Home Energy Efficiency
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Have your say on making homes in the RDOS more energy efficient. Watch our videos and share your journey!
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- The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) is excited to release a series of educational videos on home energy efficiency featuring local community members. The videos, which can be found on the RDOS YouTube channel, cover a variety of topics. These include:
- Simple steps for reducing energy consumption in your home
- The benefits of upgrading to energy-efficient appliances
- Proper insulation techniques to reduce heating and cooling costs
- Information on available rebates and incentives for energy-efficient upgrades
- In these videos, local energy efficiency professionals share their expert advice, while community members share their personal journeys, successes, and challenges in improving their home's energy efficiency. The RDOS invites you to join the conversation by sharing your own experiences and feedback in the community energy efficiency forums below.
- The RDOS has partnered with Properate, a platform that provides easy access to information on rebates, grants, and other incentives available for those looking to make energy-efficient upgrades. By using Properate, residents of the RDOS can quickly identify potential areas for improvement in their homes and access the financial support they need to make their homes more energy efficient. Increased savings are available to community members who join together to apply for 'group purchase rebates' on larger upgrades such as heat pumps.
- Visit rdos.properate.io for more information.
- Watch these videos to learn more and get inspired to improve the energy efficiency of your home. Together, we can create a more sustainable and affordable future for our region. Comment below to join the conversation in your community.
- Community Energy Efficiency Forums
- The RDOS is working with Properate to provide feedback and personalized guidance for homeowners to help with energy-efficient upgrades. This forum is for those who:
- Would like to share an experience about an efficient home upgrade that has been completed, is in the process of being completed, or is being planned
- Are upgrading to more efficient equipment or considering doing so
- Have experienced failures or successes with accessing rebates
- Are learning more about deep energy retrofits
- Have concerns about high utility bills
- Have questions on what to do next with their homes
- Have any other questions, complaints, or confusion about making energy-efficient upgrades
- The RDOS Senior Energy Specialist and Properate team will handle your queries. Please make sure to post only in the forum for your municipality or electoral area.
Videos
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Penticton local Neil Campbell shares his experience improving the energy efficiency of his family’s home.
Neil Campbell and his family moved to Penticton in 1988. They own one of the first homes built in Penticton. Neil’s journey to energy efficiency has been full of confusion and challenges, from identifying the right resources and contractors to navigating available government incentives and Canada Greener Homes. Neil did the online Properate home energy assessment and got a customized report with upgrade and incentive recommendations.
To learn more about the partnership between the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and Properate, visit http://www.rdos.properate.io.
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Margaret and Richard share their story about improving the energy efficiency of their home in Penticton, BC.
Margaret Holm and Richard Cannings have been residents of the RDOS for 27 years. Margaret is an active member of the community and an advocate for sustainability. Richard was born and raised in Penticton in his house, built in 1954. The house is old, leaky, and inefficient. They decided to get a home energy assessment, and were surprised at the recommendation to improve insulation rather than install a heat pump. The couple are keeping their energy costs down by prioritizing the changes that will make the biggest impact.
To learn more about the partnership between the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and Properate, visit http://www.rdos.properate.io.
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Kandis shares her journey towards home energy efficiency, and the values driving her to live sustainably.
Kandis, a mother of two and triathlon enthusiast, has always lived in the Okanagan. Passionate about protecting the environment, she believes that building a resilient home is vital given the extreme climate-related events regularly taking place in the valley. Kandis wants to pass those values on to her children and prepare her home for the future.
Having done extensive research, Kandis found the RDOS and Properate to be helpful in guiding her journey to energy efficiency.
To learn more about the partnership between the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and Properate, visit http://www.rdos.properate.io.
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Summerland local Ruth shares her experience with improving her home’s energy efficiency.
Ruth, a retired professional who has lived in Summerland for 30 years, cares deeply about protecting the planet and reducing her carbon footprint. She has experience with making energy efficient home upgrades, though the task has not been simple.
Ruth reached out to the RDOS and Properate for expert advice on how to maximize her investments, and received a customized report with the recommended upgrades within her budget.
To learn more about the partnership between the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and Properate, visit http://www.rdos.properate.io.