The government is budgeting $2 billion over eight years with a target of retrofitting one million homes.

Households below the median income level can get up to $10,000 back on a heat pump purchase, while other homeowners can get $2,000 by switching to a heat pump.

Ottawa is in the process of winding down an existing program to subsidize purchases of heat pumps for homes heated with oil. As of March, the Oil to Heat Pump Affordability program helped to install more than 30,000 heat pumps across the country.

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[–] 8 points 1 month ago

@saigot Yay, good news. Its not hard.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (9 children)

    just mandate only heat pumps can be sold. don't give the option for AC only. they are literally the same condenser, just with a reversing cable valve and a few other minor changes.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

    what gets buried? are you thinking geothermal?

    Heat pump

    Air conditioner

    inside the house is no equipment difference. same blower/furnace works, same ductwork, same evap coil. it's an identical install.

    companies charging more because it's a heat pump is instead of an AC is a joke..

    manufacturing materials is 200-300 extra on the condenser at retail price. ohh theres a reversing valve and an accumulator.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    To be fair, only geothermal heat pumps make sense when it gets cold. My heat pump stops doing much around -25C

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    geothermal is great but has its place. that is really costly because of digging yes.

    standard heat pump condenser for a residential application is no different then a standard AC condenser as far as install company is concerned. they just inflate the costs because ' it costs them more' and they maybe have 1 extra wire for the thermostat.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    The "it costs more" is generally relevant to the parts of the country where you also need supplemental heating equipment installed because it stays below -20C for extended periods of time (at those temperatures air source heat pumps can't keep up with heating demand).

    That may not be the case in parts of southern Ontario or coastal BC, but there are large parts of this country that would need the extra heat.

     

    That said, over the life of the system it still costs less when you take into account lower fuel consumption.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    My heat pump is rated for -25C but it certainly doesn't become useless past that, it heats enough to keep my house at 23C for a day or 2 at -30 without it's resistive heating kicking in. There are heat pumps rated for -30 though.

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    [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    It'll only be through dealers that are charging 4X what they should cost.

    I did the Greener Homes Grant signup, got my quotes of approved equipment via approved dealers, then bought a heat pump via Home Depot and installed it myself for half of what it would have cost after the rebate.

    Ridiculous scam.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Interesting. My current heat pump is broken and probably needs replacing next year. I wonder if I'll be able to get that 2k rebate.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    This might be perfect timing for me, depending on how my furnace does.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    This is great news. Now if only the heat pump installers wouldn’t bump their fees by $2k.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago

    I could not give a flying fuck. How about making life affordable for 80 percent of Canadians who can't afford to buy a home?

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