Executive Summary All across Canada, communities are seeking to ramp up actions to lower their energy use and corresponding greenhouse gas emissions, while improving their resilience to extreme weather, increasing the quality of life of their residents, and reducing inequities. Home energy retrofits, meaning renovations such as improving insulation, air-sealing, installing more efficient space and water heating systems, or replacing windows and doors present effective opportunities to address these issues. Recognizing this opportunity, the Regional District of Mount Waddington (RDMW) has undertaken this Community Efficiency Financing Feasibility study, prepared by Ecotrust Canada, to assess retrofit opportunities, barriers, and financing options for its residents. The financing options considered in this study include on-bill financing, property-assessed clean energy (PACE)/local improvement charge (LIC) ...
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