will help pay for a Home Energy Audit (up to $150.00)  that will find your home’s energy leaks and identify renovations you can make to lower your energy bills. Replace that energy-guzzling old furnace, improve your insulation, change drafty windows and doors and complete other retrofits suggested in your audit report and you could qualify for up to $10,000 in Ontario and federal rebates.

is available to owners of single family homes including detached, semi-detached and low rise multi-unit residential buildings. Property owners can qualify for federal and provincial grants by improving the energy efficiency of their homes, and reducing their home's impact on the environment.

Chances are your home’s leaking energy. A lot of energy and a lot of money. The

Ontario Home Energy Savings Program

 

The

ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes Program

 

The residential energy assessment initiative has been developed by the Office of Energy Efficiency of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) to help property owners make retrofit choices that improve the comfort and energy efficiency of their home.

Hirus Inspection Services ensures that only NRCan licensed energy advisors will perform a residential energy assessment to identify how your home uses energy and where it is being wasted. Our 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.

Grants Available

 

The grant amount is based on carrying out energy efficiency retrofits such as increasing your attic insulation or replacing your gas furnace with a qualified ENERGY STAR® model. Only homes that have undergone a residential energy efficiency assessment by an NRCan-licensed advisor will be eligible for grants.

Only homes that have been evaluated using NRCan's residential energy assessment service will be eligible for a grant.

Note: the grant amounts in the Guide to the left, are for the Federal program, Ontario will match any Federal grants, up to a total of $10000.00

Our service includes:

a detailed energy evaluation of your home carried out by a licensed energy advisor

a "blower door" test to find air leaks

a printed report that shows where your energy dollars are being spent and what you can do to improve your home's energy efficiency

an energy efficiency rating label that shows you how energy efficient your home is compared with others in your region

Energy Efficiency Rating

 

Please NOTE:

The residential energy assessment service is not a full home inspection

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it deals specifically with energy efficiency.

 

If you are selling your home and concerned about the general condition of your home, Please talk to us about a Home Inspection.

Also know that Hirus Inspection Services can bundle,

a Home inspection with an ecoEnergy audit

To save you money, and offer a value added service to you.