CREB^® members will soon be able to participate in a new program that provides homeowners with automatic digital home energy labels.

Alberta Ecotrust Foundation has partnered with Lightspark to launch a pilot project to provide the first-ever digital home energy labels for all homes in Calgary and Edmonton.

A home energy label shows how much energy a home uses (energy and carbon) and how that compares to similar homes. This label is like an appliance label on your fridge or a nutrition label on food. It gives homeowners and buyers a deeper understanding of a home’s efficiency that can help inform the buying or selling process.

This pilot project aims to:

• Display Digital Home Energy Labels on an interactive map so homebuyers and REALTORS^® can easily compare the energy performance of different homes, understand the potential upgrades, and feel confident in their home purchase.
• Enable REALTORS^® to educate homeowners on the energy efficiency of a home using the map. This will help REALTORS^® fully answer homebuyers questions about home efficiency so they can confidently send clients their dream listings.
• Make the map easy for homeowners to view and update labels with recent energy-efficient upgrades so they can feel proud of their label and feel assured it is accurate.

• Encourage homeowners to upgrade their homes so that they can improve their health and comfort while enabling jobs for local contractors such as windows, insulation, HVAC installers, and electricians.

This project is not intended to serve as a replacement for getting an EnerGuide home energy audit. Homeowners are encouraged to check the eligibility requirements of funding programs for energy efficiency upgrades.

Only CREB^® members and REALTORS^® Association of Edmonton members will be eligible to participate in the engagement and training process.

This project uses data made available from the City of Calgary and the City of Edmonton and complies with privacy regulations.

The Digital Home Energy Map is expected to launch in Fall 2022.

For more information, email info@albertaecotrust.com.