Energy Wise

Green Venture delivers community-based energy-focused initiatives designed to:

  • help residents reduce energy use
  • improve the health of our community
  • provide support to help residents adopt renewable energy

Solar Services

Green Venture Solar Services

Green Venture is pleased to offer solar assessments of residential, commercial, or institutional properties. A solar assessment is a desirable prerequisite for the new Ontario MicroFIT and FIT program. A solar assessment produces a comprehensive report on the suitability of your site for solar PV, solar hot water, and solar thermal heating. In addition, Green Venture also examines your passive solar needs, provides educational content about solar power, and makes unbiased third-party recommendations.

Green Venture also offers a separate service- solar turn-key installations. Green Venture is commited to bringing fair and reasonable pricing to the community and has assembled a team of like-minded professionals and suppliers to provide solar PV installations, particularly under the Ontario microFIT program. 

UPDATE- March 22, 2012 - Ontario Goverment and Ontario Power Authority have completed their review of the FIT (Feed in Tariff) Program and announced new FIT and MicroFIT prices for 2012.  The new rate for MicroFIT solar for rooftops: 54.9 cents/kWh

 

Home Energy Audits 

Green Venture has over a dozen years of experience in conducting home energy audits under the EnerGuide Rating system. We offer residential energy audits, including multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs). 

UPDATE- Jan 30, 2012- ecoENERGY is now closed to new participants 

Natural Resources Canada official announcement

"January 30, 2012- Ottawa: The renewed ecoENERGY Retrofit - Homes program has reached its goal of 250,000 registered homeowners and is now closed to new registrations. By ending registration at this time, the program is confident that all currently registered homeowners will have the opportunity to apply for and receive a grant for their eligible retrofit upgrades.

 To help ensure that program participants have the opportunity to complete their required post-retrofit evaluation and apply for a grant, the deadline to obtain the post-retrofit evaluation is now June 30, 2012.  All upgrades must still be completed by March 31, 2012 to be eligible. Only upgrades purchased and installed between the program eligibility dates of June 6, 2011 to March 31, 2012, will be considered for a grant and must be validated with receipts dated between those dates. As per current program requirements, failure to substantiate the dates of the retrofits will result in grant ineligibility.

To help homeowners, NRCan has established a dates and deadlines Web page:http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/residential/personal/retrofit/17864 "

Click here to read the June 2011 announcement by National Resources Canada of the reinstatement of the program for 2011-2012..

Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc.'s Home Weatherization Retrofit Program

Enbridge is currently offering insulation and draft proofing for Enbridge Gas customers who qualify, at no cost to the participants. Green Venture, a member of Green Communities Canada, is pleased to offer Niagara residents Enbridge Gas Distribution's Home Weatherization Retrofit Program. 

Air pressure test for Enbridge program draftproofing

 

Commercial and Institutional Resource Assessments

    Green Venture conducts resource assessments on a variety of building types; analyzing energy and water consumption, waste and transportation practices.  A report is generated providing historical energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Solutions are provided within the report to reduce your carbon footprint and utility bills. A resource assessment often serves the institutional or commercial client as a prerequisite for a government rebate or grant application.

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     The ecoENERGY Retrofit service is delivered by Green Venture under agreement with Green Communities Canada.

    ecoENERGY Initiatives help Canadians use energy more efficiently, boost renewable energy supplies and develop cleaner-energy technologies. The energy assessment offers a service developed by Natural Resources Canada and/or the Government of Canada. By using energy more efficiently, Canadians can reduce emissions produced through energy use and contribute to clean air, water and energy and a healthy environment.

     

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