ecoENERGY - Book Pre-retrofit Evaluation
Booking your ecoENERGY Evaluation
Once you have your registration email with your CID number you are eligible to book your pre-retrofit evaluation with a service organization. Please have this information available when you contact us since we cannot book an appointment without your CID number.
When you contact BEC to book an evaluation we will assign a Certified Energy Advisor to perform a pre–retrofit energy evaluation of your property using the EnerGuide Rating System. The fee for this service varies with the home size and location.
The average Ontario home costs $350 + HST.
The Government of Ontario will rebate $150 of the cost of the pre-retrofit evaluation.
This brings the average cost to most homeowners to just $200 + HST after your mail-in rebate.
POINTS TO PONDER
Service organizations each set their own prices, but due to the competitive marketplace there are often only minor differences in the cost of the service.
Unlike many other service organizations, BEC is neither owned by, or financially affiliated with a manufacturer, distributor or contracting company who also seek to profit by selling you energy efficiency upgrades or products. Our advice is truly professional, third-party, and unbiased. Our only goal is to help homeowners to make appropriate and well informed decisions on the upgrades they choose to undertake on their home.
Secondly, your results are highly dependent upon the knowledge and experience of your advisor and support you will receive from your advisor and service organization, yet not not all energy advisors and service organizations provide the same level of support, or share the same level of knowledge and skill.
The best service organizations and advisors go the extra mile to ensure that their clients receive the excellent service and support. They tend to cost slightly more, but the extra $25.00 or so spent on their service will be quickly recouped due to the superior results you can achieve due to the higher level of service and support.
Finally, our staffing decisions focus on quality over quantity, a fact that is recognized and appreciated by our professional builder and architect clients. Due to the outstanding technical capabilities of our organization and our advisors, BEC has been selected to deliver many other housing programs and technical training programs, such as NRCan's EnerGuide Rating System (New Homes), ENERGY STAR for New Homes and R-2000 new homes program, and the Canada Green Building Council's LEED Canada for Homes program.
Most of our advisors do far more than provide ecoENERGY evaluations, they provide energy efficiency and green building consulting services to architects and builders, some provide design and design support for new construction and renovation, and some provide verification services for new housing programs. Our staff are continually upgrading their technical knowledge and expertise, and benefit from ongoing mentoring. We encourage all our ecoENERGY clients to tap into our wealth of knowledge.
Preparing for your ecoENERGY Evaluation
While homeowners receive a personalized report with recommended improvements as part of the service, you should accompany your energy advisor during the pre-retrofit evaluation so that you may answer any questions the advisor may have regarding your retrofit budget, ability to finance potential upgrades or capability to undertake selected do-it-yourself upgrades. You will also wish to take note of the advisor’s comments concerning the condition of your home and the energy consuming equipment installed in your home.
Your energy advisor will need access to every room in the house, including the attic and any crawl spaces. Be sure to clear the area around these access points before the energy advisor arrives. In addition, please make sure not to use any wood-burning appliances, such as fireplaces or wood stoves, at least 24 hours prior to the evaluation and clean these appliances before the evaluation. Finally, please have a recent tax bill or your property tax assessment form from the Ontario Municipal Property Assessment Corporation available for your advisor to record your tax roll number.
