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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. 

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.

Learn how Barb Sheperd completely cut out her expensive oil bill by just insulating her walls and then switching to a heat pump--all with $34,000 of help from the interest-free Canada Greener Homes Loan!

To Doughty and Leyshon, their deep home retrofit provides peace-of-mind: their bungalow is now highly insulated from extreme heat and cold, they’ve cut their home’s GHG emissions by 89%, and now pay considerably less on their energy bills.

Green Communities Canada (GCC) is proud to announce the expansion of our Deep Energy Retrofit project to improve heat pump deep energy retrofits. This work is made possible by a new 3-year funding commitment from the Peter Gilgan Foundation, along with continued funding from the McConnell Foundation and the Trottier Family Foundation.

Amelie and Darren achieve a 79% deep energy retrofit without breaking open a single wall!

The Blakelocks achieved 79% reduction in GHG emissions through a home renovation.

The report published analyzed data from over 188,000 building retrofits documented across Canada in 2020, 2021 and 2022, and makes recommendations to accelerate deep energy retrofits and help Canada meet its GHG emission goals.

The upgrades included a new cold-climate heat pump, an electric water heater and solar panels.

Watts-Plater family, with help from a Registered Energy Advisor and contractors, was able to get her home from consuming 225 GJ a year to just 82 GJ a year!

The story of how a Vancouver-based family undertook a deep energy retrofit project of their home and achieved a 62 per cent reduction in their home’s energy consumption.

Net zero homes can reduce living expenses while helping create climate ready communities. Here is what you need to know about making your Canadian home net zero.

Insulation is a key component of every Canadian home. It acts as a thermal barrier to keep heat inside our homes...

Indoor Air Quality is a measure of contaminants present in the air within an enclosed space, be that an industrial warehouse, office space, or home...

Energy retrofits play a critical role in helping tackle climate change. As a bonus, they help you save on your energy bills too.

The push for a fair and equitable transition to a greener economy is a movement away from the boom-and-bust cycles of an age ruled by unsustainable energy sources.

Getting an EnerGuide energy evaluation for your home can be a personal contribution to help our country move towards national net-zero carbon emission goals.