Alberta Residential Financial Incentives for Insulation
Alberta Home Upgrades Program
The Home Upgrades Program offers free energy efficiency education and home upgrades to qualified families living in Calgary and Edmonton. They identify and install home upgrades based on each household’s unique needs, such as new windows, furnaces, and insulation. The program is designed to reduce energy costs and improve the comfort, safety, and efficiency of the homes of hardworking Albertans.
Lightspark (Edmonton & Calgary)
Your Lightspark Home Energy Score is a tool that gives you a 1-100 score to show you how much energy and carbon your home uses. Your score can tell how much money and comfort your home is sacrificing and how it’s impacting the environment. You can use this number to compare yourself to your neighbours and get recommendations on improving your home and your score.
How Will Lightspark Improve My Home?
Many homeowners are familiar with home design concepts, but they often rely on contractors and other experts when it comes to making impactful upgrades to heating, ventilation, building envelope, and overall home efficiency.
Without the right knowledge, some homeowners find the home improvement process intimidating and are prone to making costly mistakes. The Lightspark Score and software features brings simplicity to this traditionally complicated process, and helps you make confident and informed decisions.
Clean Energy Improvement Program (CEIP)
CEIP offers competitive financing for energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades. Repayments are made through property tax bills, and the financing is tied to the property rather than the owner, facilitating transfer upon sale.
Municipalities such as Calgary, Athabasca, Canmore, Leduc, and Rocky Mountain House are currently accepting pre-qualification submissions.
The Town of Banff
To apply for Town of Banff residential environmental rebates, please complete and submit the Residential Environmental Rebate Application form. If you’re unsure if the item you’re considering qualifies, please contact Planning and Development at 403-762-1215 or visit the website.
Home energy audit – Lesser of $500 or one third of cost
Medicine Hat EnerGuide Home Evaluations Incentive Program
2025 Rebate Amount
HAT Smart offers a rebate of $200 which is payable as a credit to the home utility account. For residential rental properties, the property owner may contact HAT Smart directly to discuss alternative reimbursement options.
Applicants need to provide proof of completion and payment of the EnerGuide Home Evaluation within the 2025 program term of January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
Application Deadline
Application deadline for the HAT Smart 2025 program term is December 31, 2025. The program may be closed at any time if funds have been fully paid out or unpaid funds are to be re-distributed to other HAT Smart incentive programs.
Medicine Hat New Homes Incentive Program
The New Homes Incentive Program is designed to encourage the construction of homes with greater energy efficiency and includes rebates for solar PV installations. An EnerGuide rating, determined by an energy advisor, is required.
New Homes Incentive Program
The New Homes Incentive Program is designed to encourage the construction of homes with greater energy efficiency and includes rebates for solar PV installations. An EnerGuide rating, determined by an energy advisor, is required.
Contractors and consultants working on projects which qualify for HAT Smart rebates must have a valid City of Medicine Hat business license. This business license number must appear on all invoices and paid receipts to be eligible for reimbursement.
Rebate amount
HAT Smart will rebate up to $10,000 based on the level of energy savings achieved beyond a ‘typical new home’ – that is one built to the current energy code.
All gigajoule savings contributed through on-site renewable energy will be included when determining the rebate amount.
Rebate by energy savings percentage
| Percentage of energy reduction compared to baseline rating (R) | Amount of rebate per GJ reduction |
|---|---|
| 10% of R | $50 |
| 11% to 15% of R | $60 |
| 16% to 20% of R | $75 |
| 21% to 25% of R | $90 |
| > 25% of R | $100 |