Here’s how the tool supports our work with you on your new home:

1. We enter the climate profile (highs and lows) of your chosen community, and Natural Resources Canada’s energy-consumption and green house gas emission averages for a family of four over 12 months.
2. We calculate the 12-month energy consumption and green house gas emissions of your new home design for the 2 construction options generally available to builders:
   1. Conventional built-to-code home (EnergGuide 65-72)
   2. Home built to a standard EnerGuide 80 efficiency rating
3. We assess how best to incorporate EcoPlusHome construction techniques, materials and energy-efficiency systems to make your new home an EcoPlusHome – with a minimum pre-construction EnerGuide rating of 93+. We then calculate your new – and significantly reduced – energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
4. We forecast the 10-year energy consumption patterns of all 3 scenarios (built to code, EnerGuide 80 and EcoPlusHome) comparing:
   • Energy-costs – high for the conventional home, incredibly low for the EcoPlusHome
   • Annual green house gas emissions – high for conventional, a fraction for the EcoPlusHome
5. Once your new EcoPlusHome is finished, a certified third-party Energy Efficiency Advisor should determine your final EnerGuide rating so you can claim your energy-efficiency incentives and rebates.

Contact our NRCAN-certified Energy Efficiency Manager today to see how your new-home design could start saving you money…and the planet.

Hi And Welcome To EcoPlusHome. My name is Bryan and me along with my wife and 4 kids are taking part in this cool experiment to show that its possible to live self sustained for 12 months in a house powered by alternative technologies like photovoltaic, solar thermal and geothermal. Sign up to our RSS feed to keep updated RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!