Programs for Homeowners / Residential Users

The Government of Saskatchewan offers a number of programs to assist homeowners and residential users Go Green in their day-to-day lives. Go Green by participating in one or more of the following programs:

1. Saskatchewan EnerGuide for Houses - The EnerGuide for Houses program provides homeowners with valuable advice on how to improve the comfort and efficiency of their home. Through this program Saskatchewan residents are eligible to receive a grant for energy efficient upgrades they make. The maximum retrofit grant you can receive from both federal and provincial sources is a combined total of $10,000. Saskatchewan EnerGuide for Houses is administered by SaskEnergy on behalf of the province, and in cooperation with the Government of Canada.
   
   
2. Energy Efficient Rebate for New Homes - The Energy Efficient Rebate for New Homes is a program that provides incentives to Saskatchewan residents who are currently building or planning to build an energy efficient home that is either ENERGY STAR® qualified or R-2000 certified. These homes are built to an EnerGuide 80 standard.
   
   The program helps offset the cost premium that can be associated with building an energy efficient home. New homeowners are eligible to receive up to $2,400 in rebates ($1,000 for the purchase of an ENERGY STAR® qualified or R-2000 certified home, $1,000 for the installation of a solar domestic hot water heating system, $150 for the installation of a drain water heat recovery system and $100 for the installation of one qualifying natural gas appliance or $250 for two qualifying natural gas appliances).
   
   
3. Saskatchewan Home Energy Improvement Program (SHEIP) - SHEIP provides financial assistance to help low to moderate-income homeowners and rental property owners housing low income tenants make energy efficient retrofits that will help them save energy and money over the long-term.
   
   
4. Household Hazardous Waste Days - This program provides Saskatchewan residents with an opportunity to properly dispose of household chemicals and waste products they no longer use. Unused items include: fluorescent light bulbs, solvents that people have in their homes, domestic use pesticides and corrosive cleaners. This program gives people a convenient and environmentally friendly way to dispose of household hazardous wastes. The next collection day will be in Spring 2008.
   
   
5. Saskatchewan's Green Directory - The Saskatchewan EcoNetwork received funding from the Ministry of Environment for the development and operation of a province-wide web-based green directory. This directory provides consumers with a listing of Saskatchewan-based suppliers that offer green products or services. 
   
   
6. Net Metering Program - Net metering is one program in a suite of sustainable and renewable energy initiatives that is designed to ensure that our province is supplied with safe, reliable and sustainable electricity now, and into the future.
   
   The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) will pay a one-time fee of 25 per cent of eligible start-up costs up to a maximum of $100,000 (i.e., maximum $25,000). Projects with generating capacities of 100kW or less that comply with the local utility's net metering policies and enter into net metering contracts with their local electric utilities are eligible for funding under this program.
   The net metering program includes wind, low-impact hydro, biomass, heat reclaim, flare gas, and photovoltaic (solar) generation.
   Links to local utility's net metering policies: SaskPower or the City of Saskatoon
   
   
7. Science Centre Exhibit - "Wild! Saskatchewan" - WILD! Saskatchewan is a fun and interactive exhibit with a serious and compelling message about our environment and why we need to maintain it. Visitors will learn about Saskatchewan's eco-regions, topography and diverse life, which all work in concert to create our amazing natural environment. WILD! Saskatchewan also shares information about the conservation and protection of our world and what we can all do to help. The Ministry of Environment was one of eight funding partners that made this exhibit possible.
   
   
8. Science Centre Exhibit - My Home Planet Earth - The Science Centre received a grant from the Ministry of Environment through the Green Initiatives Fund to host a traveling exhibit that explores the connections between environmental health in a manner that can be understood by children ages 5-12.