Residents of the province will be able to receive huge payments on one condition
The Ontario government is promising money for home improvements. Who can apply?
The government is working with Natural Resources Canada and Enbridge Gas to launch the Canada Greener Homes Grant program. According to the announcement, Ontarians can earn up to $10,000 CAD for upgrading their home: insulating windows and doors and installing renewable energy systems.
Canada Greener Homes will provide up to $5,000 CAD, and an additional $5,000 CAD will be available to Enbridge Gas customers.
Types of homes that can participate in the program:
- detached and semi-detached houses;
- houses of linear development;
- townhouses;
- mobile homes on permanent foundations;
- permanently moored floating houses;
- mixed-use residential buildings (at least 50% must be residential);
- low-rise apartment buildings.
Who can participate:
- Enbridge Gas customers who own a home and live in it.
- Enbridge Gas customers who use the house as a rental.
- Homeowners who are not Enbridge Gas customers.
- Residential communities that are not connected to the North American gas system.
Those who wish to receive a grant must first call to schedule an initial home energy assessment with a registered energy consultant. At Enbridge, you must fill out the questionnaire and you will be matched with a consultant. The consultant will do an assessment and make a list of recommended upgrades.
Once at least one retrofit recommendation for energy conservation has been implemented, it would help if you did the assessment again. Based on the new assessment, you will be able to receive a $600 CAD rebate for previous inspections.
You can apply for the Greener Homes Grant. If your application was approved, go to the Home Efficiency Rebate Plus (HER) program. If denied, you can cancel the application and then reapply for the loan at www.cghli.ca.
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Grants will be given for insulation of the attic, walls and basement, replacement of windows, glass and swing doors, replacement of heat pumps, manual thermostats for electronic ones, waterproofing of the foundation and dozens of other works to optimize energy consumption.
"Ontario is developing energy efficiency programs in the province and is allocating $342 million CAD to do so," Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith said in a press release.
44.6 per cent of all air emissions come from the gas used to heat homes and heat water.
