Brendan Haley
@brhaley.bsky.social
Policy director for an energy-efficient economy with Efficiency Canada. Adjunct professor at Carleton Public Policy - climate, industrial policy & 🇨🇦 political economy. Ex-pat Nova Scotian in Ottawa.
More importantly, these contracts give a bad name to no up-front cost financing business models that could make big energy savings accessible and easy. A public financing option could ensure fair deals and customer protection www.efficiencycanada.org/re-thinking-...
Re-thinking the Canada Greener Homes Loan Program - Efficiency Canada
The Greener Homes Loan Program is a success, but new business models could unlock public-private cooperation and lower costs for Canadians.
www.efficiencycanada.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
More importantly, these contracts give a bad name to no up-front cost financing business models that could make big energy savings accessible and easy. A public financing option could ensure fair deals and customer protection www.efficiencycanada.org/re-thinking-...
If you want to switch from gas to an efficient electric water heater you will be forced to buy-out the contract for several thousands of dollars.
These unfair contracts are a barrier to getting an electric water heater.
These unfair contracts are a barrier to getting an electric water heater.
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If you want to switch from gas to an efficient electric water heater you will be forced to buy-out the contract for several thousands of dollars.
These unfair contracts are a barrier to getting an electric water heater.
These unfair contracts are a barrier to getting an electric water heater.
Water heater rentals! If you live in Ontario, there is a good chance you pay a monthly fee for your water heater. Multiply that monthly fee over the 15+ years of those contracts and the cost is really scary.
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Water heater rentals! If you live in Ontario, there is a good chance you pay a monthly fee for your water heater. Multiply that monthly fee over the 15+ years of those contracts and the cost is really scary.
Donald Trump wants to kill the Energy Star program that labels efficient equipment and appliances, like HPWHs.
Time for a made-in-Canada approach to efficiency standards and benchmarks www.efficiencycanada.org/energy-star-...
Time for a made-in-Canada approach to efficiency standards and benchmarks www.efficiencycanada.org/energy-star-...
When alignment becomes a liability: ENERGY STAR and the case for a made-in-Canada approach to appliance and equipment efficiency - Efficiency Canada
A made-in-Canada approach can strengthen appliance and equipment efficiency programs, safeguard consumer savings, and reflect Canada’s climate priorities.
www.efficiencycanada.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Donald Trump wants to kill the Energy Star program that labels efficient equipment and appliances, like HPWHs.
Time for a made-in-Canada approach to efficiency standards and benchmarks www.efficiencycanada.org/energy-star-...
Time for a made-in-Canada approach to efficiency standards and benchmarks www.efficiencycanada.org/energy-star-...
The federal government abruptly cancelled the Greener Homes Loan program on Oct 1st, even though the Liberals promised to support “fund home retrofits and lower energy bills … to adopt heat pumps and energy efficiency upgrades”.
You could have financed a HPWH at zero-interest.
You could have financed a HPWH at zero-interest.
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The federal government abruptly cancelled the Greener Homes Loan program on Oct 1st, even though the Liberals promised to support “fund home retrofits and lower energy bills … to adopt heat pumps and energy efficiency upgrades”.
You could have financed a HPWH at zero-interest.
You could have financed a HPWH at zero-interest.
The federal government could needlessly undermine the Energy Efficiency Act in its proposals on interprovincial trade, under Bill C-5. It doesn’t make any sense because we already have the federal uniform efficiency standard whenever a water heater crosses borders.
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The federal government could needlessly undermine the Energy Efficiency Act in its proposals on interprovincial trade, under Bill C-5. It doesn’t make any sense because we already have the federal uniform efficiency standard whenever a water heater crosses borders.
Reposted by Brendan Haley
This is indeed what we have been advocating for
It is the first national energy efficiency program accessible to all low-income Canadians in decades
Next step is a national framework to eliminate energy poverty to direct and stabilize a program like this
It is the first national energy efficiency program accessible to all low-income Canadians in decades
Next step is a national framework to eliminate energy poverty to direct and stabilize a program like this
September 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This is indeed what we have been advocating for
It is the first national energy efficiency program accessible to all low-income Canadians in decades
Next step is a national framework to eliminate energy poverty to direct and stabilize a program like this
It is the first national energy efficiency program accessible to all low-income Canadians in decades
Next step is a national framework to eliminate energy poverty to direct and stabilize a program like this
Reposted by Brendan Haley
This is indeed what we have been advocating for
It is the first national energy efficiency program accessible to all low-income Canadians in decades
Next step is a national framework to eliminate energy poverty to direct and stabilize a program like this
It is the first national energy efficiency program accessible to all low-income Canadians in decades
Next step is a national framework to eliminate energy poverty to direct and stabilize a program like this
September 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This is indeed what we have been advocating for
It is the first national energy efficiency program accessible to all low-income Canadians in decades
Next step is a national framework to eliminate energy poverty to direct and stabilize a program like this
It is the first national energy efficiency program accessible to all low-income Canadians in decades
Next step is a national framework to eliminate energy poverty to direct and stabilize a program like this