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Back on October 3, 2008 we wrote about the progress of the ecoENERGY Residential Retrofit program  during it’s first 18 months using preliminary summary data provided by Natural Resources Canada.

A few days ago we received the detailed numbers. And, they are interesting indeed.

We would like to sincerely thank the Media Relations arm of Natural Resources Canada for providing this information.

Now, the first aspect of interest to us is the level of participation. Why? Well, for any governmental sponsored residential energy conservation program to be effective it needs to encourage significant participation of the target population.

What good is a program which only attracts the voluntary participation of a minute percentage of the entire target population? Better than nothing? Sure. Dramatic and substantive impact? Hmmm.

So, after 18 months (April 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008), here are the participation results:

• Pre-2000 Built Homes in Canada:
  • 9,991,450
• Homes Completing the First (’D') Energy Audit:
  •     185,976
  •                 1.9% (of all pre-2000 built homes in Canada)
• Homes Completing the Second (’E') Energy Audit:
  •      43,202
  •                 0.4% (of all pre-2000 built homes in Canada)
  •               23.2% (of home completing ‘D’ energy audit)

Below is the summary of the participation in the first or ‘D’ energy audit component of this program, by Province and Territory, over the first 18 months of the program, again ending September 30, 2008 (NOTE: The number in bracket beside the name of each Province / Territory indicates it’s relative participation rank)

Province      # Eligible        # D     # D/# Eligible

• Newfoundland & Labrador (13)
  •     172,350              215       0.0%
• Prince Edward Island (7)
  •       48,600              782      1.6%
• Nova Scotia (3)
  •     324,450         10,064       3.1%
• New Brunswick (2)
  •     289,850         12,722       4.4%
• Québec (8)
  • 2,220,400         23,008       1.0%
• Ontario (5)
  • 3,852,200          88,915       2.3%
• Manitoba (6)
  •     395,750            7,383       1.9%
• Saskatchewan (1)
  •     352,000      21,624        6.1%
• Alberta (10)
  •     958,750           7,443       0.8%
• British Columbia (9)
  • 1,345,900         13,343        1.0%
• Nunavut (12)
  •        6,900                 25        0.4%
• Northwest Territory (4)
  •      13,500               371         2.7%
• Yukon (11)
  •      10,800                 81         0.8%
• Canada Total
  • 9,991,450   185,976           1.9%
     

By far, the Province of Saskatchewan has the highest participation rate of any Province or Territory.  Ontario? You have the largest number of eligible homes yet you are only 5th highest in participation. Why?

Below is the summary of the participation in the second or ‘E’ energy audit component of this program, by Province, over the first 18 months of the program, again ending September 30, 2008:

Province      # Eligible        # E     # E/# D

• Newfoundland & Labrador (13)
  •    172,350                  37        0.0%
• Prince Edward Island (9)
  •      48,600                 20        2.6%
• Nova Scotia (6)
  •    324,450            1,678       16.7%
• New Brunswick (8)
  •    289,850            1,965      15.4%
• Québec (4)
  • 2,220,400           4,324      18.8%
• Ontario (1)
  • 3,852,200      25,454      28.6%
• Manitoba (3)
  •    395,750            1,485      20.1%
• Saskatchewan (2)
  •    352,000           4,733      21.9%
• Alberta (5)
  •    958,750            1,372     18.4%
• British Columbia (7)
  • 1,345,900           2,117      15.9%
• Nunavut (12)
  •        6,900                  0       0.0%
• Northwest Territory (10)
  •      13,500                12       0.0%
• Yukon (11)
  •      10,800                  5       0.0%
• Canada Total
  • 9,991,450    43,202     23.2%
     

While Ontario has only the 5th highest paticipation, it ranks first on the relative completion of the second or ‘E’ energy audit which is where the energy conservation improvements are identified and the Federal (and any applicable matching Provincial) grants are awared to the home owner.

Where does your Province or Terrtory rank in the above?

Tomorrow, we look at more results from the first 18 months of the ecoENERGY Residential Retrofit Program.

To learn more details on the progress of the ecoENERGY Residential Retrofit program, simply select this link to the next article.