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Live Smart BC is Back

The Provincial Government in British Columbia announced on March 2nd that it is reinstating the Live Smart BC program. The program was cut last year. Details are to follow as to grant amounts and eligible items. It’s a great boost for the economy and a valuable incentive to go Green and cut energy consumption.

How Much of an Energy Grant Can I Get on Heating Systems?

Here is the grant table for the Canadian ecoENERGY refit program along with a list of eligible improvements and the grant amount.

Note: To confirm that these amounts are still correct, please check the official site through the link at the bottom of this post.

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Sample Energy Efficiency Evaluation Report

Below are extracts from the real Energy Efficiency Evaluation Report for my (Rosalind) house. The screen shot below shows you the top of the 1st page, which clearly shows my house with a current Energuide Rating of 56.

It also indicates that if I made all the recommended changes the rating could improve to 74 and that I could reduce my overall energy consumption by up to 46%!

Woohoo! I’m out to make the gas and electric companies hate me!

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