You have a budget for the house. Here's where it does the most.
Answer a few questions about your home and get a ranked, costed plan for your budget: what to do first, what it saves at Alberta gas prices, which programs apply, and what isn't worth the money.
Free. About 3 minutes. No account needed.
Sample plan, worked out live
1985 Edmonton bungalow, 1,200 sq ft, 22-year-old furnace, 12-year-old gas tank
- $3,750Condensing gas water heaterPlan for it: near end of life
Saves $50 gas a year, but the real reason is avoiding a breakdown
- $350Smart thermostat
Saves $35 gas a year, pays back in about 10 years
The furnace is at end of life too, but at about $6,750 it needs $1,750 more than this budget.
Plan total
$4,100
Saves each year
$85
$85 gas
We'd skip basement wall insulation (about $83 gas a year for $11,584) and new windows (about $108 gas a year for $14,400).
Some upgrades aren't worth it here. We'll say so.
Natural gas is cheap in Alberta, so a lot of "energy-saving" upgrades never pay for themselves. The audit ranks by what your money actually buys you: lower bills, a warmer house, and not getting caught by a failed furnace in January.
- New triple-pane windows for the sample house
- $14,400 to save $108 a year
- Do them for comfort or failed seals, not for the gas bill.
- Topping up the attic to R-50
- $2,700 to save $153 a year
- Pays back in about 18 years, and the rooms below hold their heat better.
How it works
- Step 1
Describe the house
Year built, attic, windows, basement, and what your furnace vent looks like. Upload a gas bill if you have one.
- Step 2
Pick a budget
From $2,500 to whatever you're working with.
- Step 3
Get the plan
What to do first, what's next when money allows, what to skip, and the programs that match your postal code.
Worked out with Alberta numbers
- 5,600
- heating degree days for Edmonton, and colder numbers for the north. Not a national average.
- $6.00/GJ
- all-in variable gas price behind every savings figure, shown on your results so you can check it against your bill.
- 60% to 92%
- furnace efficiency, read from what your vent looks like, because most people don't know their furnace's rating.
- 23
- open Alberta and local programs checked against your postal code. Loans and income-tested programs are labelled, never counted as free money.
Why it's free
Your plan is yours whether or not you do anything with it. If you ask for a quote (furnace, water heater or attic insulation), we pass that request to a local heating or insulation contractor, who may pay us for the referral.
Nobody calls you unless you ask for a quote, and we only send other email if you tick the box for it.