Five-Part Home Energy Action Plan

Support innovation & private sector investment

Private sector investment

Canada’s home energy marketplace involves thousands of private sector businesses, including:

Renovators, retailers, manufacturers, wholesalers Lenders, energy providers and energy auditors

Platform for growth

With the right tools and supportive government policies, private sector businesses will invest in a new generation of innovative home energy saving services including:

interactive online applications that let users explore home energy saving options using their own home’s certified rating data renovation solutions and diagnostic services that draw on the detailed, house-as-a-system data generated by home energy ratings innovative financing options that make it easier for families to afford energy retrofits

Private sector investment in these new services will enable Canada’s home energy saving industry to:

create jobs in all communities across Canada make it easier for families to save energy and protect the environment grow the market for home retrofits without the continued need for government incentives

By investing in Canada’s home energy saving marketplace, private sector investment will help secure Canada’s future as an energy leader.

Action plan

To support private sector investment in innovative home energy saving services we recommend a Five-Part Home Energy Action Plan:

Part 1	A three-year government commitment to continue home retrofit incentive programs maintains industry momentum while governments and stakeholders work to complete Parts 2 through 5.
Parts 2-5	A solid foundation for private sector investment in innovative services will grow the market for home retrofits without the continued need for government incentive programs.