This webinar is for people considering an Energy Assessment AND for people who have already had one done.
We’re very excited to put this webinar on. Way too many people skip getting an Energy Assessment done. Time and time again, we’ve seen Assessments easily pay themselves back (and not just because there are rebates on the Assessments themselves, subject to terms that we'll cover in the webinar 😅).
They pay themselves back because they tell you which fixes will actually make your home more comfortable, what order to do them in, and roughly what each one costs before you get any quotes.
If you're replacing old HVAC equipment with a heat pump, or trying to get your home off gas, this type of insight saves headaches, stress, and post-installation surprises. Energy Assessments are worth their weight in gold!
Sarah Grant, an experienced Energy Assessor in Toronto, will get into the nuts and bolts of an Assessment (what happens and what you get from it). She'll also do a live teardown of a real Energy Assessment she did of Aisha Mayne's home in October of last year (Aisha is the founder of Greener Homes Bedford Park and our other guest speaker).
Join us! There will be a live Q&A. Fill out the form below to get the Zoom link 😊
🗓️Date + Time
Monday, September 28th from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm.
🙋Speaker Bios
Sarah Grant has completed nearly 1000 Energy Assessments and guided over 1,500 heat pump installations in Toronto. She founded Goldfinch Energy to help Torontonians get fossil fuels out of their homes — hundreds of her clients are now off gas entirely. She'll walk us through what actually happens during an Energy Assessment, and how to turn the report into a plan.
Aisha Mayne is a marketing pro with deep ties to sustainable and women-led ventures. Last year, she founded Greener Homes Bedford Park to help her neighbours create healthier, more comfortable, more efficient homes. The Energy Assessment Party she threw last year was a big success—read more about the party here.
Toronto Home Energy Network helps single-family homeowners in Toronto reduce their home’s reliance on polluting fossil fuels. Our community events, co-run by our amazing Partner Communities, are a pressure-free way to learn about sustainable home improvements from neighbours who’ve already done them.
📏A "Measure Twice, Cut Once" Story
This home renovation story from one of our volunteers shows exactly why we're so passionate about Energy Assessments—
A few winters ago, Liz wanted a chilly second-floor bedroom to finally feel comfortable. She figured the fix was obvious: new windows (including a big three-pane bay window) plus more insulation. But she took a "measure twice, cut once" approach and booked an Energy Assessment before calling anyone—was she ever glad she did.
Her energy advisor pointed her somewhere she never expected: the ductwork. A duct check found her heating system was leaking badly—the equivalent of a 22.6-square-inch hole (picture a grapefruit-sized gap), or 12% of the system's capacity—so a big chunk of heated air was escaping before it ever reached the bedroom. One duct wasn't even reaching its floor vent. In a house built in 1910, that kind of thing is common.
No amount of new windows would've fixed that. The real solution was simpler and far cheaper: seal and rebalance the ducts. Afterward, leakage dropped to the equivalent of a 2.8-square-inch hole—an 88% reduction—and the bedroom finally warmed up. The duct assessment ran about $200 and the sealing and repairs about $2,200 (2022). New windows and insulation for that one room would have cost many thousands more.
Here's the lesson, and it's twofold: listen to your energy advisor, and if you have ducts—especially in an old house—get them checked. Call a window company and you'll get a quote for windows. Nobody stops to ask whether a simpler fix does the same job. That's the reality check an Energy Assessment gives you.
Liz sat down with us to talk about getting a heat pump in a century home. Check out the video here.
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