New tax credits for investments in energy efficiency and office-to-residential conversions are on the wish list for commercial real estate ahead of the United States election.

Saskatchewan-based deantech start-ups are newly included in a provincial incentive program that will convey up to $225,000 in non-refundable tax credits per annual investment to their investors.

Systems using waste biomass to produce electricity, heat or combined heat and power will now qualify for the federal tax credits already extended to other designated clean technologies.

The 2023-24 budget also confirms that low-carbon heating systems are exempt from the labour conditions tied to some of the other categories of clean technology eligible for the tax credit.

The 2023-24 Manitoba budget announces ongoing extension of tax credits for geothermal, solar thermal and biomass system equipment, which had been scheduled to expire this summer.

Canada’s fall economic statement pledges $6.7 billion over five years to support uptake of a range of clean technologies, including solar heating, air-source and ground-source heat pumps and energy storage.

More than one third of survey respondents report no per-employee allocation has been established for the home workspaces where it’s projected staff will spend at least 42 per cent of their formal work hours well into 2021.

Valuable tax incentives, administered by the Canada Revenue Agency, for R&D are often worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.