EnerGuide Labeling of Homes at the Time of Sale

The Federal Government’s Proposal Shortly after the 2021 election, the federal government reaffirmed its commitment to requiring EnerGuide labelling at the time of sale when the Prime Minister set out the following housing-related commitments in the mandate letter to the Minister of Natural Resources:5 Work with provinces and territories, communities and Indigenous Peoples to develop and implement. [...] The collected information includes the following: ● The level of the home’s airtightness, using a blower door test, ● The insulation levels of the walls, ceilings, and basement, ● The size and efficiency ratings of the space heating, space cooling (air conditioning) and water heating equipment, ● The number, type and location of all windows and exterior doors, ● Information about any ventilation e. [...] In addition, the label includes the house address, the date of the evaluation, file number which is the unique number used for additional services from the service organization, the name of the energy advisor, EnerGuide rating scale of the assessed home and the reference home which is the total home energy consumption in a year in terms of Gigajoule (G. [...] J.), the source of energy consumption, the estimated annual amount of renewable energy generated on- site, the pie chart showing the primary energy uses in the home with an initial overview of where the energy cost can be decreased, rated energy intensity, rated greenhouse gas emissions, and the name of the service organization that quality assured the home file. [...] The solution to the first tension is having the cost of labels subsidized by the government, as is the case with the Canada Greener Homes Grant and Ontario's HER&D program.