EnerGuide home label - evaluating your home to increase savings and comfort

An EnerGuide home evaluation is a service that provides useful information that can come in handy for both sellers and buyers.

An EnerGuide home evaluation provides you with a comprehensive service that includes:

• A visit by a third-party Energy Advisor
  • An energy advisor working with a third-party service organization will come to your home to evaluate your home's energy performance from the basement to the attic. These energy experts bring industry expertise right to your door.
• Home energy use information
  • An EnerGuide home evaluation gives you detailed information about your home's energy performance and which house components are the best retrofit options for reducing energy consumption.
• An EnerGuide rating and home label
  • An EnerGuide rating demonstrates the energy performance of a home and the label is proof of that energy rating. After the evaluation is performed for your home, the label will be affixed to your electrical panel. A second label with an improved rating is provided if the homeowner conducts energy efficiency upgrades based on the energy advisor's recommendations.
• Recommendations
  • Personalized recommendations may be provided through an evaluation report. These recommendations can help you make decisions about which upgrades or renovations would save the most energy and money while also improving the overall comfort in your home.

Contact a service organization in your area to arrange for an EnerGuide home evaluation at: http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/residential/personal/home-improvement/service/contactadvisors.cfm

If you've purchased a brand new home, you may also have an EnerGuide label - that means that the builder worked with an energy advisor to incorporate energy efficiency features in the construction phase.

Please note that while energy advisors and service organizations use Natural Resources Canada's (NRCan) official marks, trademarks, and software under a licencing agreement, they operate as independent businesses, and are not agents, partners, or employees of NRCan.

Please note that NRCan does not endorse the services of any energy advisor, service organization or contractor, or any specific product, and accepts no liability in the selection of materials, products, contractors or performance of workmanship.

EnerGuide is the official mark of the Government of Canada for its energy performance rating and labeling program for key consumer items - houses, light-duty vehicles and certain energy-using products. The information provided by EnerGuide allows you to compare different models with confidence - it may be a rating number based on a standard measure, or a verified average of energy consumption.