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EcoEnergy Audit Program Cancelled Again

administrator — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:40:08 +0000

The Harper government has one again cancelled the ecoEnergy audit program early. The audit program was surprisingly cancelled on January 29th 2012, and was not supposed to finish until March 31st 2012.

Why Was The Audit Program Cancelled?

This is a bit of a mystery, as the Conservatives had pledged 400 million in funding to the program from the budget only a few months ago. Now with less than half of that money released as grants to Canadian citizens they have removed any access chalking it up to “fiscal responsibility”. So ultimately the energy audit program in Canada has been destroyed to save 200 million dollars… If you look at how much money the program saves and has saved home owners through efficiency alone that 200 million is a drip in the Billion dollar savings bucket. It’s really unfortunate we have such a pro oil Government willing to discount its citizens so easily.

What Are The Details?

If you have completed your first audit but haven’t finished your upgrades or retrofits then you are still eligible for Government grants and rebates
The program is completely closed to new entrants
Homeowners can receive post-retrofit evaluations and apply for grants until June 30, 2012; the retrofit renovations must be completed by March 31.

If you were hoping to get the rebates associated with a high efficiency tankless water heater then, unfortunately, you’re out of luck at the current moment. Hopefully the program will be reinstated, but as it stands at the current moment you will have to recoup your tankless costs with its efficiency.

End of Government Grants for Tankless

administrator — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:09:40 +0000

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.

Electric VS Gas Tankless

John — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:57:41 +0000

Gas VS Electric Tankless
Gas Tankless Water Heaters	Electric Tankless Water Heaters

LP or Natural Gas Prices Significantly Lower	Operating Cost Tends To Be Higher Long Term
More Powerful…Continuous Hot Water On Demand	Less Hot Water Due To Amount Of Electrical Current Needed to Produce Significant Amounts Of Hot Water
Low Amperage Needed For Operation	Needs at Least 120 Amps to Operate Which Is 5 Times That of a Typical Central Air Conditioning Systems
Note: The Comparison Made Between Gas & Electric is Based on several factors. Electic Tankless Water Heaters Can Be Used Efficiently In A One Family Home and Become Competitive To Gas Tankless Heaters.It should also be noted that electric Tankless Systems are IDEAL for cottages and Ontario has a huge vacation property industry.

Green $avers – Energy Audit

John — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:56:57 +0000

Green$aver’s is an NRCan-licensed energy advising company that can conduct a thorough energy assessment and use the assessment to identify cost-effective energy efficient recommendations to implement, including draft-proofing and insulation. Green$aver can also be responsible for implementing the measures in each home with their experienced retrofit crews.

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.

Visit Green Savers Here

Getting an Energy Audit

Energuy Canada

John — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:34:55 +0000

EneryGuy Canada is located in Brantford Ontario; having numerous auditors throughout Ontario allows them to service most of Ontario. They solely do Energy Audits and are able to provide a home audit within a week in most circumstances.

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

EnWise Building Science

John — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:08:20 +0000

EnWise Building Science is located on the Western edge of Toronto, this is the largest audit company

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.

Getting an Energy Audit

John — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:13:41 +0000

There are a number of companies that are now offering Energy Audits, you are eligible for one if……

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.

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