Province/Territory: Ontario (select communities)

Rebate Amount: The value of an energy audit and energy efficient improvements (such as the installation of programmable thermostats, etc.)

Description: Get a free energy audit and free energy efficiency improvements to your home (for low-income, electrically-heated households only).

Energy efficiency improvements may include:

• Replacing incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs
• Replacing or upgrading lighting fixtures
• Installing low-flow showerheads
• Providing indoor clotheslines
• Using water heater blankets and hot water pipe insulation
• Installing programmable thermostats
• And more extensive improvements

This program is being offered on a pilot scale in the following Ontario communities:

Ottawa & area

Toronto, Peel and York Regions

Hamilton/Niagara Region

Waterloo Region, Guelph, Grey-Bruce, Centre Wellington counties

Kingston, Brockville, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville counties

Peterborough, Northumberland, Haliburton, City of Kawartha Lakes

Thunder Bay

Steps to Get This Rebate:

1. In the Ottawa area, contact EnviroCentre at 613-580-2582
2. Everywhere else in Ontario, contact Green Communities Canada at 888-661-0000.

When the Rebate Ends:

Ended on December 31st, 2007. Might be renewed in Spring 2008.

For More Information:

Energy Efficiency Assistance Program for Houses website E-mail: EEAPH@powerauthority.on.ca.

Related Rebates

• Ontario Home Energy Audit Program
• Ontario Home Energy Retrofit Program
• Ontario Income-Based Retrofit Program
• Ontario Energy Efficiency Assistance Program for Houses
• ecoENERGY Home Retrofit Program