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Building Retrofits Initiative (BRI)

Our Building Retrofits Initiative (BRI) provides attractive financing to reduce investment barriers and decarbonize buildings. Our team of experts works with the public and private sector as well as other market participants to modernize and improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings.

Offered by Canada Infrastructure Bank

Amount

No fixed amount

Quick eligibility check

Years in business
No minimum stated
Employees
No limit stated
Revenue
No limit stated
Legal structure
No requirement stated
Location
Anywhere in Canada

Who can apply

Public sector

  1. All levels of government, Indigenous communities, schools, hospitals, and universities
  2. All types of buildings and infrastructure, including administrative offices, courthouses, correctional facilities, hospitals, campus buildings, parking facilities, transit facilities, streets and highways lighting, etc.

Private sector

  1. Privately owned commercial, industrial, and multi-unit residential buildings
  2. Eligible assets including real estate investment trusts (REITs), investment trusts, retail chains, corporations, etc.

About the funding

Our Building Retrofits Initiative (BRI) provides attractive financing to reduce investment barriers and decarbonize buildings. Our team of experts works with the public and private sector as well as other market participants to modernize and improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings.

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