A deep energy retrofit can help your house to surpass modern building standards, significantly reduce carbon emissions, lower heating and cooling costs, lower maintenance, and increase comfort!
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Retrofit Pathway
Explore the three steps to make
the best out of your home energy
retrofits.
Savings Estimator
Try our visual tool to check how much energy you can save with retrofit measures of your choice.
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Incentives & Grants
Learn about incentives and rebates to help you reach your deep energy retrofit goals.
Learn MoreWhat is a “deep energy retrofit”?
Deep Energy Retrofit Steps
Step 1:
Upgrading your home’s building envelope.
Step 2:
Updating your home’s mechanical system.
Step 3:
Adding renewable energy systems to your energy efficient home.
Retrofitting Canada's Homes
Progress Report #1
"Canada’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan includes a target of a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030
and a goal of net-zero by 2050. Buildings emissions increased from 2005 to 2019 but low-rise residential emissions
Deep Energy Retrofit Case Studies
Less Embodied Carbon in Retrofits
Deep Energy Retrofit Resources
What's Happening
GUELPH HOMEOWNERS GIVE HOUSE HANDSOME MAKEOVER, SAVE 51% OF ANNUAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION!
Emily Hansen and Andrew Learmonth live in a two-storey, 1930s sunset-facing ~1500ft2 (~140m2) detached house in Guelph, Ontario. This house, a short walk from old city hall, had a pebbledash stucco finish when the young couple purchased it in the Summer of 2021. The absence of insulation in their walls made itself known later that winter as ice formed on those very same walls.
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HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD HOUSE NEARLY DOUBLES SQUARE FOOTAGE, USES LESS ENERGY THAN BEFORE DEEP RETROFIT!
Before their deep energy retrofit, David and Krista Claus and their three teens lived in a fair bit of discomfort in their house in Prince George, B.C. Cold winters caused condensation to freeze beloved stuffed animals to walls, and the family’s cherished tropical fish went belly-up during a heat dome.
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GREEN COMMUNITIES CANADA RECEIVES $450K TO IMPROVE HEAT PUMP DEEP ENERGY RETROFITS
Green Communities Canada (GCC) is proud to announce the expansion of our Deep Energy Retrofit project to improve heat pump deep energy retrofits.
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