For a home to pass Ontario Building Code, it needs to have a working drain water heat recovery system. This is to ensure that Ontario homes are built with energy efficiency in mind and have a system that can effectively recycle the energy used to make hot water.
Read MoreUp until recently, the provincial government had a strategy to introduce mandatory Home Energy Assessments for every home that goes up for sale. This strategy was a part of Ontario’s Climate Change Action Plan, and was scheduled to start in 2019 but was recently cancelled - receiving much support from the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA).
Read MoreRecently, a study prepared for Clean Energy Canada evaluated both the positive and negative impacts of energy efficiency on both employment and the economy, using the measures of improving efficiency that are outlined in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change (PCF) for their calculations.
Read MoreSince 2005, Ontario has led Canada in greenhouse gas emission reductions, with a 22 percent decline over the past 13 years. This accounts for a reduction in the province’s carbon dioxide emissions by about 40 million tonnes each year.
Read MoreThe air quality of your home is important. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, air within a home often contains concentrations of pollutants that amount to 2 to 5 times more than what is found in typical outdoor air.
Read MoreAn ENERGY STAR certification is more than just a label that gets attached to appliances - it can also be attained for a home, ensuring that it is much more energy efficient than a typical home built in the same year.
Read MoreA blower door test is an evaluation of the overall airtightness within a residential home or building. They are conducted by an experienced and Registered Energy Advisor, who has specific training to use the unique tools within the test. This allows them to effectively identify and locate all possible air leaks within the building.
Read MoreA Passive House is a home that’s built to a world leading standard in energy efficient construction. This means that a Passive House is 90% more efficient when compared to homes that have already been built, and 70% more efficient when compared to a newly constructed home. Favouring climate change-friendly sources of heating and cooling, a Passive House will often use energy reducing methods such as a geothermal loop to maintain the desired interior temperature.
Read MoreDuring the energy crisis of the 1970s, the demand for more energy efficient homes rose drastically as homeowners and home buyers were concerned with obtaining the lowest energy bills possible. Acknowledging that little was known about home energy conservation and energy loss at the time, a research project called the Saskatchewan Conservation House was built to better understand and demonstrate what an energy efficient home would require.
Read MoreMany people across Canada live in or rent out an apartment within a Multi Unit Residential Building (MURB). Just as the habits and desired comfort level of each tenant vary, so too does the ability of a building to maintain heat differ from one unit to the next.
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Homeowners Canada-wide are eligible for the Canada Greener Homes Grant, announced on May 27, 2021. This new incentive offers up to $5,000 in grants for home efficiency retrofit renovations, plus a $600 reimbursement for pre- and post-work EnerGuide evaluations. Eligible retrofit scopes include home insulation, heating, doors, windows, photovoltaic solar panels, resiliency measures, and thermostats.
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