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This is the eighth in a series of posts on our journey to navigate government grants and loans available for home energy retrofits and to replace our natural gas furnace with a cold-climate heat pump. Click here to see all articles in the series . I want to share our first experience with our heat pump now …
This is the seventh in a series of posts on our journey to navigate government grants and loans available for home energy retrofits and to replace our natural gas furnace with a cold-climate heat pump. Click here to see all articles in the series . “The cheque is in the mail”. That’s what Kirby, Enbridge’s Customer …
This is the sixth in a series of posts on our journey to navigate government grants and loans available for home energy retrofits and to replace our natural gas furnace with a cold-climate heat pump. Click here to see all articles in the series. I realize I’m about to wade into the political swamp by arguing …
Continue reading “Heat Pump Chronicles Vol. 6 Is “Axing the Tax” really a good idea?”
man conducting a blower door test
This is the fourth in a series of posts on our journey to navigate government grants and loans available for home energy retrofits and to replace our natural gas furnace with a cold-climate heat pump. Click here to see all articles in the series. Our heat pump is installed. It’s beautiful and, although it’s only …
This is the third in a series of posts on our journey to navigate government grants and loans available for home energy retrofits and to replace our natural gas furnace with a cold-climate heat pump. Click here to see all articles in the series. With Thanksgiving upon us and the weather turning colder, I realize …
Heat Pump Chronicles is our story about replacing our natural gas furnace with a zero carbon heat pump. In this volume I describe what a heat pump does and the government grants and loan programs available to residents.
This is the first in a series of posts on our journey to navigate government grants and loans available for home energy retrofits and to replace our natural gas furnace with a cold-climate heat pump. Click here to see all articles in the series. The Break Up Twas the night before Christmas and all through …
“Summer 2024 shatters records for severe weather damage: Over $7 billion in insured losses from floods, fires and hailstorms.” That’s the headline from a recent Insurance Bureau of Canada blog post. The post highlights the unprecedented number and severity of natural disasters across the country that resulted in a 406% increase in the number of …
Brampton has been all over the news in the last two days because a family of coyotes have chosen a school yard as a place to hang out. Recent sightings on the property of Our Lady of Peace Separate School prompted staff to keep students inside during recess over the past few days. Concerned parents …
Continue reading “Coyotes! It’s time, (once again), to set the record straight”