A deep energy retrofit can help your house to surpass modern building standards, significantly reduce carbon emissions, lower heating costs, and increase comfort!
Find out more about starting your deep energy retrofit project.
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
What's Happening
127-YEAR-OLD BRICK HOUSE INSULATED WITH CELLULOSE TO ACHIEVE 133 GJ OF DEEP ENERGY SAVINGS!
In the picturesque hamlet of Walters Falls in central Ontario, Barb Sheperd had decided it was time to bring her 2,600 square foot detached, red-brick 19th-century former church manse into the 21st century by deeply retrofitting it into a forever home for the future.
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JUST FROM DRAFT-PROOFING AND INSULATION, RECENT RETIREES RETROFIT BUNGALOW AND REACH 52% IN ENERGY SAVINGS!
Sian Leyshon and Angus Doughty bought their 2000 square foot, 1965 post-war bungalow in early 2021, moving ~90km northwest to Collingwood, Ontario from their previous town of Bolton in the GTA.
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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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