Basic Service
This is a basic service for receiving an EnerGuide label from Natural Resources Canada. A Qualified Energy Advisor will:
- Attend the customer’s home
- Take measurements of the building envelope and assess components
- Record all windows
- Record all mechanical systems
- Record any renewable energy systems
- Perform an airtightness test
- Perform an exhaust devices depressurization test
- Provide homeowner with relevant publication from Natural Resources Canada
- Explain the contents of the Homeowner Information Sheet from Natural Resources Canada
- Model the home in Hot 2000 a proprietary program from Natural Resources Canada
- Submit files to for quality review
- Provide Homeowner with EnerGuide Label, Homeowner’s Information Sheet, Guide to the EnerGuide Label for Homes
Basic Service plus:
- Identify air leakage points during airtightness test
- Discuss planned upgrades with Homeowner
- Determine potential for Energy Efficiency upgrades including those discussed with Homeowner
- Apply house-as-a-system concept to propose & prioritize upgrade recommendations in the form of a roadmap.
- Provide homeowner with a report.
- Airtightness test after renovations
- If the building envelope is altered during the renovation, extra modelling charges will apply