How Kelowna is built
- Before 1961 8%
- 1961–1990 42%
- 1991–2000 16%
- 2001 or later 33%
Getting your usage history in Kelowna
Most of Kelowna is served by FortisBC for electricity and FortisBC for natural gas.
- FortisBC: Account Online: review billing information and energy usage (same login for FortisBC electricity in Kelowna and FortisBC gas). Its 'My energy use' tool adds an appliance-level breakdown. Export and Green Button not confirmed. Link
- FortisBC: Account Online: review billing information and energy usage (same login for FortisBC electricity in Kelowna and FortisBC gas). Its 'My energy use' tool adds an appliance-level breakdown. Export and Green Button not confirmed. Link
What the analysis shows
Kelowna gets about 3,715 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 −16.1°C. Those figures come from the climate data for Kelowna 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 Kelowna, 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 guide for the surrounding region, with every town and hamlet listed: Okanagan area guide (West Kelowna, Vernon, Penticton, Summerland and more).
NRCan-licensed service organizations serving Kelowna
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.
- Acacia Engineering
- Buildingexpert
- Capital Energy
- City Green Solutions
- EcoLogic Energy Advisors
- Energy Werx Profile
- Enerhome Consulting
- EnerSolution Profile
- EnerVision
- ER Energy Solutions
- GETS Energy
- Green Canada Home Advisors Profile
- Green Think
- Greenbrain Profile
- HomeTech Energy Solutions
- Isle Energy Consulting
- Sensible Home Inspections
- The Energuy Profile
- VerdaTech Energy Management and Consulting
- Capital Home Energy
- HomeStep.ca
Programs in Kelowna
Energy bill analysis in Kelowna: common questions
How do I download my energy usage in Kelowna?
FortisBC: Account Online: review billing information and energy usage (same login for FortisBC electricity in Kelowna and FortisBC gas). Its 'My energy use' tool adds an appliance-level breakdown. Export and Green Button not confirmed. Link FortisBC: Account Online: review billing information and energy usage (same login for FortisBC electricity in Kelowna and FortisBC gas). Its 'My energy use' tool adds an appliance-level breakdown. Export and Green Button not confirmed. 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.