Mount Prospect project file
Reduce energy use
Start with account-specific assessments, then screen each measure for incentive, owner-controlled financing, and confirm-first local help.
Before you spend: Keep measures and cost allocations separate, obtain any required utility or Village approval first, and never add benefits into an automatic total.
Assistance layers
Mechanisms worth sorting for this project
These are supported relationships, not eligibility decisions. The Workbench asks the facts that change whether a lead is current, conditional, specialized, or historical.
Sequence 1
ComEd Small Business Energy Savings
Authorized ComEd service providers assess eligible small-business facilities and guide qualifying electric-efficiency upgrades through installation and incentive processing.
- Mechanism
- A bundled utility pathway combining a no-cost assessment, measure selection, installation support, and incentive processing.
- What it does
- Lower the project cost
- Why it appears
- ComEd's pathway begins with electric-efficiency assessment and qualifying measure selection.
- Administrator
- Commonwealth Edison Company
Before you spend: Confirm reservation or preapproval before ordering equipment, signing a contract, or starting work.
- Program lifecycle
- Current / rolling
- Visitor treatment
- Worth checking now
This current pathway still requires program-specific eligibility and sequence checks.
Confirm ComEd reservation or preapproval before a project commitment
Date or rangeBefore ordering equipment, signing a contract, or beginning work when the measure requires reservation or preapproval
A commitment made before the required ComEd sequence may make the measure ineligible; the authorized provider must confirm the exact rule.
Date last verified
General 2026 Kickstart preapplication period ended March 31, 2026
Date or range2025-11-17 through 2026-03-31
Do not present the general Kickstart bonus as available; evaluate the underlying current small-business pathway and any measure-specific reservation separately.
Date last verified
Sequence 2
Nicor Gas Commercial Prescriptive Rebates
Active commercial Nicor Gas customers may request rebates for qualifying high-efficiency natural-gas equipment installed and operating during the 2026 program year.
- Mechanism
- Rebate
- What it does
- Lower the project cost
- Why it appears
- Listed natural-gas equipment may qualify for a measure-specific rebate.
- Administrator
- Nicor Gas Energy Efficiency Program
- Program lifecycle
- Current / deadline
- Visitor treatment
- Worth checking now
This current pathway has a material deadline or timing condition that must be checked.
Qualifying equipment must be installed and operational during 2026
Date or range2026-01-01 through 2026-12-31
A measure outside the 2026 installation period will not qualify under this edition's terms and requires a fresh program-year review.
Date last verified
Apply within 90 days of installation or by January 31, 2027, whichever comes first
Date or rangeEarlier of 90 days after installation or 2027-01-31
A late submission may not be accepted and requires Nicor review; no 2026 rebate payment should be assumed.
Date last verified
Sequence 3
Nicor Gas Commercial Energy Assessment
Nicor provides a no-cost on-site assessment and a customized report identifying gas-efficiency opportunities, costs, and available incentives.
- Mechanism
- Free assessment
- What it does
- Get free expertise
- Why it appears
- A no-cost assessment can identify and prioritize gas-efficiency opportunities.
- Administrator
- Nicor Gas Energy Efficiency Program
- Program lifecycle
- Current / rolling
- Visitor treatment
- Worth checking now
This current pathway still requires program-specific eligibility and sequence checks.
Sequence 4
Cook County Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing
Commercial property owners may seek long-term private financing for qualifying energy, renewable-energy, water, and resilience projects, repaid through a property assessment.
- Mechanism
- Property-assessment financing
- What it does
- Finance the remaining cost
- Why it appears
- Property owners may finance eligible multi-measure energy projects through an assessment.
- Administrator
- Cook County C-PACE Program
Before you spend: Confirm owner authority, lender consent, assessment repayment, and cost allocation before committing.
- Program lifecycle
- Current / rolling
- Visitor treatment
- Worth checking now
This current pathway still requires program-specific eligibility and sequence checks.
Sequence 5
Mount Prospect Green Buildings Grant
The Village currently advertises assistance for eligible energy-efficient and sustainable building improvements, but no current application or funding window was verified.
- Mechanism
- Grant
- What it does
- Lower the project cost
- Why it appears
- The Village advertises help for reviewed improvements with measurable energy and environmental benefits.
- Administrator
- Village of Mount Prospect
Before you spend: Confirm current Village funds and written stacking and approval rules before ordering or starting work.
- Program lifecycle
- Advertised / confirm
- Visitor treatment
- Confirm this condition first
Advertised availability must be confirmed before relying on this program.
Reconfirm Green Buildings Grant funds and procedure by September 27, 2026
Date or range2026-09-27
If the Village has not confirmed current funds, application, eligible measures, preapproval, and stacking, keep the program confirm-first and omit Apply.
Date last verified
Sequence 86
DOE Industrial Training and Assessment Center Assessment
The DOE center network provides no-cost engineering assessments to qualifying small and midsize manufacturers; the assessment is free expertise, not implementation funding.
- Mechanism
- Free assessment
- What it does
- Get free expertise
- Why it appears
- A qualifying small or midsize manufacturer wants a no-cost engineering assessment before deciding how to fund implementation.
- Administrator
- U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Training and Assessment Center network
- Program lifecycle
- Specialized
- Visitor treatment
- Specialized possibility
This specialized pathway requires its stated purpose or industry fit before reliance.
The nearby UIC center's published award period ends August 31, 2026
Date or range2026-08-31
Continued UIC intake after this date must be confirmed immediately; a later verified edition may establish monthly cadence, and the national assessment network must not be conflated with the separate implementation-grant hold.
Date last verified
Ask the administrator: Is the manufacturer eligible for a current no-cost assessment, and is the nearby UIC center accepting intake after August 31, 2026?
Stop: this is not a current lead. Read every material date and consequence before opening the historical record.
Section 179D is legacy-timing-only for construction begun by June 30, 2026
Date or rangeConstruction begun by 2026-06-30
Construction begun after June 30, 2026 must not enter current treatment under the verified rule; only documented pre-cutoff construction proceeds to professional tax review.
Date last verified
Sequence 96
Federal Section 179D Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction
After June 30, 2026, Section 179D is a legacy-timing-only lead for qualifying construction that began by the statutory cutoff, not a current route for newly begun work.
- Mechanism
- Deduction
- What it does
- Avoid a stale or misleading lead
- Why it appears
- Section 179D may appear in energy-project searches, but after June 30, 2026 it is only a legacy timing review for qualifying construction begun by the cutoff.
- Administrator
- Internal Revenue Service
- Program lifecycle
- Legacy timing only
- Visitor treatment
- Expired, closed, on hold, or historical
Section 179D is legacy-timing-only for construction begun by June 30, 2026
Stop: this is not a current lead. Read every material date and consequence before opening the historical record.
DOE ITAC implementation grants were on hold on August 27, 2026
Date or rangeStatus checked 2026-08-27
New submissions, reviews, selections, and award negotiations are on hold; ignore an older Apply Now label and expose no Apply action until the administrator verifies a change.
Date last verified
Sequence 97
DOE ITAC Implementation Grants
New submissions, reviews, selections, and award negotiations for DOE ITAC implementation grants are on hold; an older Apply Now label is not current authority.
- Mechanism
- Grant
- What it does
- Avoid a stale or misleading lead
- Why it appears
- An older DOE surface may say Apply Now, but the administering intermediary says new submissions and awards are on hold.
- Administrator
- U.S. Department of Energy program administered through ENERGYWERX
- Program lifecycle
- On hold
- Visitor treatment
- Expired, closed, on hold, or historical
DOE ITAC implementation grants were on hold on August 27, 2026