SEDA Energy Audit Conditional Grant

Your energy audit can cost you nothing.

The Malaysian government funds energy audits for commercial and industrial buildings through SEDA's Energy Audit Conditional Grant. Susten applies on your behalf — and our registration as an ESCO with the Energy Commission is what makes your building eligible.

Check your eligibility How the grant works

Prefer to skip the questions? Email hello@susten.my.

Full energy auditGrant-funded
Grant applicationWe handle it
Your costRM 0
Typical duration~2 months

Grants are disbursed first-come, first-served under the 13th Malaysia Plan. Timing matters — the allocation is finite.

How it works

Four steps, and we do most of them.

Step 01

We check your fit

A short conversation about your building, your plant and your consumption.

No cost · no commitment
Step 02

We apply to SEDA

Susten prepares and submits the grant application, appointed as your registered ESCO.

We do the paperwork
Step 03

We audit the plant

Measurement of how your system behaves at low load, at peak, and where the waste sits.

~2 months on site
Step 04

You get the findings

A report showing what can be recovered and what it would take to recover it.

What you do next is your call
The part most people leave out

The grant is conditional. Here is exactly what that means.

This is not a free report with no strings. To receive the grant you agree to implement energy-saving measures worth at least the value of the grant, within three years of the audit being completed. That obligation forms part of the grant agreement with SEDA — it is not something Susten adds.

We say this before you apply rather than after, for two reasons. It is your commitment and your money, so you should weigh it properly. And if a building is not prepared to act on what an audit finds, the grant is the wrong instrument — better to establish that now than three years from now.

Eligibility check

Four questions. An honest answer.

Nothing is recorded and nothing is sent. This runs entirely in your browser, so you can get a straight read — including a negative one — before you talk to anybody.

01 Plant type Does your building run a chiller plant?
02 Consumption Roughly how much electricity does the building use each month?
03 Building What kind of building is it?
04 Compliance Have you been notified as a regulated building under EECA?
Start the conversation

Tell us about the building.

The more you can tell us about consumption, the faster we can say whether the grant is worth pursuing. If it is not, we will tell you that too.

This opens your own email client with the details filled in — nothing is transmitted to us until you press send. We use what you tell us only to assess grant eligibility and reply. See our privacy notice. You can also write to us directly at hello@susten.my.

Questions we get asked

Before you commit to anything.

What does the audit actually cost me?

If the grant application succeeds, your direct cost is nothing. What it does cost is access and time — we need to get at your plant, your meters and your utility bills, and someone on your side needs to be available to us.

What if I do not want to proceed after the audit?

You are under no obligation to appoint Susten for any implementation work. You are, however, bound by the grant condition to implement efficiency measures worth at least the grant value within three years — with whoever you choose. That obligation is to SEDA, not to us.

Why does Susten do this for free?

Because it is how we find work, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise. The audit tells us whether your building has recoverable waste worth engineering out. If it does, we would like to quote for it. If it does not, we have both learned something useful at the government's expense rather than yours.

Do I have to use Susten as my ESCO to get the grant?

No. You have to appoint an ESCO registered with the Energy Commission — that is a grant requirement. Susten is one. There are others, and you are free to appoint any of them.

My building has not been notified under EECA. Does that matter?

Not for the grant — they are separate things. It is worth knowing either way, because the Energy Commission's list of regulated buildings is not public and the compliance deadlines are tight once notification arrives.

How long until we know?

Usually within a week for the initial read. The grant application and approval sit with SEDA and take longer. The audit itself runs about two months once it begins.