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24 - Friday, November 23, 1990 - North Shore News

HOME & GARDEN save energy dollars

Tips to make home more comfortable

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POWER SMART Home Improvements is an energy-saving home renovation program for elec- trically heated homes in B.C. It is designed to make houses more energy-efficient and comfortable. at no inconvenience and tittle cost to homeowners.

Ac the homeowner’s request, a B.C. Hydro enerey auditor conducts an energy audit of the house that focuses on the key areas of air leakage, ventilation, insulation, windows, energy controls and water heating. Based on the audit results, the auditor devises an action plan of the most cost-effective measures to improve the home's energy efficiency.

The auditor arranges for three Hydro-approved contractors to bid on the energy-saving renovations. If the customer decides to go ahead, he or she chooses a contractor, and the work begins. Hydro pays for the cost of the improvements, and the homeowner repays Hydro through his or her Hydro bill. The program offers a 20 per cent renovation grant of up to $1,000, plus a low-cost loan of up to $4,000, repayable at five per cent interest over five

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years. The cost of the loan will partially be balanced by the savings froin lower energy consumption.

When the improvements have been completed, the energy auditor returns to inspect the work and make suce it meets the highest professional standards.

Power Smart Home improvements offers many benefits to homeowners, including:

- increased comfort and improved air quality in the home

- aconvenient way to do home renovations at very flow cost

- no initial cash outlay

- long-term savings on electricity bills

- increased resaie value of the home.

B.C. Hydro benefits as well, through reduced elec- tricity demand. The program is projected to save 460 million kilowatt-hours (kKW.h) of electricity per year by 2010, of a total of 19,000 million KW.b to 2030.

For more information contact Jay Lewis, Power Smart Home improvements program manager, at 663-3770.

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