Government Grants & Rebates
As of April 2007, Natural Resources Canada offered a rebate to homeowners who take steps to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, thereby reducing their impact on the environment. ecoENERGY Initiatives help Canadians use energy more efficiently, boost renewable energy supplies and develop cleaner energy technologies. Under this new ecoENERGY retrofit, homeowners who replace existing doors, windows, and skylights with newer units rated for their ENERGY STAR ® climate zones are eligible for a $30 grant reimbursement per opening.
If you booked your appointment for a pre-retrofit evaluation, have completed an evaluation or applied for re-entry to the program before March 31, 2010 you remain eligible to apply for a grant.
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Ontario
• Anyone who lives in Ontario and owns a single family home is eligible for the Home Energy Audit Program, which provides a rebate of 50% of the cost of the pre-retrofit audit up to a limit of $150. A pre-retrofit audit is an audit conducted before any renovations are undertaken to improve energy conservation in the home.
• For more information click here
British Columbia
All windows carrying the ENERGY STAR label are exempt from provincial sales tax (PST).
More information on this program is available through the BC Hydro website.
Alberta
Building Permit Rebates the cities of Edmonton and Calgary offer building permit rebates on homes built to BuiltGreen standards.
Saskatchewan
Energy Efficient rebate for new homes homeowners who build or purchase a new home constructed to ENERGY STAR or R2000 standards are eligible for a rebate of up to $2,400.
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New Brunswick
The New Brunswick provincial government has several programs in place to promote energy efficiency and conservation. First owners of new homes are eligible for a $1,000 grant rebate if their home receives an ecoENERGY for New Houses rating of 80 and above, or if the home is R-2000 certified.
For owners of existing homes, the Efficiency New Brunswick program will subsidize the cost of an ecoEnergy home evaluation by $400. Grants of up to $2,000 and interest free loans of up to $10,000 are also available to eligible homeowners who carry out energy efficient upgrades on their home as recommended in their ecoENERGY evaluation report.
More information on these programs is available here.
A Basic Grant of $1,000 is available to first owners of new homes that achieve an EnerGuide for New Houses rating of at least 80 or are R-2000 certified, regardless of the heating system type.
Installing energy efficient All Weather Windows and doors can help your home meet these standards. In fact, installing ENERGY STAR approved windows is one of the methods recommended by the New Brunswick government to upgrade the energy efficiency of your home.
Nova Scotia
Houses built to an Energuide 80 rating are eligible for a $750 rebate, while those constructed to R-2000 standards qualify for a $1000 rebate. To learn more about this program please visit the Conserve Nova Scotia website.
Northwest Territories
• The Territorial government has announced they will continue the EnerGuide program now that the ecoENERGY retrofit program has been discontinued. For more information on this program click here.
• The Arctic Energy Alliance offers the Energy Efficiency Incentive Program (EEIP) to help homeowners improve the energy efficiency of their homes. For more information on this program please visit the arctic energy alliance website.
