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Green-o-meter

Watch our Green-o-meter grow, as we climb toward our goal of having 250 Calgary homes evaluated using the EnerGuide rating system.

Tips

Did you know?

Today, 17% of all energy used in Canada goes toward running our homes. By using less energy in your home, you can help reduce the production of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that contribute to climate change and harm the environment.

Maintenance tip

The building envelope is made up of a house's exterior walls, basement, exposed floors, ceilings, windows, roofs and doors. As homes age in Canada's severe climate, tiny cracks open in the building envelope. Any future renovations to the home may affect the house's building envelope. Keep this in mind when evaluating your home's energy use.

EnerGuide Explained

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Address

Identifies the house to which the rating applies.

Energy Efficiency Rating

Allows comparison of energy performance between houses of the same size. The more efficient the house, the higher the rating number.

Scale

The low end of the scale represents a house that is built to minimum building code standards.

100 represents a house that is very well insulated, airtight, sufficiently ventilated and that requires no purchased energy (such as a solar powered home.)

Estimated Annual Energy Consumption for the House Under Stantdard Operating Conditions

Allows comparison of the energy consumption of the house to similar houses, and helps esitmate energy costs.

File Number

Official EnerGuide number assigned to homes that have been evaluated.

Evaluated By

Name and telephone number of the EnerGuide service organization.

Date

The date that the energy efficency evaluation was conducted.

EcoBroker® The Green Designation

Please note: The EcoBroker designation combines the teachings of three courses, EcoBroker Environmental Advantage, EcoBroker Energy Advantage and EcoBroker Green Market Advantage.

Step 1:

Enroll online here.

Step 2:

Complete the first two courses in any order.

EcoBroker Environmental Advantage

Learn how to constructively address environmental issues such as radon, asbestos, lead, water, mold, indoor air quality, and other issues that may arise during real estate transactions. Reduce liabilities and save deals by learning to work through environmental issues.

EcoBroker Energy Advantage

Learn about energy-efficiency technologies, sustainable energy options, and mortgage options that award thousands of dollars for energy-efficiency improvements to a home. Catch up with 'green' building certification programs, such as Built Green® and ENERGY STAR® Qualified Homes, so the next time you encounter one, you can speak to its features and attributes.

Step 3:

Complete the third course after you've passed the first two.

EcoBroker Green Market Advantage

Learn how your energy and environmental training can add value to all of your transactions with clients who consider themselves green-mined and those who don't.

Identify new markets where your EcoBroker Designation will have appeal and impact. Generate more commissions from these new relationships and markets.