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Follow up to our ecoENERGY assessment

December 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments

This morning Bruce Hanson the energy advisor from Building Insight came back to do the follow-up assessment for our ecoENERGY retrofit grant. We expect to receive about $4,000 in grants from the federal and provincial government for the improvements we have made to the house.

We’ve come to that conclusion based on:

Upgrading all of the […]

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Results from our ecoENERGY Evaluation Report

February 5th, 2008 · 8 Comments

A little while ago we mentioned that we were having an energy assessment done on our house to see what type of grants we could receive from the government for making our house more energy efficient. We received the results and here they are:

First of all on a score of 1 to 100 (100 […]

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Energy Assessment

November 7th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Bruce Hanson the energy advisor from Building Insight arrived tonight at 6pm to check out the energy efficiency (or lack there of!) of our home. The assessment took approximately two hours and cost $295 + gst. We needed to provide him with our Municipal Tax Roll number and a check for the amount. The government […]

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ecoENERGY Retrofit Grant

October 30th, 2007 · No Comments

If you’re planning any renovations definitely check out the ecoENERGY Retrofit Grant offered by the provincial and federal government. It can help save you alot of money if you’re making your home more energy efficient ie. putting in new windows, furnace, insulation etc.

I was able to get an appointment with one of their Engery Advisors […]

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