Are you curious about your home’s energy efficiency and looking for tips and tricks to making it better? Check out a Home Energy Tool Kit from your local Wellington County Library. The kit will have tools, activities, and information to help you better understand your household energy use, complete with a follow along book of activities.
Request an unbranded workbook! Create your own Home Energy Tool Kits to encourage residential energy conservation in your municipality. Email us today to learn more.
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Introducing the Low-Income Energy Coach
Are you a low-income resident looking for more savings for your home? The Energy Coach is a one-on-one service which helps low-income residents reduce their home’s energy costs, energy usage, and greenhouse gas emissions. You may qualify for FREE home upgrades, like:
Updated appliances
New heating systems
New air conditioners
Smart Thermostats and more!
Contact the Energy Coach today to start your savings! Email us or call 226.962.5548.
We partnered with Dunsky Energy and Climate Advisors to help residents retrofit their homes for comfort, health, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction.
The Home Energy Feasibility Study includes a market assessment, audience identification, industry capacity analysis, financial model assessment, and projection of local benefits.
The HEET Programme Design Report includes a detailed background review of the County’s climate mitigation and adaptation plans, extensive internal and external stakeholder engagement, the feasibility of using LIC program model and other potential options, and further consideration for equity.
More information coming soon...
Home Comfort and Efficiency Retrofits
Here are four steps to optimizing your home energy efficiency and comfort:
Have a registered energy auditor conduct an energy assessment of your home, including a blower door test, a visual inspection and review your energy bills.
Seal your home by caulking leaks, having properly sealed vapour barrier, and Tyvek house wrap to reduce the amount of air that enters or leaves the building to reduce moisture and keep a steady internal temperature.
Insulation is the blanket layer that reduces a variance in temperature. Insulation improves energy efficiency as well as home comfort.
Mechanical systems include heating, air conditioning, as well as hot water heaters, appliances, pool heaters, hot tubs, and other small appliances.
Upgrading to newer and more energy efficient models will reduce energy.
Want to get started on energy efficiency retrofits now? We recommend connecting with an energy advisor or auditor to access your needs. Find a service provider in your area here.
