional costs of design often associated with using new design approaches or systems that increase energy efficiency. The assistance is also available to help educate design team members or help facilitate a sustainable design workshop.
Listed below are some of the technical assistance offerings that can be integrated into your designs:
- Identification and prioritization of energy efficient design opportunities and strategies
- Establishment of energy efficient performance targets
- Education of project team on principles of energy efficiency and sustainability
- Design assistance and review
- Second look design assistance
- Energy modeling
- Sustainable site planning
- Literature research
- Facilitation of design workshops/charrettes
- Lunch & Learn or other technical presentation
To see if your project qualifies and could benefit from any of these offerings please contact Peggy Heisch at ab@ecw.org or call 608.238.8276 x139.