Great news for Canada's response to energy conservation, a new Canadian Act called the Home Energy Rating Act is still in parliament and if passed this new act will require that Home Energy Report will be required that evaluates the energy efficiency of a building when it is sold or rented. This will come into effect January 1, 2011 for Agreement of Purchase & Sale and on or after January 1, 2012, for tenancy.
In anticiapation of this Act, the Ontario Government has initiated a program to provide financial assistance to homeowners.
Ontario Home Energy Savings Program
The Government of Ontario will pay 50% of your Home Energy Audit, up to $150 A Home Energy Audit shows you how your home uses energy and where it is being leaked. It identifies improvements you can make to your home's heating, cooling, hot water heating and other energy uses that could result in hundreds of dollars in energy savings each year. Many of the energy-saving upgrades identified by your Home Energy Audit will qualify you for rebates under the Home Energy Retrofit Program. These rebates from the Governments of Ontario and Canada can reimburse you up to $10,000* when you complete improvements identified by your audit.
For more information see http://www.homeenergyontario.ca/
Visit my website http://www.livingincollingwood.com/govgrants for a pdf catalogue outlining grant amounts for different projects.
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