Promotion of commercial kitchen equipment throughout Switzerland
EcoGastro certifies and promotes commercial kitchen appliances that have technical measures that demonstrably reduce energy consumption compared to other appliances available on the market. The proof is provided by measurements.
The replacement of EcoGastro-certified kitchen appliances is subsidized, but not the purchase of new appliances. End customers receive the subsidies in the form of a discount from the appliance seller. No application is required. The following appliance categories are currently subsidized:
- Combi steamers
- Multifunctional appliances
- Dishwashers
- Griddles
- Warming trolleys/bain-marie
You can download the complete list of subsidized appliances below.
Accredited equipment manufacturers and retailers inform their customers about the subsidies. As a restaurant or café, you therefore do not need to submit a subsidy application to EcoGastro. When the seller issues your invoice, you will receive a voucher that you can use to redeem the subsidy for equipment replacement at voucher.ecogastro.org.
Manufacturers or importers of energy-efficient commercial kitchen appliances must have their appliances certified by EcoGastro in order to receive funding.
Certification by the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons
Certification takes place after a fee-based measurement by a measurement laboratory recognized by us, currently the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons FHGR. The measurements are carried out in accordance with the measurement methods defined by ENAK.
EcoGastro calculates an annual consumption from the results of an appliance and compares this with a basic electricity consumption based on existing data from the ENAK database. Only appliances that are more energy-efficient than average new appliances because they have specific energy-saving measures are certified. Possible features of such an appliance are (not exhaustive):
- Heat recovery (HR) from waste water and / or exhaust air
- Additional insulation / thermal insulation
- Automatic temperature reduction
- Intelligent plate recognition
- Control
- Heat generation technology
Get in touch with us. We will be happy to advise you and send you the relevant documents.
All private and public Swiss buyers of commercial kitchen appliances can benefit from the subsidies. The only exceptions are the central federal administration in circles 1 and 2, i.e. the federal offices and administrative units such as MeteoSwiss and agricultural research institutes.
Certified appliances are marked with the EcoGastro label.
The label makes it easy for kitchen planners and end customers to see which appliances are particularly economical.
Starting August 1, 2026, you can register as a retail business on our new incentive portal. As soon as you receive the invitation link, you can log in to the portal and create vouchers for your customers.
Go to the incentive portal (link)
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List of all eligible devices with their subsidy rates (valid through July 31, 2026):
You can find thelist of grants valid as of August 1, 2026, on our new grants portal (link).
The funding guidelines regarding the certification and promotion of kitchen appliances can be found at voucher.ecogastro.org .
Retailers can still submit their registration lists for the July billing period to us by August 15, 26 (starting August 1, the new application process via the subsidy portal will apply):
