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Interactive Home Audit

The Interactive Home Audit is designed to educate users about:

  • The amount of energy being comsumed in their homes;
  • How much money energy and water use is costing per month;
  • What efficiency measures can be implemented to reduce consumption;
  • Dollars savings after efficiency measures are implemented;
  • The impact personal actions have on the environment.



 

Home Resource Links

Home Energy Links

Electricity Choices
Brought to you by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance gives links to home audit companies, information on electricity choices. They have cool calculators so you can see the effect both on greenhouse gas emissions and your wallet of changing your appliances, a/c units, furnaces and even lightbulbs.

Natural Resources Canada - Office of Energy Efficiency
Government site that has an interactive assessment of the general efficiency of your house, also links to rebates and incentives for increasing the efficiency of your house.

Green $aver
Green $aver organization with links to home audits, government programs, energy efficiency tips.

ExcessAccess
Earthbound Farm (Organic produce from Northern California)
EcoDirectory (over 15,000 listings for goods & services)
EcoMall (even more listings!)
Green Home
Green marketplace
Green Pages (A green business directory, from Co-op America)
Living Tree Paper
Real Goods (Online sustainable living catalogue)
Shop For Change (An online shopping mall)
Simple Green (Cleaning products)