City Green Solutions Welcomes ecoENERGY Grant – up to $5000 for Homeowners
City Green Solutions Welcomes ecoENERGY Grant - up to $5000 for Homeowners
PAULA STEELE, City Green Press Release, Apr 8 07
City Green Solutions is the only non-profit organization in BC to provide home energy efficiency assessments, customized retrofit plans and access to up to $5000 in retrofit grants for homeowners. “No one likes to feel that they are wasting energy…and therefore money!” says Bryan White, a City Green Certified Energy Advisor. “Through the ecoENERGY program, clients get rewarded for making their home healthier, cleaner and more comfortable. It is a win-win situation.” The ecoENERGY retrofit program was announced by the Natural Resources Canada as one component of the ecoENERGY Efficiency Initiative that will invest approximately $300 million over four years to promote smarter energy use across all sectors of society. Eligible buildings include private family homes, duplexes and small multi unit residential buildings. The average grant is expected to be more than $1,000 and will yield an average 30 percent reduction in energy use and costs. “Insulation, air sealing and heating system upgrades are the most common retrofit suggestions, though it is exciting that this new program also rewards solar hot water heat and water conservation measures.” says Paula Steele, City Green’s Marketing Coordinator, “Grants and long term energy savings make it easy and rewarding to make this sustainable lifestyle choice.”
Media Inquiries, including the opportunity to attend a home energy assessment: Please phone Paula Steele, Marketing Coordinator, 1 866 381 9995.
To register for the ecoENERGY retrofit and to book a home energy assessment:
Please see www.citygreen.ca or call Christine Broda, Client Services, 1 866 381 9995.
City Green Solutions’ mandate is to empower people and organizations to enhance their health and save money by reducing their environmental impact. Recent projects include linking affordable housing units to energy efficiency retrofit grants through the Energy Savings Plan (www.saveenergynow.ca) and supporting public environmental education through the coordination of the Building Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Energy workshop series at Langara College (http://www.langara.bc.ca/cs/programs/ENVN.html). As an enterprising non-profit, we work in partnership with government, business and community organizations to assist British Columbia in becoming a leader in environmental sustainability.
Toll Free 1 866 381 9995, outreach@citygreen.ca, www.citygreen.ca, Fax 1 866 370 0220
