New BC Home Energy Planner aims to Help Lower Home-Energy Bills

June 9, 2025

The Province is giving people a free digital tool to help make their homes more energy-efficient and reduce heating bills.

The BC Home Energy Planner makes it simple for people to save energy and reduce their environmental footprint at the same time.

“Many British Columbians, especially those in older homes, may be needlessly wasting energy without even realizing it,” said Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions. “People want their homes to be more energy-efficient and comfortable, and reduce heating bills. The Home Energy Planner is a free and easy-to-use way to do it.”

The Home Energy Planner provides information about each home’s energy use by identifying issues, such as old windows or poor insulation, that may be causing heating bills to be higher than they should be. The tool also provides retrofit recommendations and connects people with program offers and registered contractors.

The planner uses public data and information to assess how well a home uses energy. Homeowners will learn about:

• the home’s energy score (measured in gigajoules per year);
• what kinds of home-energy upgrades will have the biggest impact;
• how home-energy upgrades can help prepare people for extreme weather events; and
• resources to help upgrade the home.

The planner is available to homeowners and renters. It can be used with single-family homes, as well as most townhouses, duplexes/triplexes, rowhouses and manufactured homes. It does not support condominiums, apartments or other multi-unit residential building types.

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