Energy Efficiency Articles

HomeServe Celebrates National HVAC Tune-Up Day September 25

by Aimee Estrabillo | September 8, 2023 | Customer Service, Education, Energy Efficiency, Green Initiatives, Home Maintenance, Maintenance, Press Releases, Safety Tune Up Day, Service Line Responsibilities, State of the Home Survey | 0 Comments

Tune-Up Day Reminds Homeowners to Maintain This Important Whole Home System Toronto, ON – September 8, 2023 – HomeServe’s 2023 State of the Canadian Home survey found that home heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are the home system most likely to...

First State of the Canadian Home Survey Finds Many Homeowners Are Financially Unprepared for an Emergency Home Repair

by Aimee Estrabillo | November 15, 2022 | Education, Energy Efficiency, Financial Shock, Home Maintenance, Press Releases, State of the Home Survey | 0 Comments

TORONTO (November 15, 2022) – A new survey of Canadian homeowners has found that, while many have experienced a home repair emergency over the past year, a significant number of them have little to no money set aside to cover such a repair, raising serious concerns...

LMI Households Face Obstacles to Achieving Energy Efficiency

by Aimee Estrabillo | April 11, 2022 | Energy Efficiency, Financial Shock, Gas Infrastructure | 0 Comments

Low- and Middle-Income (LMI) households have historically faced obstacles to becoming more energy efficient, despite the outsized impact efficiency measures would have for this population. Low-income households pay more than 7 percent of their income on energy bills,...

Severe Energy Burdens Weigh Heavily on Low-to-Moderate Income Households

by Steve Smith | March 11, 2022 | Electrical Grids, Energy Efficiency, Financial Shock, Gas Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Intergenerational Communities, Maintenance, Partnership | 0 Comments

Roughly seven percent of all Canadian households have high energy burdens, meaning they spend more than 10 percent of their annual income on energy costs. These energy burdens weigh especially heavily on visible minority households, including Black, Asian and First...