PNM New Construction Program

Items from the prescriptive (pre-set) menu that qualify for new construction rebates include:

• Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)
  • Unitary and split air conditioning systems
  • Premium-efficiency air source heat pumps
  • High-efficiency water and air-cooled chillers
  • Packaged terminal air conditioning (PTAC) units
  • Packaged terminal heat pumps (PTHP)
  • Variable refrigerant flow heat pumps
  • Hotel guest room energy management systems (occupancy sensors)
  • Indirect evaporative cooling
• High-efficiency food service equipment
• High-efficiency ice makers
• Horticulture
  
  • LED lamps and fixtures
  • HVAC equipment

Eligible commercial customers may instead elect to use a whole building approach to efficiency. The whole building new construction rebate includes the following opportunities:

• 10% to 20% electricity savings beyond ASHRAE 90.1-2016 $0.10 per kWh
• Greater than 20% electricity savings beyond ASHRAE 90.1-2016 $0.12 per kWh

Rebates for new construction lighting projects are calculated at $0.30 per watt reduced.

The watts-reduced value is based on Lighting Power Density (LPD) in watts per square foot and is calculated as the LPD values for the new lighting less than baseline LPD values listed in ASHRAE 90.1-2007 for various building types:

• Rebate = (LPD baseline – LPD actual) x Gross Lighted Area x $0.30