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Project Funding Solutions

Investing upfront in a project can be daunting, but Ampica has financing solutions to make energy efficiency affordable and obtainable.

Our pay-as-you-go, leasing, service contracts, and on-bill funding options allow you to upgrade equipment and pay over time from savings—no high upfront costs. 

Intelligent, efficient investment decisions. 

With a network of partners, from utilities to financial institutions, a simple discussion with your Ampica consultant will open the world of funding options for your next project. 

The bottom line? Ampica’s Project Funding Support clears the financial hurdles, empowering you to reap the long-term benefits of sustainability with minimal strain on cash flow today.

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How We're enabling businesses to implement energy & efficiency projects with minimal upfront costs

    • Equipment Leases: Ampica offers equipment leases, allowing businesses to access energy-efficient equipment with payments treated as operational expenses. Costs are spread out over the lease term, removing the barrier of large upfront purchases and allowing for immediate upgrades to sustainable technologies.
    • Grants: Non-repayable funds from government programs or foundations, often used for specific upgrades or community-focused projects.
    • Rebates: Partial refunds on qualified purchases—typically provided by utilities or manufacturers—to reduce initial expenses for adopting energy-efficient technologies.
    • Tax Credits: Direct incentives that reduce tax liability when businesses invest in eligible energy efficiency projects.
    • Loans: Capital borrowed (sometimes with favorable interest rates) that is paid back over time, making larger projects more accessible without significant initial investment.
    • PACE Financing: Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) funding attaches loan payments to property tax bills, allowing for long-term financing that is repaid via property assessments—ideal for energy or water efficiency and renewable projects.
    • Energy as a Service (EaaS): Businesses pay for upgrades out of the actual energy savings generated from the project, with performance risk assumed by an Energy Service Company (ESCO).
    • Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs): For renewable energy installations, the business pays for the power produced on-site by a third party that owns and maintains the equipment.
    • On-Bill Funding
      On-bill financing programs allow organizations to finance energy efficiency projects through utility bills with repayments based on the projected energy savings.

Energy-as-a-service (EaaS) and traditional equipment leasing both help avoid big upfront capex, but they differ sharply in who owns the assets, who carries performance risk, and how payments hit the P&L.

Energy Services vs Leasing

Core definitions:
  • Energy-as-a-service: The provider designs, funds, installs, owns, and maintains the energy assets (e.g., lighting, HVAC, controls), and the customer pays a recurring service fee, often tied to verified savings or service outcomes.
  • Equipment leasing: A financier buys the equipment and leases it to the customer for a fixed term, with payments typically fixed regardless of performance and with the option or requirement to own the asset at the end of the term.

Key differences at a glance

DimensionEnergy-as-a-serviceTraditional equipment leasing
Upfront cost
Typically no upfront capex; provider funds project.
No or low upfront cost, but may include fees or deposits.
Asset ownership
Provider owns and operates equipment for contract term.
Lessor owns during term; customer often gains ownership at end (capital lease) or returns equipment (operating lease).
Balance sheet
Often structured as off‑balance sheet service (opex).
Most leases are treated as capex/lease liabilities under IFRS 16/ASC 842.
Payment structure
Service fee, sometimes pegged to measured savings (pay‑for‑performance).
Fixed lease payments regardless of actual energy performance.
Performance risk
Provider typically guarantees performance and takes savings risk.
Customer assumes performance and utilization risk; no guaranteed savings.
Scope
Holistic bundle: design, install, monitoring, maintenance, and optimization.
Financing only; customer manages design, install, and maintenance separately.
Technology choice
Often tech- and vendor-agnostic; optimized mix per site or portfolio.
Defined by what the customer chooses and the lessor agrees to finance.
Best fit
When you want guaranteed outcomes, minimal internal bandwidth use, and off‑balance sheet treatment.
When long-term ownership is strategic and internal teams can manage performance and maintenance.

Budget and risk implications

With EaaS, energy spend shifts from capex plus variable O&M to a predictable service line item, often designed to be cash-flow positive (service fee < verified savings). This can preserve borrowing capacity and simplify budgeting while offloading technology, performance, and maintenance risk to the provider.
 
With leasing, payments are predictable but not linked to performance, so any underperformance, downtime, or efficiency shortfall sits squarely on the customer’s shoulders. Leasing can still be attractive if asset ownership, tax benefits, or custom engineering control outweigh the desire for an outsourced, performance-based model.
 

Free Energy Intelligence Assessment

Every dollar saved—or strategically deployed—directly strengthens your bottom line. Ampica’s Energy Intelligence Assessment identifies procurement risks, efficiency opportunities, and capital-free upgrade pathways that can improve cash flow without disrupting operations.

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