What is the ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes program?
The ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes program provides financial assistance to encourage owners of existing low-rise properties to make smart energy retrofit decisions that will result in significant energy savings, more comfortable living spaces and a cleaner environment. Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan’s) Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE) administers the program and provides the grants, but local service organizations across the country deliver the program to homeowners.
The program started on April 1, 2007, and was originally scheduled to end on March 31, 2011. As part of Budget 2011, the Government of Canada renewed the program from June 6, 2011, to March 31, 2012.
- Registration: First, register http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/register with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and receive a registration number. If you do not have Internet access, you can call 1 800 O-Canada (1-800-622-6232).
- Pre-retrofit evaluation: Hire a local service organization licensed by NRCan. They will send a certified energy advisor to perform a pre-retrofit energy evaluation from the attic to the foundation. If the property has already been evaluated under this program since April 2007, a new pre-retrofit evaluation is not required.
- Retrofit with receipts: Choose, purchase and install eligible measures described in this document, and keep your receipts for three years. The more upgrades you implement, the more money you can receive, and the more energy you can save.
- Post-retrofit evaluation: Complete your renovations and obtain a post-retrofit evaluation no later than March 31, 2012. You must show all your receipts to your energy advisor during the final evaluation to verify that you purchased and installed eligible upgrades after June 6, 2011, and after a pre-retrofit evaluation.
Most homeowners receive a grant cheque from the Government of Canada within 90 days after their post-retrofit evaluation. NRCan also transfers data to complementary incentive programs in certain provinces and territories that issue cheques according to their own criteria and deadlines.
Supporting Documents
ecoENERGY Grant Table:
ecoENERGY-grant-table-20110606b.pdf
Improving Window Energy Efficiency:
windows-eng.pdf
Windows, doors and skylights must be ENERGY STAR qualified and installed into a pre-existing rough opening in a wall or roof. Grant amounts are calculated per rough opening, not per number of windows, doors or skylights. A “rough opening” is defined as the structural framing in a wall or roof separating a heated from unheated space that creates an opening for the installation of a window, door or skylight.
For example, a bay window with three window units installed into one rough opening is eligible for only one grant. “ENERGY STAR qualified” means that the model meets or exceeds the ENERGY STAR levels established for the climate zone where the model is installed. Each qualified model comes with a temporary label showing the appropriate ENERGY STAR climate zones. Do not remove these labels until after your post-retrofit evaluation.
Visit the (FAQ) for more information on eligible models or to determine your climate zone. You can insert a qualifying window unit into the existing frame of an old window, but replacements of only the glass, sash or door without a frame are not eligible.
Replace your windows, doors or skylights with ENERGY STAR qualified models.
Grant amount $40 (per rough opening)
Grant Main Page Link:
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/residential/personal/grants.cfm
Grant FAQ Page Link:
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/residential/personal/retrofit-homes/questions-answers.cfm?attr=4#g1 FAQ
Registration Page – New Participants:
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/residential/personal/retrofit-register/register.cfm?attr=4
Registration Page – Past Participants:
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/residential/personal/register.cfm?attr=4
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