JADE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES can help you!
Air Balance Tests - Is your ductwork adequate?
Affordable Housing Help - we connect you with the resources you need.
Emergency Power Systems - we get you through power outages with no spoiled food, flooded basements or business down time.
Green Upgrades - reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions
The Federal Greener Homes program offers rebates for retrofits.
How Jade can help. We work with current Energy Advisors to develop the details of your retrofit or advisor application. We provide the costs of retrofits and the savings in energy bills along with the carbon reductions. We then connect you with a qualified installer.
As well as heat pumps, we offer advice for green upgrades. For this we look after you from start to finish. This includes:
- Obtaining information about your home and your areas of interest in going green
- Recommending an energy advisor for you to obtain an audit. There is a fee from them, usually $450 or less.
- Conducting an Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) Load Calculation for your electrical panel to determine if you need new circuits and/or a panel upgrade.
- Preparing options for you in your area(s) of interest in a report that provides capital cost, rebates, operating cost, energy savings and emission reduction.
- Review of your options in a phone call to confirm your decisions.
- Conduct a site visit if necessary to obtain any necessary details and discuss any questions you may have.
- Preparing a detailed installation contract that outlines the work including start up tests, product literature, warranties, dealer qualification. references and payment terms.
- After your approval, obtaining fixed price quotes from our recommended installers.
- Attending the installation if you wish on a fee of mileage and time on site at $40 an hour.
- Arranging the post audit and application for rebates.
We charge $500 + HST for a full assessment but if you just want a heat pump, our cost is $400 + HST.
About Us
Energy represents one third of the emissions produced by the average single family home. Reducing this also saves money.
We get you the best bang for your buck and the planet.
Services
We work with you to determine the best way to save energy through a review of your home and energy use. We walk you through the applications for the government programs that provide incentives to save energy. We then partner with suppliers and contractors to implement the money savings measures. We also educate you in energy conservation techniques. Financing is arranged so you don’t have to put money out at the start. You pay back the improvements through the monthly savings so that you are cash flow positive from day one.
History
Jim Feilders, a Professional Engineer, took the One Tonne Challenge of the Federal Government in 2005 and decided he had to do something about climate change. He started a renewable energy business, bought a Prius and decided to build a green home in Burlington that was constructed in 2010. The home is comfortable, eco friendly and energy efficient while producing 90% less carbon emissions than the surrounding homes. The air source heat pump and heat recovery ventilator are the two main reasons for these results. He gives tours regularly including the annual Ontario Sustainable Energy Association'sOpen Green Doors event every fall. See the video at the link below.
Having worked as a consultant for clients under the FIT and microFIT solar electric programs, he has transitioned into providing assistance with homeowners wanting to reduce energy use and cost while also reducing carbon emissions.
