energuide / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...EnerGuide score”, says Kyle Anders, Sustainable Design Specialist at Mindscape Innovations.  By improving EnerGuide literacy among builders and homeowners, as well as reducing the time needed by CEAs to complete an evaluation, MIBOP is helping increase market acceptance and uptake of home energy performance, and making...

...EnerGuide: Run by the Canadian government, EnerGuide is an energy consumption index that evaluates not only appliances and heating / cooling equipment, but also new and existing homes. Many other rating systems reference EnerGuide to grade homes. It's based on a 0 to 100 point scale, zero being the least energy efficie...

...EnerGuide lists as a 269 kWh/year expected power usage. We generally only run it when it's full, and it requires approximately 1 kWh per load of dishes washed when run on 'eco' mode. Clothes washer We chose a high efficiency front-loading washer, again by Kenmore. This is one of the more efficient models available. F...

...EnerGuide, R-2000 & Net Zero Home Label: This is the mainstream path for many Canadians, often supported by federal programs like the Canada Greener Homes Grant. It starts with an EnerGuide rating to benchmark energy performance, which is the gateway to achieving the well-respected R-2000 standard or the top-tier N...