Rénoclimat
Is your house losing energy?
Are your heating bills too high?
Are your floors cold? Are you fed up of draughts?
Opt for energy efficiency and renovate your home with the Rénoclimat program!
Rénoclimat can help you with your home renovations and reduce your energy bills.
The Rénoclimat program includes:
- A tour of your home by a Rénoclimat energy efficiency advisor;
- An energy evaluation of your home (before and after renovations);
- An evaluation report indicating the renovations that can improve the energy performance of your home;
- An EnerGuide rating of your home (before and after renovations);
- Financial assistance options based on the nature of the work carried out.
Call an advisor BEFORE starting your renovations and carry out renovations that will have a real impact on your energy bills and your comfort level. Take advantage of the financial assistance options offered covering all eligible renovation work.
Would you like to participate in the Rénoclimat program? Ask us about it today!
Find out more about the Rénoclimat program
Are you already registered in the Rénoclimat program?
What you need to do
1. If you wish to obtain financial assistance offered under the federal ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes program while participating in the Rénoclimat program, you must register with the ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes program before calling us for an appointment. Visit the Office of Energy Efficiency’s website to know the procedure.
2. Schedule an appointment, before you start your renovations, with a Rénoclimat energy efficiency advisor. To do so, simply dial 1-866-266-0008.
3. You will receive an energy evaluation of your home which includes a blower door test. Our advisor will also provide you with an evaluation report that contains the list of recommended energy-saving renovations. Use it to plan your renovations.
4. Carry out the renovations yourself or contract them out.
5. Get a post-renovation energy evaluation no later than 18 months after your first evaluation.
6. Apply for financial assistance under the Rénoclimat program. Financial assistance is calculated based on the nature of the renovation work carried out. To be eligible to receive financial assistance under the Rénoclimat program, your renovations must have increased your EnerGuide rating (measure that calculates the energy efficiency of your home) by two points or more. Other conditions apply.
What you need to know
Rénoclimat is the only energy efficiency program intended for the general public that measures the energy performance of a home before and after renovations(1).
On average, Rénoclimat participants save 25% off their heating bill once the renovation work is completed.
Rénoclimat financial assistance options(2) combined with recurrent energy savings help participants get a return on their investment within a few years.
(1) Charges apply to the two energy evaluations of your home.
(2) You can evaluate the amount of financial assistance that you will receive by consulting the Rénoclimat financial assistance tables. Some renovations are not sufficient to make you eligible to receive financial assistance under the Rénoclimat program. Check the list of non-eligible work before joining the program.
Rénoclimat eligibility criteria
- You own your home.
- Your home is a single-family (semi-detached or row) house, a mobile home on permanent foundations, a duplex or a triplex(3).
- The building is habitable year round and uses a form of energy as the principal source of heating (such as electricity, natural gas, propane or fuel oil but excluding wood).
You home must comply with other requirements:
(3) Duplexes and triplexes must be 3 storeys or less (out of ground) and cover a maximum surface of 600 m2.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q – How many times can I participate in the Rénoclimat program?
A – You can only participate in the Rénoclimat program once per house. That is to say that if you move, you can participate again.
Consult other frequently asked questions.
Notice to participants
March 2011 – Notice of change
New participants joining the Rénoclimat program must now pay a fee of $25 for the second energy evaluation.
If your first energy evaluation was conducted prior to March 1st, 2011, this fee does not apply.
April 2010 – Notice of change
Duplexes and triplexes that use natural gas and electricity as a heating source are eligible under the Rénoclimat program since April 1st, 2010.
Novembre 2009 – Notice of change
Homes (including single-family houses, mobile homes, duplexes and triplexes) that use fuel oil and propane are eligible under the Rénoclimat program since November 1st, 2009.
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