Grants End

In a surprise announcement on Thursday April 1 2010, the Federal government suspended the Ecoenergy retrofit program. This program aided homeowners in upgrading their existing HVAC equipment to more energy efficient models, thus reducing greenhouse gases that homes emitted substantially. The program was axed due to its popularity, more than 3 times more Canadians participated than the Government had anticipated. Typical government fashion, lets end anything that is actually working and making a change. This puts more than 2000 energy auditors and countless other support staff out of jobs, and that’s only in Ontario.

Can I Still Get An Audit?

Unfortunately, you can not get an audit anymore. There are no more grants available for tankless water heaters from Federal or Provincial governments.

• The Ontario provincial government was matching all grants, this has also ended.

• This isnt the end, there will be incentives from companies and manufactures to try and maintain the low entry cost for a tankless water heater.

• Check back here as we will be following the situation and posting any updates.

I Have Had My D-Audit, Will I Not Get My Grants?

• If you have had your D-Audit but nit your final E-Audit then you are lucky. The Government will still honour all rebates and upgrades that you do. You have until April 1 2011 to perform any upgrades and have your final E-Audit. I would recommend that you look into upgrading as much as you can over the next year, you can get $1500 back on a new furnace and $750 on a tankless water heater, and even more on roof and wall insulation. Your in a good situation, I would definitely take advantage of it.

Is a Tankless Water Heater Even Worth It Now?

• Even though you are not able to get the grants for a tankless water heater the cost to benefit is still greater than having and maintaining you conventional tank water heater.

• Natural Gas and Electricity prices are only on the rise, any system that can cut their use by over 40% will net you savings.

• If you need a loan to purchase a tankless rates are still exceptionally low

• Our rental rates haven’t changed, you can still rent a tankless for $39.95 a month

Give us a call or send us a quick email and we will call you, quotes and information are always free.

Gas VS Electric Tankless

As with all audit companies Green$aver’s is an NRCan-licensed company that can show you how to improve the comfort of your home and cut heating and cooling costs, while ensuring adequate ventilation for a healthier indoor environment.

Using a Government developed software (Hot 2000) Green Savers (and all Auditing companies in ontario) are able to provide a detailed on-site assessment of your home’s energy use.  This audit comprises the entire house from the attic to the basement.  Once all the measurements are recorded and entered into Hot-2000 a detailed report is given to the customer.  This includes a checklist of recommended retrofits to improve the energy efficiency of your home and, in some cases, to reduce your water consumption. The report will also show the ecoENERGY grant amount for each eligible upgrade you can receive by carrying out these energy saving improvements.

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Energuy Canada charges $350 for the first Energy Audit and $150 for the follow up.

certified by Natural Resources Canada.  They are able to service and provide Energy Audits to most of Ontario.  What makes this company unique is that through their affiliated companies they’re able to do most of the energy retrofits to make a residential home more efficient.  This ends up saving the home owner a lot of time and we all know how little it seems we have now a days.

You live in Ontario and own a single family home. A single family home is defined as a detached or semi-detached home or low-rise multi-unit residential building. Low-rise residential buildings must be three stories or less with a building footprint of less than 600 square meters.

If this is you then you should follow these 4 steps.

Step 1:

Homeowner hires an auditor licensed by Natural Resources Canada for a first or pre-retrofit audit. The first or pre-retrofit audit typically costs about $300. Natural Resources Canada licenses home energy auditors and updates the list as auditors are licensed. There are currently several companies operating in Ontario.

Step 2:

The auditor carries out the pre-retrofit audit and provides the homeowner with a report that contains recommendations on energy efficiency improvements.

Step 3:

Once the pre-audit is complete the auditor notifies the federal ecoEnergy program and the federal government notifies the provincial Home Energy Audit Program.

Step 4:

The provincial Home Energy Audit Program will issue a $150 rebate cheque to the homeowner for the pre-audit.

A homeowner is not required to carry out a retrofit to receive the rebate.