Free guidance for home energy upgrades in Whistler
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Upgrading your home’s energy efficiency is a big undertaking. Retrofit Assist offers free and knowledgeable support from start to finish of your home energy retrofit.
Is Retrofit Assist right for you?
- Are you a homeowner in Whistler?
- Do you live in a detached house, duplex, townhouse,
or mobile home on a permanent foundation? - Do you want to reduce your energy use and
improve the comfort of your home?
If you said yes, let’s start your application today!
The Process
Participating in Retrofit Assist will help you move forward on your home energy retrofit projects in clear steps. Here’s how the general process will look for you.
1. APPLY Register for the program online or on-site at a community event – simple and free.
2. IDENTIFY NEEDS Have a follow up conversation to highlight your needs and priorities, understand next steps and financing options available.
You’ll also learn how your home uses energy by setting up an EnerGuide evaluation.
3. MAKE A PLAN We’ll help you sort out a plan based on your priorities, home energy use, budget and timelines. We’ll also explain financing options.
4. CONTRACT OUT THE WORK We’ll connect you with skilled contractors to support your project and then help you get a post-retrofit evaluation.
We will also help you maximize the loans and rebates available.
5. ENJOY! Sit back and relax in your more comfortable and climate-friendly home.
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Advancing Whistler's Climate Goals
Whistler is making existing buildings better.
Whistler showed early leadership on climate as one of the first signatories to the BC Climate Action Charter, then implementing many significant actions such as landfill gas flaring, in-vessel composting, green building policies, and improved transit. In 2016, the municipality developed the Community Energy and Climate Action Plan (CECAP) and, more recently, developed the Climate Action Big Moves Strategy. This strategy focuses on transportation, buildings, and waste, and articulates the key strategies Whistler will need to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet its target to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
While reducing emissions from existing buildings is especially challenging, Whistler is committed to pursuing a wide range of initiatives to facilitate investments in building energy efficiency. In 2022, Whistler partnered with Squamish to launch the first Retrofit Assist program in BC.
There are a limited number of top-ups available to help cover the cost of your pre-retrofit and post-retrofit EnerGuide Evaluations – $250 and $125 respectively – funded through the Resort Municipality of Whistler. These top up will automatically be applied to your EnerGuide Evaluation invoice.
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