What is EnerGuide?
EnerGuide is Canada’s energy rating and labelling system that certifies the energy efficiency of new and existing products and homes. The EnerGuide rating allows you to easily compare the energy efficiency of major household appliances sold in Canada. EnerGuide also provides a standard measure of your home’s energy performance.
How Does Your Home’s Energy Performance Stack Up?
The EnerGuide label shows you (and future buyers) exactly how energy-efficient your home is and allows you to compare against similar homes in your neighbourhood and across Canada. If you’re planning to renovate or sell your home, the rating shows your home’s present level of energy efficiency AND projects the level it could achieve with recommended upgrades.
New Homes: Aim for 80 or Higher
EnerGuide uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 represents extremely poor energy efficiency and 100 indicates such high energy-efficiency that a home doesn't have to purchase energy. For a brand new house, look for a rating of 80 or higher.
| Did You Know? According to Natural Resources Canada, a one-point improvement on the EnerGuide rating scale typically reduces a home’s energy consumption by 3-5%. |
Learn more about the EnerGuide Rating System.
Home Energy Labelling Program
The City of Edmonton is currently developing a new and existing home energy labelling program called Know Our Homes YEG. The goal is to develop a Voluntary Home Energy Labelling Program Plan and Implementation Plan.
On June 20, 2012, Edmonton City Council supported the development of a New and Existing Home Energy Labelling program, as outlined in the Green Building Plan.