Business New Construction

Business New Construction is a free, comprehensive approach to energy efficiency and cost savings for your planned building. If you’re a Colorado business with a new construction or major renovation project, we can help. We offer you:

• Energy expertise to encourage energy efficiency in building design
• Design assistance supporting an integrated design process that provides various services depending on customer need 

As part of Business New Construction, we offer unique programs designed to fit the specific needs of business customers considering a new construction or major renovation project and work with your builders, contractors and architects. Programs offered include:

• Energy Design Assistance (EDA) – a custom whole building integrated, modeling approach
• Energy Efficient Buildings (EEB) – a prescriptive whole building calculator approach 

For more specific information regarding these individual programs, please visit the Additional Information section.

Business New Construction can give you long-term energy and cost savings. The up-front investment you make will pay dividends. You can:

• Shorten payback and save up-front capital to offset the cost of more efficient equipment.
• Earn significant long-term energy savings and increase your return on investment helping your bottom line.
• Reduce maintenance and replacement costs improving the productive life of equipment.

To qualify, you must be:

• An Xcel Energy business electricity and/or natural gas customer in Colorado.
• Constructing a new building, adding to an existing building or renovating an existing space by gutting and replacing equipment.
• Accepted into the program through a qualifying application (preapproval required).
• Have a minimum square footage. Visit the specific program links for square footage requirements. 

The best time to consider energy-efficient options for your building’s design, materials and equipment is before you break ground. To qualify for our free service, contact us as early as possible in the design process. The graphic below shows the required timeline for preapproval of both the EDA and the EEB programs. 

Contacting us early in the process not only helps ensure your project meets the program requirements, but also helps maximize building cost and energy savings. Both programs support the development of appropriate, cost-effective strategies and verify that correct strategies are in place and operating.

There are several ways to get started with the Business New Construction programs.

• Contact your Xcel Energy account manager.
• Contact us via email.
• Call our Energy Efficient Specialist Team at 1-800-481-4700.

If you have any questions regarding our Business New Construction program, please contact your Xcel Energy account manager, our Energy Efficient Specialist Team at 1-800-481-4700, or contact us via email.

For additional information about the program and green building materials, please see: