Energy meters on the side of a building.

Interested in reducing your home’s energy carbon footprint?

Paying too much to heat and cool your home?

Facing issues with your home’s performance?

Transform your home into a high performance building! The first step is to understand where and how your house is losing energy.

Green Venture can help you plan your home energy retrofits and become eligible for the Canada Greener Homes Loan with an EnerGuide Home Energy Evaluation.

With the Canada Greener Homes Loan, you can access an interest-free loan ranging from $5,000 to $40,000 over a remarkable 10-year period. Say goodbye to budget constraints and hello to a greener, more sustainable home environment!

Home Energy Audits and Rebates

How Green Venture Can Help You: EnerGuide Home Evaluations

A person conducting an energy audit reading inside of a house.

The Green Venture EnerGuide evaluation team is your starting point for embarking on your retrofit journey! We’re dedicated to uncovering methods to boost your home’s energy efficiency, enhance comfort, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. An EnerGuide Home Energy Evaluation, performed by a Natural Resources Canada Registered Energy Advisor, is required to be eligible for the Canada Greener Homes Loan.

Optimal timing for an evaluation is during home renovation planning, as it’s typically easier to incorporate insulation or other upgrades. Our team of Energy Advisors is here to maximize your renovation efforts and streamline your application process. Additionally, an evaluation pinpoints trouble spots in your home, providing insight into energy and cost-saving solutions.

Here is a guide to the EnerGuide label you receive after an evaluation

Here is a real-world case study from one of our clients

Side-by-side Comparison: Semi-detached Homes

An evaluation can help you:

  • Lower your energy bills
  • Set priorities for home renovations
  • Fix moisture problems, drafts, etc.
  • Make your home more comfortable
  • Access government incentive programs

Best of all? Home energy renovations play a crucial role in slashing greenhouse gas emissions, aiding us in achieving our local targets. Plus, they boost the local economy by supporting businesses involved in the renovation work and the sale of materials. It’s a win-win situation for both the environment and our community!

Green Venture is a registered not-for-profit organization. We have been helping our community reduce energy use since 1993. We serve Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and Brant regions.

Why Green Venture?

Green Venture has more than two decades of experience in conducting energy audits under the EnerGuide Rating System. We offer independent, unbiased expert advice – our auditors are Natural Resources Canada Registered Energy Advisors that share our objective of improving energy efficiency in our clients’ homes to ensure maximum impact for money spent.

As a community-based, non-profit organization, our focus is on homeowner education and energy efficiency, not trying to sell you related services. Our Advisors complete an extensive certification program before becoming registered that is unrivaled in Ontario. Our advisors are also happy to support our clients’ retrofit journeys by reviewing reports, quotes, and other planning materials. We are striving and have committed to improving the environmental wellbeing of our community and are here to support as best we can! 

 

Our Service Area:

Green Venture is your Service Organization serving Greater Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville, Halton Hills, Erin, Brant County, and the Niagara Region.

 

How Much Does it Cost?

$820 +HST is the total cost ($520 for the initial and $300 for the follow up)

 

Surcharge for larger homes and house additions apply. Prices are subject to change

The first step is to book your Home Energy Evaluation.

 

About EnerGuide Home Evaluations: 

The EnerGuide home evaluation and rating system was designed by Natural Resources Canada to help home and property owners make their homes more energy-efficient and reduce the burden of high energy costs. Green Venture provides EnerGuide home evaluations throughout our region under an agreement with Green Communities Canada.

 

Canada Greener Homes Loan

Phone: 1-866-292-9517

Email: Questions@cghli.ca

Resources for Incentivized Upgrades:

Heat Pumps

Insulation

Deep Energy Retrofits

Hiring a Contractor

Building Ownership

Solar Panels

Benefits of EnerGuide Audits

Ontario Clean Air Alliance’s Heat Pump Calculator

Heat Pump Webinar

Beware of Deceptive Sales Tactics

Canada Greener Homes Loan

Energy Audits FAQ

About Energy Audits in General:

