How Brantford is built
- Before 1961 35%
- 1961–1990 37%
- 1991–2000 9%
- 2001 or later 19%
Getting your usage history in Brantford
Most of Brantford is served by GrandBridge Energy for electricity and Enbridge Gas for natural gas.
What the analysis shows
Brantford gets about 3,809 heating degree-days a year, a measure of how much heating its climate needs, and its winter design temperature, the cold day heating systems are sized for, is −18.4°C. Those figures come from the climate data for London, the closest comparable location in that data set (73 km away) in HOT2000, the home-energy software Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) gives energy advisors. Weather-normalizing your bills against those degree-days separates heating from baseload (lights, appliances, hot water), so you can see how much of the bill a heating upgrade can actually touch, and compare a mild year with a harsh one fairly.
In Brantford, summer air conditioning also shows up on the electricity bill: compare your July and August use with a spring month to see roughly what cooling costs, and how much a heat pump or better attic insulation could take off it.
Communities served
Area guides for the surrounding region, with every town and hamlet listed: Norfolk County area guide (Simcoe, Port Dover, Delhi, Waterford and more); Haldimand County area guide (Caledonia, Dunnville, Hagersville and more); County of Brant area guide (Paris, St. George, Burford and more).
NRCan-licensed service organizations serving Brantford
A service organization is a company that Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) licenses to deliver EnerGuide evaluations; its registered energy advisors do the home visit. Bring 12 months of bills to any of these organizations' evaluations; the advisor's model uses them as the baseline for projected savings.
Only assessments from the seven HRSP-approved organizations qualify for the $600 Home Renovation Savings rebate and its assessment-path upgrade rebates; each listing below says whether it's one of them.
- Acacia Engineering HRSP-approved: No
- All Season Inspection HRSP-approved: No Profile
- AmeriSpec HRSP-approved: Yes Profile
- BEST Energy and Sustainability HRSP-approved: No
- Capital Home Energy HRSP-approved: No
- Energy Werx HRSP-approved: Yes Profile
- EnerQuality HRSP-approved: No
- EnerSolution HRSP-approved: No Profile
- EnviroCentre HRSP-approved: No
- ER Energy Solutions HRSP-approved: No
- F2 Energy HRSP-approved: No
- Green Canada Home Advisors HRSP-approved: No Profile
- Green Think HRSP-approved: No
- Greenbrain HRSP-approved: Yes Profile
- MAP Energy HRSP-approved: No
- Reep Green Solutions HRSP-approved: No Non-profit network Profile
- Sensible Home Inspections HRSP-approved: No
- The Energuy HRSP-approved: Yes Profile
- Verdatech Energy Management and Consulting HRSP-approved: No
- Isle Energy Consulting HRSP-approved: No
- CoEfficient Building Science HRSP-approved: No
Programs in Brantford
Energy bill analysis in Brantford: common questions
How do I download my energy usage in Brantford?
GrandBridge Energy: Green Button Download My Data (XML) via the My Account portal or a direct link on the GrandBridge site. Link Enbridge Gas: Gas utility (most of Ontario): My Account, then Share My Data, then Download your Data: up to 24 months of billing and usage data as Green Button XML. Link
What is Green Button?
A standard format for downloading your own energy data. Ontario electricity utilities have been required to offer Green Button Download My Data since November 1, 2023.
Why weather-normalize bills?
A cold winter raises heating bills even if nothing about the house changed, and a hot summer raises cooling bills. Normalizing to degree-days lets you compare years fairly and measure real savings.