Home energy audit price reduced by $50!

As we enter the season of renovations, it’s great timing to get an energy audit before you finalize your plans: EnviroCentre’s auditors have the expertise to help point you in the right direction so that you end up in a comfortable home that’s also inexpensive to heat or cool.

Although the Ontario Home Energy Audit Program is no longer offering rebates for energy audits, EnviroCentre is now offering a FREE electricity audit (value $150) with your Home Energy Evaluation. This offer is limited to the first 200 applicants, so act soon! This service, which uses federally-developed software, includes a complete survey of all your electricity uses and a report.

Note that the Federal ecoENERGY program is no longer offering grants.

Our Certified Energy Advisors have evaluated over 24,000 homes, more than any other organization in Eastern Ontario. Using specialized equipment and the Government of Canada’s official HOT2000 software, they will do a complete audit of your home and provide a customized report that will help you:

The visit will take about 2 hours, depending on the size of your home. Within 10 business days you will receive a customized report with recommendations for improvements.

Please visit NRCan’s Office of Energy Efficiency’s FAQ page for questions about the discontinuation of the ecoEnergy program. If you are presently participating in this program, you still have until June 30th, 2012 to have your final audit.

Please note that if you are a past participant you will only need a follow-up evaluation for which the price is $175 (+HST). Extra charges apply for larger homes, those located more than 50 km from one of our advisors and for weekend, evening or extra assessment services.

Click here for our online booking system or call our office today- 613-656-0100 ext. 110.

Blower doors

This Canadian technology has been exported around the world because we now know that air leakage is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to reduce heat loss in the winter and heat gain in the summer. By providing a measurement of the house air changes per hour (ACH), a blower door test can tell you if your house is tight enough to warrant the installation of a Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV), if all you really need is a better bathroom fan, or if you should keep on caulking. Remember that there is no such thing as a house that is “too tight”, only one that is inadequately ventilated.

Infrared cameras

If you would like a more visual picture of how you are losing heat, infrared cameras are a great way to show exactly where the problems are. If you’re interested in upgrading to this level for $175 extra, you will be booked with a trained advisor who will spend up to 30 minutes showing you revealing pictures of your house.

Click on the links below for information on grants that are available for energy efficiency home improvements:

NRCan:  http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/residential/personal/grants.cfm

OHEAP:  http://www.mei.gov.on.ca/en/energy/conservation/ohesp/

OPA SAVEONENERGY:  https://saveonenergy.ca/Consumer/Programs/HVAC-Rebates.aspx

Union Gas enersmart:  http://www.uniongas.com/residential/energyconservation/energysavings/