LiveSmart BC Rebates Extended

 Increased home efficiency rebates

In partnership with BC Hydro and FortisBC, the Province of British Columbia is extending and improving its popular LiveSmart BC: Efficiency Incentive Program, where homeowners can receive more than $7,000 in rebates for energy saving improvements and equipment.

The program is extended for an additional two years and rebates for improvements like insulation, draft-proofing and high-performance windows and doors have increased by up to 700 per cent.

Effective April 1, 2011, the increased incentives include:

·         Up to $1,500 for exterior wall insulation, up from $400.

·         Up to $1,200 for basement insulation, up from $500.

·         Up to $750 to install attic insulation, up from $310.

·         Up to $70 per window, door and skylight replacement, up from $40 each.

·         Up to $500 to replace a supplementary heating system with a pellet burning appliance, up from $250.

In all, rebates have increased for 35 of 54 different items, and to further encourage participants to reduce a home’s heat loss, 12 new items have been added to the program.

To access the rebates, homeowners must hire a certified energy advisor to conduct an energy-efficiency assessment prior to and after making any eligible improvements. The advisor will handle all the paperwork in applying for provincial incentives after the post-retrofit assessment.

Visit the LiveSmart BC website by clicking HERE.