BEFORE: Our old front door, right
AFTER: Our new EnergyStar front door, far right
About a week ago we had our old, drafty wooden front door replaced with a new EnergyStar-certified (to climate zone B) steel and lead-glass front door.
Here’s what the new door actually cost us:
Door (prehung): $480
Cost of contractor to hang door: $500
Handle & lock [...]
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 [...]
