Today I am grateful for attending and learning better homesTO and Home Energy Loan Program, hosted by Bathurst - Finch Seniors Society (BASS) and Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA). Today's webinar was facilitated by Ariana Foyle a project lead, Environment and energy division, city of Toronto. I appreciate and recognize its significance for a variety of reasons, for instance:
- Today's webinar was over the zoom, highly convenient to join. No need to formally dress up, drive or take TTC. This helped to control the spread of the novel coronavirus. You just needed to monitor the internet connectivity for the flow of the webinar
- BetterHomesTO & Home Energy webinar was free of cost for all attendees and also offered a small token of appreciation such as an e-gift card for Food Share, hand sanitizer, hand wipes and compost bin. It was great to support all attendees at this time of the COVID 19 pandemic
- Today I learned about the project and its implications and further broaden the concept and clarified a variety of ideas. The taken notions and teachings are following:
- Transform TO
- Toronto's Emissions - Emissions by building type
- TransformTO long term goals
- BetterHomesTO program
- Start with a Home Energy Evaluation
- What you can do, for instance:
- Small steps - quick wins
- Medium steps - Major renovations
- Large steps - Deep retrofits
- Feature technology: Heat pumps
- Net Zero Homes
- Toolkits:
- www.BetterHomesTO.ca
- Whole - house guide is available in 12 different languages
- Retrofits cards (15 available)
- Home Efficiency Animator Training
- Engage: Better HomesTO Webinar Series, video series
- Programs to support energy efficiency and net-zero
- Canada Greener Homes Grant Program - Maximum 5000 $
- Home Efficiency Rebate Program
- Smart Thermostat Program
- Basement flooding protection subsidy program
- Income - Qualifying program
- Energy affordability program
- Home winterproofing program
- Home Energy Loan Program (HELP), such as eligible criteria, program results
- Potential program updates
- The question and answer session was at the end of the webinar
- This is my journey and learning with the BetterHomesTO webinar. You may register for an upcoming webinar and learn something new is the thought of the day
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to ask or comment below
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