Indoor LED conversion grant below 20 kW
A closed grant for businesses, associations and religious institutions replacing conventional indoor lighting with LED systems from 0.5 kW to below 20 kW.
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The grant supported new LED lighting in existing buildings used for business, including lighting controls such as motion-activated or daylight-dependent switching. Eligible costs included the LED systems, planning and installation.
Support was €500 per kW of installed LED connection capacity, with a possible additional €100 per kW when lighting controls were installed at the same time. The non-repayable grant was limited to 30% of investment costs. Regional grants could be combined with this support.
Eligibility
- Businesses, other organizations carrying out business activities, associations and religious institutions could apply for projects in Austria.
- Installed LED capacity had to be at least 0.5 kW and strictly below 20 kW. The lighting had to meet minimum efficiency of 100 lumens per watt, colour-rendering index (CRI) 80 and rated lifetime of 50,000 hours under the L80 B50 specification. CRI measures how faithfully the light shows colours. L80 B50 describes brightness retained over time: after the rated period, no more than half of the still-working lights are expected to produce less than 80% of their initial light output. It also had to bear CE marking.
- Plug-in replacement bulbs, new buildings, advertising lighting, indirect lighting, outdoor lighting, LED strips without a profile and cover, replacement or modernization of existing LED systems, and used LED luminaires were excluded.
- The grant was de-minimis aid: other aid received under this category had to be declared in the application. Applicable public procurement rules had to be followed.
- Contracting or leasing applicants had to provide their contract and evidence of instalments already paid.
- Recipients had to operate the funded equipment for at least ten years, maintain the declared lighting conversion and electricity savings, and dispose of replaced lighting in accordance with legal requirements. Records had to remain available for checks; breaches could lead to repayment.
How to apply
- Status
- ikke tilgængelig
- Lukker
- Vilkår for ansøgningsrunden
- Implementation had to be commissioned before 30 June 2025.
- Application after completion and full payment; main final invoice no more than six months old.
This offer has ended. The final applications were due by 31 December 2025, and were only eligible if implementation had been commissioned before 30 June 2025.
Applications were submitted online to Kommunalkredit Public Consulting through umweltfoerderung.at/led after completing and fully paying for the investment. The main-equipment final invoice could be no more than six months old. Applicants uploaded a signed grant-settlement form and invoices showing the number and electrical power of LED luminaires, with itemized costs or binding supplier confirmation; lump-sum invoices were not accepted.