Muskoka Heating Contractor Home Energy Grants

An Ontario Home Energy Audit will find your energy leaks and showyou how to plug them.

If your home’s older than 10 years, chances are you’re leaking energy. A lot of energy and a lot of money. A Home Energy Audit will examine your home’s energy use – attic to basement – and show you where your home’s energy is being leaked. It will identify upgrades you can make to lower your energy bill. Make the upgrades suggested in your audit and you can take advantage of up to $10,000* in rebates available from the Governments of Ontario and Canada. The Government of Ontario will pay 50% of your home’s audit, up to $150.

Get your Home Energy Audit

Step 1 - Find an auditor and book your Home Energy Audit
Finding a Government of Canada certified Home Energy Auditor is easy. Go to HomeEnergyOntario.ca for a list of certified home evaluation companies in your area and book your Home Energy Audit today.

Step 2 - Your home energy auditor will find your home’s energy leaks
During your Home Energy Audit, an auditor will find your home’s energy leaks and show what you can do to plug them. Your auditor will provide you with a personalized Energy Efficiency Evaluation Report and a plan that can reduce your energy bills.

Step 3 - Plug the leakswith energy-saving upgrades
Need a new furnace or water heater? Caulking around your windows and doors? Make some or all of the upgrades suggested in your Energy Efficiency Evaluation Report to improve your home’s energy efficiency.

Step 4 -When yourwork is completed, book your post-retrofit audit
After your first audit, you have 18 months to complete some or all of the upgrades suggested in your audit to qualify for government rebates. After completing your retrofit, book a post-retrofit audit. Your auditor will perform another audit that shows how much your home’s energy efficiency has improved.

Step 5 - Get up to $10,000 in government rebates
After your post-retrofit audit, the Governments of Ontario and Canada will rebate up to $10,000 for your upgrades. The more energy-saving upgrades you make, the more money you’ll get back. You’ll save money and increase your home’s comfort and value.

Example of rebates available
Upgrade Incentive
Install an ENERGY STAR qualified gas furnace $600
Insulate your attic up to $1,200
Insulate your crawl space up to $1,600
Install a solar domestic hot water system $1,000
See a full list of rebates at HomeEnergyOntario.ca
* Represents maximum rebates available from matching grants from the Government of Ontario and the Government of Canada’s ecoEnergy program Paid for by the Government of Ontario .