“No, we don’t do framing, nor batten-type insulation. No, we don’t knock through your knee walls, but we will create an attic hatch for you….”
That is just a sample of the different, sometimes conflicting information I’ve gleaned after visits from 3 insulation contractors in a 24-hour period. I took notes, and was guided by my [...]

Today we got a cheque in the mail from the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure for $150 to help repay us for the home energy audit report we got in late August, after getting the audit done in mid-August.
The report cost us $350, not including tax. I thought we would get half of that back [...]

The Big Day arrives: I open our mailbox to the usual flurry of pizza coupons and other dead-tree flyers to find amongst them… Our official Home Audit Report!
I sit down with a big cup of joe to open it, feeling disconcertedly like a kid on Report Card day. And there it is… our grade. It’s [...]

By Doug
About 3 weeks after I scheduled the home energy audit visit, the auditor arrived on a very hot and humid midsummer day, the auditor arrived. I had to book a couple of hours off work to accommodate his lengthy visit.
I went out on the driveway to greet Cliff, a certified energy advisor with Green [...]

So, it seems our ecoENERGY journey starts with an audit… not the tax kind (thank god!), a home audit by some qualified person/company that shows where our home sits “before” in terms of energy efficiency.
Then, we are told, another audit of our home will be required to see how it all looks after our eco [...]

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