by Eric Ta | May 7, 2024 | Energy
Sian Leyshon and Angus Doughty bought their 2000 square foot, 1965 post-war bungalow in early 2021, moving ~90km northwest to Collingwood, Ontario from their previous town of Bolton in the GTA. For this couple, the added promise of living just minutes from the ski...
by Mary Anna Zakula | Apr 8, 2024 | Energy
Green Communities Canada (GCC) is proud to announce the expansion of our Deep Energy Retrofit project to improve heat pump deep energy retrofits. This work is made possible by a new 3-year funding commitment from the Peter Gilgan Foundation, along with continued...
by Mary Anna Zakula | Mar 28, 2024 | Energy
Getting their newly purchased, 2010-built, detached home off the electricity grid was a dream for Amelie Caron and her husband Darren Huckabay, based in Airdrie, Alberta. They started their home energy efficiency journey with an EnerGuide Rating of 141 GJ. After a...
by GCC Team | Mar 5, 2024 | News, Energy
Hon Jonathan WilkinsonMinister, Natural Resources Canada580 Booth StreetOttawa, ONCanada K1A 0E4 Dear Minister Wilkinson, We are writing to express our dismay over the government cancelling the successful Canada Greener Homes Grant program. While you have spoken of...
by Jose Joy | Jan 22, 2024 | Energy
The Canada Greener Homes Grant has been helping Canadian homeowners pay for energy efficiency upgrades since its introduction in 2021. As noted in our Retrofitting Canada’s Homes: Progress Report #1, the incentive program has been highly successful in stimulating...
by Eric Ta | Dec 1, 2023 | Energy
In a quiet suburb in the Otonabee River basin in Peterborough, Ontario stands Susan and Jim Blakelock’s 1989-built bungalow. The Blakelocks, with advice from their GreenUP energy advisor, switched their primary heating to a heat pump and addressed their home’s...
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