Green Labs Incentives
History
In 2016-19, UCSC completed a freezer retrofit and incentive program. We had received funding from the Strategic Energy Program and the Carbon Fund. We replaced or incentivized 30 freezers and fridges!
New Opportunity
In 2020, the Green Labs Team received a Carbon Fund grant of $20,000 to subsidize the purchase of fridges and ULT freezers. In 2024, they received an additional grant of $15,347 to keep the program going.
If you find a new freezer/fridge that qualifies, the incentive will be transferred to your department. Green Labs does not participate in the purchase or installation of the product. Contact EH&S to dispose of your old freezer.
$2,000+ is available per ULT (-80) freezers
$200 is available for freezers/fridges (-4/-20)
How to Qualify for UCSC’s incentive
The freezer must be both:
1) Energy Star certified (Per UCOP’s Sustainable Procurement Policy ALL freezers must be Energy Star!)
2) Have an energy consumption of .40 (kWh/day/cu-ft) or less (almost all Energy Star freezers are)
Your lab must be either:
1) Green Lab Certified
2) Commit to becoming Green Lab Certified within one year of receiving the incentive
Get your incentive
Fill out our brief Freezer Incentive Program Application Form and a member of the Green Labs Team will reply to you shortly.
For additional savings, see if your freezer is on the California Foodservice Instant Rebates Program. (Don’t worry, you don’t have to use the freezer for Foodservice. This applies to laboratories too)
How to qualify for PG&E incentive
Review PG&E’s Business Rebates for Refrigeration to get the newest Rebate Codes and incentive amounts.
The submission of the PGE rebate applications has to be within 60 days of purchase/installation (whichever is later). Contact us if you’re purchasing five or more at once for a higher rebate.
Start here and click on the “Visit the Online Application” button
Service Agreement ID (SAID):
main campus – 1293423005. Get off-campus SAID
Business Type: “Commercial”
Tax Status: Exempt
Tax ID: 94-1539563
DO NOT check the box for “PGE on-bill financing program” or “Proposition 39”.
Make checks payable to “UC Santa Cruz”
Address: Cashier’s Office
University of California Santa Cruz
1156 High Street,
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Include the relevant FOAPAL(s) as part of the remittance process.
If a check does arrive and no FOAPAL is identified, the Cashier’s Office will process the check and it will be recorded in our Accounting system in an unidentified deposit account. If you believe that this has occurred, you can contact accounting@ucsc.edu and provide as much information as possible about the payment so that we can move it the appropriate FOAPAL(s).