  • An EnerGuide Home Evaluation (or an energy audit) is a basement-to-attic home inspection that calculates the total energy consumption of your house.
  • Can help you understand how your home uses energy now – and identify upgrades to help improve energy efficiency in the future.
  • This will give you an EnerGuide rating for your home. You can also get an energy efficiency report to help you make decisions about doing retrofits or upgrades.
  • An energy audit looks for air leaks and drafts, gaps around doors and windows, poor air quality, poor insulation levels and more.
  • When you are planning any renovations that involve your furnace, water heater, windows, doors or insulation.
  • When you are planning major renovations.
  • If your house is hard to heat or your energy bills are high.
  • If you want to know the best way to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions.
  • If you are experiencing poor air quality or are observing mold and mildew.
  • The initial audit takes about 2 hours, and the follow up audit takes about an hour. This can vary depending on the size and complexity of the home.
  • Energy auditor will measure your home and determine the specifications of all heating equipment.
  • The energy auditor will determine the amount of existing insulation in your attic, walls and basement. 
  • A blower door will be temporarily set-up in an exterior doorway to measure the amount of air leakage in the whole house.

To book an EnerGuide Energy Audit, fill out our form linked below:

  • Home cannot be undergoing any renovations during audit
  • If access to the attic is in a closet, remove all belongings and shelves from the closet. Ensure that access to the basement and crawl space is clear
  • If you have any wood burning fireplaces or stoves remove ashes and do not use for 24 hours prior to the audit
  • Have available your most current copy of one of your gas bills and property tax bill
  • Energy Audit Reports with suggested list of retrofits, and EnerGuide rating, will be sent within approximately 2 weeks
  • Legal homeowner must be present for duration of audit
 A sample EnerGuide Label detailing energy consumption information

A sample EnerGuide Label detailing energy consumption information

  • The EnerGuide home evaluation and rating system was designed by Natural Resources Canada to help home and property owners make their homes more energy-efficient and reduce the burden of high energy costs.
  • The EnerGuide home evaluation provides a standardized, data-driven, baseline measure of the energy performance of your home. 
  • You also receive a personalized renovation upgrade report that includes recommended upgrades, a breakdown of your energy usage, your EnerGuide home rating before and after recommended upgrades, and more tips for saving energy
  • $820 is the total cost: $520+HST for the first audit and $300+HST for the follow-up audit
  • Provided that you meet the requirements of your energy rebate program, these audits are rebateable up to $600 by the Home Energy Rebate Plus Program or Greener Homes Loan
    • Surcharges for larger homes: 3000-3500 sq ft is $50.00, 3500-4000 sq ft is $75.00, 4000-4500 sq ft is $100.00, 4500-5000 sq ft is $125.00  
  • If you are not participating in a program, you do not need a follow-up audit, but you will receive no rebate. 
  • We service locations in the Hamilton, Halton, Niagara, Georgetown, Orangeville and Brant regions.
  • If you are applying for any rebate programs, yes, a follow-up audit is necessary
  • If not, it is optional to have one if you are interested in having an upgraded EnerGuide rating and new information on your reduced energy use and CO2 consumption
  • We require at least 48 hours notice if you need to change your appointment, and a $75 rescheduling fee is charged should you provide less than 48 hours notice. 

About Hiring Contractors

  • We do not recommend specific contractors, but we advise that you get three quotes
  • Reach out to neighbours, family members and friends about who they would personally recommend
  • Contractor should be able to produce their license and insurance upon request if not already advertised
  • Seek contracts for jobs that cost $1000 or more, if not all jobs
  • You should not need to pay cash up-front or for the entirety of their service before they start their work

Contact Us

Email:  energy@greenventure.ca 

Call:  905-540-8787

Audit Booking Registration

To book your visit from a Registered Energy Advisor, and to determine if you qualify for the Canada Greener Homes Loan

Email:  energy@greenventure.ca  or

Call:  905-540-8787 ext. 1 or 

Register Online:

Home Winterproofing

Over the past two years we have been a delivery agent for Enbridge’s Winterproofing Program to target older homes with low insulation levels to reduce and save on energy use every month. As we are no longer taking applications for the program please click here for the new authorized delivery agents.

Our goal has been to minimize the amount of energy flowing out of older homes in the Niagara Region to ensure comfortable temperatures throughout the winter. This has allowed for households to not only reduce their greenhouse gas emissions but has also helped keep energy prices affordable by improving on existing homes. We are so grateful to our Energy Programs team including the Registered Energy Advisors that have helped make these reductions possible. For more information on the program and to apply online please visit Enbridge Gas’ information page. Please call 1-844-770-3148 to apply over the phone.

We wish all the households we retrofitted an extra cozy winter and many more joyful moments at home!

For other income verified programs please check out the links below:

Energy Affordability Program

Ontario Electricity Support Program

Low-income Energy Assistance Program

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