Royal Bank is Backing Green Renovation

I got yet another promotional piece in the mail from my bank  (RBC Royal Bank has to be responsible for a lot of trees dying each year)…. This brochure was touting the virtues of an “ecohome.” That got my attention just before it headed to my blue box.

RBC has invested in the complete green renovation of a wartime bungalow in Windsor, Ontario – a home only about a decade older than my own drafty house.

The "Now House" project in Windsor, Ontario

Last month was the formal unveiling of  what they’re calling the Now House (not sure why that name) which is part of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s Equilibrium™ sustainable housing initiative.

What? Another Rebate?… that We Didn’t Know About?!

RBC offers a $300 rebate towards your home energy audit when you finance with them. (It was mentioned in a video on the RBC site.) We didn’t know that, we are long time RBC customers and they currently hold our mortgage.

Or maybe they mean only new customers, who just getting a mortgage with RBC now? (Hmm I’ll check that out with my branch manager.)