NB Power’s New Home Energy Savings Program provides financial incentives to builders or homebuyers who build energy efficiency homes.
Download the Program Guidelines.
To be eligible to receive rebates, Participants must be registered either:
- before the building permit date of issuance (preferred option); or
- at a maximum, within 30 days of the building permit date of issuance.
Either builders or homebuyers (defined in this program as people having homes built) can participate in the program; builders must sign and agree to a Builder Agreement to participate in the New Home Energy Savings Program. A Builder Agreement only needs to be signed once. Contact NB Power to learn more about Builder Agreements.
Buildings eligible for incentives:
- Must be located in New Brunswick; and
- must be a home as defined below:
- Homes can be detached (single family), semi-detached, or individual units of row housing. To qualify, semi-detached or row housing units must have party walls that extend from slab to attic and have separate heating and ventilation systems. Buildings with common areas or shared basements are not eligible. See Appendix C in the Program Guidelines for examples of housing configurations, and
- Be a residential property as defined under Part 9 of the National Building Code of Canada 2015. Such properties would be no more than three (3) stories high and having a footprint of not more than 600 m2 (6,458 ft2 ), or
- Be a manufactured dwelling on a permanent foundation (as defined under Part 9 of the National Building Code of Canada 2015). Types of eligible foundations:
- Basement foundation
- Slab-on-grade with anchors
- Concrete blocks on an engineered pad
- Piers and beams
- and must have an electric primary heating system:
- A house with any kind of central heat pump, regardless of space heaters like wood/pellet/gas/oil/propane stoves or
fireplaces.
- A house with in floor heating provided by an electric boiler, regardless of space heaters like wood/pellet/gas/oil/propane stoves or fireplaces.
- A house with an electric furnace, regardless of space heaters like wood/pellet/gas/oil/propane stoves or fireplaces.
Ineligible buildings include:
- Mixed-use buildings with less than 50% Residential Occupancy, or
- Multi-Unit Residential Buildings having more than (3) stories high, 3 or more units, and having a footprint of more than 600 m2 (6,458 ft2). See Appendix C for examples of housing configurations; or
- Off-grid buildings; or
- Homes that are attached to a chassis; or
- Non electrically heated homes as defined below:
- A house with a central non-electric heating system that has mini-split(s).
- A house with a central non-electric heating system with electric space heaters like in floor heating in a bathroom or in an addition.
Please note: Homes having up to two units, such as granny suites or homes with an adjacent unit, may be eligible to participate in the program. If there is an interior unlocked doorway connecting the two units, the property may be eligible. Eligibility will be determined by your Service Organization.
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A geothermal heat pump
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Yes
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A central air source heat pump
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Yes
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A central electric furnace
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Yes
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In floor heating from an electric boiler
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Yes |
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Any of the systems above along with a non-electric space heater like a wood, pellet, natural gas, oil, or propane stove or fireplace
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Yes |
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A central non-electric furnace or boiler along with any number of mini-split heat pumps
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No |
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A central non-electric heating system with any number of electric space heaters like in floor heating in a bathroom or an addition
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No |
Qualifying mini-split and multizone heat pumps
Any and all mini-split and multizone heat pumps installed must be on the NB Power Eligible Heat Pump product list. Please see product eligibility criteria in Appendix C for more detail. In cases where an ineligible heat pump has been installed in a home that otherwise meets program requirements, the participant may receive a reduced incentive.
Click here for a list of qualifying heat pumps
Click here for a list of qualifying multizone heat pumps
Thinking of going solar?
The Solar Ready Guidelines from NRCan specify a number of design considerations and modifications builders can make to new attached and detached homes in preparation for the installation of a future solar thermal system or solar photovoltaic system.
Electronic Technical Reference Manual for Upgrades
The Technical Reference Manual gives you insight into calculated energy savings for installation of eligible equipment. See how NB Power calculates energy savings and enables visibility to potential in-year and lifetime energy savings.
Access the Technical Reference Manual now.
