Climate Cafe: Climate Change Conversations » grant http://www.climatecafe.org/blog Climate Change: A blog to inspire action on Climate Change Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:04:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Ontario and Canada government grants help with making your home more energy efficient http://www.climatecafe.org/blog/2008/06/ontario-and-canada-government-grants-help-with-saving-energy/ http://www.climatecafe.org/blog/2008/06/ontario-and-canada-government-grants-help-with-saving-energy/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:28:01 +0000 Todd Lucier http://www.climatecafe.org/blog/?p=32 Our daughter Emily recently had a home energy audit that may lead to up to $9000 in grants from the Ontario and Canadian (federal) governments to make their home more efficient.  But even better than that, the energy audit showed the potential for over $5000 in annual energy savings for making the insulation and efficiency improvements suggested!

Does your home qualify for a grant?  The initial inspection costs about $300 and is offered by certified companies who will come back to verify that the improvements have been made and authorize the government grants.  They’ll fill out of the paperwork for you!

Learn more about Canadian Home Energy Grant programs at:

Green Communities Canada/EcoENERGY
http://egh.gca.ca/index.php?en_home

Other organizations that may be helpful:
Grassroots North (non-profit) -888-661-0000
Canspec – 705-472-0077
Amerispec – 866-284-6010

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