In 2025, over 200 energy advisors have an essential and central role in increasing the energy efficiency, and reducing the GHG emissions, of existing homes in BC.

Stable and growing demand for existing homes energy advisor services is driven by:

• Consumer education and engagement that increases homeowner understanding of the full value of
an energy evaluation, energy advisor services, and home energy labels.

• Demand for home energy improvements driven by consumer understanding of the multiple
benefits of home energy improvements, including reduced energy waste, lower utility bills,
improved home comfort, improved home aesthetics, a smaller environmental footprint, improved
indoor air quality, and healthier, safer, more durable homes.

• Homeowners, contractors, renovators, and designers seeking science-based, prioritized guidance
to improve home energy performance.

• Regulatory measures supporting energy efficiency and climate action, such as mandatory home
energy labelling and retrofit codes.

• Long-term, coordinated government, utility, and private financing and financial incentives that
effectively overcome financial barriers to home retrofits.

• A diversification of energy advisor services to meet consumer and industry market demands and
increasing needs for energy advisor services to assist homeowners in achieving higher levels of
energy efficiency.

Well-established service organization and energy advisor licensing and registration processes, training
and continuing education programs, and best-in-industry quality assurance processes ensure that all
industry representatives are professionals delivering quality, accurate, and consistent energy efficiency
services.

Building off the energy advisor model that currently exists, there is an integration of existing homes and new homes energy advisor registration, accreditation, training, quality assurance, and programs and policies.

The data collected through the home energy evaluation process (such as energy efficiency opportunities by home, retrofits completed, and energy and GHG emission, potential and realized) is available, in aggregate, to home performance industry stakeholders. It is used to inform public sector policy and program development and private sector market opportunity, market penetration strategies, and market development.

The energy and GHG reporting from energy modelling is utilized by Government and Utilities to measure progress towards achieving targets to reduce average energy demand by home and for community-wide GHG emission reductions.

An industry-led organization represents the interests of EAs and SOs and brings house-as-a-system
expertise to inform government, utility, and wider home performance industry development and
initiatives.

The integrated role and services of energy advisors in whole home retrofit rebate programs, energy
labelling programs, and retrofit code programs increases province-wide uptake in home energy
improvement projects, both in terms of depth of retrofits pursued by individual participants and in terms of the number of overall participants. It also assists the province in meeting and surpassing energy conservation and GHG reduction targets for existing residential homes.