Energy efficiency programs and incentives

Whether you are a resident or a business, take advantage of a wide range of programs designed to improve energy efficiency, helping you reduce your environmental footprint and address climate change.

Better Homes Kingston

The Better Homes Kingston Program actively helps you make your home more energy-efficient and climate-friendly, supporting you through every step of the process. It offers rebates and up to $50,000 in low-interest loans for your energy-efficient upgrades. You can even get 50 per cent funding upfront to pay contractors. 

As a resident of Kingston, you may be eligible for a loan for home energy efficiency improvements. 

In partnership with Utilities Kingston, Better Homes Kingston is offering rebates to Utilities Kingston’s natural gas customers, in addition to loan funding.  

As a Utilities Kingston customer, you can apply for both loan funding and rebates. If you do not want loan funding, you can apply for rebates only.  

If you use natural gas to heat your home but are not a Utilities Kingston customer,  you may be eligible for Enbridge Gas rebates through the Home Renovation Savings program. 

Save on Energy

For your home

Save on Energy offers a variety of energy-saving programs, as well as free tips, articles and resources for residential consumers across Ontario. Whether you want to improve your home comfort, get rewarded for being energy-efficient or save on your energy costs, there is a program for you:

• Peak Perks: Get a $75 reward when you opt in to automated adjustments of your smart thermostat when electricity demand is high on summer weekdays.
• Home Renovation Savings: Get rebates for energy-efficient home upgrades, including insulation, smart thermostats, heat pumps, electric appliances, windows and solar panels.
• Energy Affordability Program: Income-qualified Ontarians can receive free energy-saving upgrades or energy-saving kits.

Answer eight questions and Save on Energy will provide you with a personalized Energy Action Plan, with tips and tools to get you started on your energy-efficiency journey.

For your business

Whether it’s a major renovation or a smaller upgrade, see the return on your investment in energy-efficiency upgrades faster with Save on Energy incentives. Take advantage of these programs and watch as your business thrives.

• Retrofit Program: Get financial incentives to upgrade equipment that will lower energy costs, improve productivity and support your business’s sustainability goals.
• Small Business Program: Drive your business forward with incentives up to $3,000 for eligible lighting products and up to $2,500 for other energy-efficient equipment.
• Instant Discounts: Get upfront discounts from participating distributors when you purchase energy-efficient lighting products for your business.
• Existing Building Commissioning: Get incentives to hire commissioning experts and boost energy savings through improved commercial facility operations and maintenance (O&M).
• Energy Performance Program: Pay-for-performance rewards for making changes that increase energy savings over time, reduce your operating costs and improve your productivity.
• Expanded Energy Management Program: Get funding to hire and train your own energy management team to help maximize energy performance and increase competitiveness.
• XLerate Program: Get up to $15 million for large-scale energy efficiency projects with a simple pay-for-performance model for industrial, municipal, institutional, and healthcare sectors.

For more business incentives, visit Save on Energy for Business.