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Carson Dunlop ecoENERGY advisors are certified by NRCan. The advisors will perform a residential energy assessment to identify how your home uses energy and where it is being wasted. Advisors will show you how to improve the comfort of your home and cut heating and cooling costs, while ensuring adequate ventilation for a healthy indoor environment for your family - click here for more information

The service includes:

1. A detailed energy evaluation of your home carried out by a certified energy advisor
2. A "blower door" test to find air leaks
3. A printed report that shows where your energy dollars are being spent and what you can do to improve your home's energy efficiency
4. An energy efficiency rating label that shows you how energy efficient your home is compared with others in your region

When should you use the residential energy assessment service?

There are many factors to consider when you are trying to determine if it is appropriate to have a Carson Dunlop energy assessment completed on your home -

A - After you've made energy efficiency upgrades and comfort improvements to your home, the energy efficiency rating label shows potential buyers how much you've improved your home's energy efficiency and how it compares to other homes in your area.

How the grant and incentive program works

Follow these Five easy steps to get your ecoENERGY Retrofit - Home grant

Who is eligible for grants?

Here are the main criteria:

You can apply for a grant for a property that you own and live in or rent out. This includes detached, semi-detached and row houses and low-rise residential buildings of three story's or less (with a footprint of less than 600 square metres), as well as mobile homes on a permanent foundation.

Grants are available for work done within a specific time frame, so it is important to talk to your local service organization about the eligibility of your house as soon as you are ready to plan and undertake your energy efficiency retrofits. You have 18 months from the date of your pre-retrofit evaluation to complete the work and qualify for a grant.

Only homes that have undergone a pre-and post-retrofit residential energy assessment service by an NRCan-certified advisor will be eligible. You will be able to apply only once per property.

Homeowners must carry out specific improvements in order to qualify for a grant. NRCan-certified energy advisors will be able to tell you which retrofits have the greatest impact on your home's efficiency. The greater the improvement, the more the grant will be.

It is you – the property owner – who decides what retrofits recommended by your energy advisor you wish to undertake. You are responsible for choosing a contractor and for ensuring that the work is performed properly. It is important that you get a detailed written contract between you and your contractor in order to prevent problems later on. The residential energy assessment service does not assess the quality of the work performed – it evaluates only the retrofits impact on the energy efficiency of your home.

How do you apply for a grant?

It's easy. Your energy advisor will apply for the grant on your behalf after you have completed the energy efficiency retrofits and your home has been re-assessed. Your advisor will prepare the paperwork for you to sign and will be able to tell you exactly how much you can expect to receive. Your energy advisor will then forward your application to NRCan.

A table of retrofits has been established to show the payment for the completion of each recommended upgrade. The grant amount has been determined by the relative effectiveness of that particular upgrade in reducing energy or water use, and not directly on the cost of the upgrade, which will vary depending on location, local pricing and labour costs, size of house, etc. Note: Refer to "Retrofit Your Home and Qualify for a Grant!" for grant amounts related to retrofits.

A grant application must be submitted to NRCan no later than 18 months after the date of the pre-retrofit evaluation. You can expect to receive your cheque within 90 days of your follow-up evaluation.