ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes program
Key Features
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Budget 2011 announced a $400 million investment to renew the ecoENERGY
Retrofit –
Homes program from June 6, 2011 to March 31, 2012.
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NRCan has updated the wording in the Grant Table for ecoENERGY
Retrofit - Homes
(http://e.nrcan.gc.ca/retrofit/table
and Appendix A), but grant amounts remain
the same.
- New and past participants must register before booking an evaluation.
- SOs must not perform evaluations until homeowners provide them
with a registration
number. Homeowners who are not able to register online
should call 1-877-953-5454
for assistance.
- Program registration will close without notice when it appears
that funds will be fully
expended.
- Only upgrades purchased as of
June 6, 2011, and installed after the date of a
pre-retrofit evaluation
are eligible for a grant. In addition to following current
evaluation
procedures, when performing post-retrofit evaluations, energy
advisors
(EAs) must clearly photograph all relevant receipts to confirm
eligibility.
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Participants must register, complete their renovations, obtain a
post-retrofit evaluation
and sign
a grant application form no later than
March 31, 2012. Eligible participants
can only apply once for upgrades
implemented between June 6, 2011, and
March 31, 2012.
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Owners of multiple properties can now receive up to $1,000,000 over the
life of the
program (April 2007 to March 2012). The maximum federal
grant a homeowner can
receive for a specific property remains $5,000
over the life of the program (April 2007
to March 2012).
Registration Process for “New Participants”
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If a property has never been evaluated or was evaluated before April
2007, the
homeowner needs to register the property as a “new
participant”.
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After registering, new participants will receive an e-mail (or letter,
if needed) with the
list of next steps (see sample in Appendix B). They
will also receive a registration
number which they need to provide to
the SO when booking the pre-retrofit evaluation.
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The SO can book and perform a pre-retrofit evaluation only after the
homeowner
provides their registration number.
Registration Process for “Past Participants”
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If a property has been evaluated since April 1, 2007 and the current
homeowner has
not received the maximum grant, the homeowner can register
to submit one more
application for improvements purchased and installed
as of June 6, 2011.
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Note that a new pre-retrofit evaluation is not required for properties
that have already
had an evaluation since April 1, 2007. This includes
properties evaluated under a partner
program since April 1, 2007.
After registering, past participants will receive a confirmation e-mail (or letter, if needed) listing the next steps (see sample in Appendix B). Within 5 to 10 business days, they will also receive a registration number (CID) and their latest file number (D, E or F). Homeowners will be instructed to provide the registration and file numbers to SOs when booking their post-retrofit evaluation.
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