Getting Your EnerGuide Evaluation

With an EnerGuide home evaluation, a certified professional will do a detailed inspection of your home and complete a blower test to assess the air tightness of your home. This will take 1-2 hours.

Pre Upgrade Reports

In order to get a holistic understanding of your home's current energy consumption and loss, a certified Energy Advisor will conduct a details evaluation of your home. They look at everything from your heating, windows, insulation, and anything else that affects your home's exterior envelope.

One of the most recognizable tests they conduct is the blower door test. This allows them to determine the air tightness of your home.

Form the first evaluation, they will provide 2 reports

1. Homeowner Information Sheet - Detailed energy modelling of your home. It will include specifications of your home's heating, windows, insulation, and airtightness to calculate your home's annual energy consumption in GJ.
2. Renovation Upgrade Report - A list of the most impactful upgrades you can make to improve your home's energy efficiency.

Post Upgrade Report

After any upgrades have been completed, they will come back to validate the work completed and retest your home's air tightness. This will help them to create a new energy consumption score for your home and validate the savings your upgrades will bring.

If you are accessing the Canada Greener Homes Loan

Things you will need

1. Picture of your Government ID (Driver’s License) with the home address on it
2. Name of the Service Organization that will be facilitating your EnerGuide Evaluations. This will be provided to you by Paddio.

Step 1 - Register with Natural Resources Canada

Sign in with Sign In Partner or GC Key

1. Go to the Natural Resources Canada sign in page
2. Sign in how you normally would to the CRA (I like to Sign In Partner)

Create a New Loan Application

1. Select “New Application” for the Canada Greener Homes Grant option
2. Continue through the screens and enter the requested personal and home information
3. When prompted, give sharing data consent with NRCan partners
4. Select a “Service Organization” from the list that is in your area. Once approved, the Service Organization will be notified and will reach out to you directly to book your EnerGuide Evaluation, if it hasn’t already been booked.

Enter Proof of Primary Residence

1. Select Upload
2. Upload the image of your government ID, likely Driver’s License. This must contain the same address that you are applying for.

Step 2 - Wait for Paddio to schedule the EnerGuide Evaluation appointment for you

Paddio will coordinate with you and the Service Organization on a time that works for you.

Step 3 - Complete the in home evaluation

It will take them about 1-2 hours. They will need access to your entire home.

At one point, they will want you to close all of your doors and windows to complete a blower door test. This helps them determine the air tightness of your home.

The report will take 10-12 days for them to complete afterwards and will be submitted to Natural Resources Canada to pre-qualify for the identified updates.

Step 4 - We'll schedule a call to review your reports

We will input your report details into the Paddio platform and together we will unpack the findings and identify upgrades to pursue. You'll be able to check your Paddio account for a detailed project breakdown

1. Specific upgrade recommendations
2. Cost estimates
3. Emissions reduction estimates
4. Net payback estimates