How Waterloo is built
- Before 1961 11%
- 1961–1990 43%
- 1991–2000 19%
- 2001 or later 26%
Getting your usage history in Waterloo
Most of Waterloo is served by Enova Power for electricity and Enbridge Gas for natural gas.
What the analysis shows
Waterloo gets about 4,331 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 −20.3°C. Those figures come from the climate data for Mount Forest, the closest comparable location in that data set (58 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 Waterloo, 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: Waterloo Region townships area guide (Elmira, St. Jacobs, New Hamburg, Ayr and more); Wellington County area guide (Fergus, Elora, Mount Forest, Erin and more); Grey County area guide (Owen Sound, Meaford, Hanover, Thornbury and more).
NRCan-licensed service organizations serving Waterloo
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
- Clean Energy Solutions HRSP-approved: No
- Ecostep Energy Services HRSP-approved: No
- EnerQuality HRSP-approved: No
- EnerSolution HRSP-approved: No Profile
- EnviroCentre HRSP-approved: No
- ER Energy Solutions HRSP-approved: No
- F2 Energy HRSP-approved: No
- GETS Energy HRSP-approved: No
- Green Canada Home Advisors HRSP-approved: No Profile
- Green Think HRSP-approved: No
- Greenbrain HRSP-approved: Yes Profile
- Isle Energy Consulting HRSP-approved: No
- 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
- Energy Werx HRSP-approved: Yes Profile
- Enerhold Engineering Solutions HRSP-approved: No
Programs in Waterloo
Energy bill analysis in Waterloo: common questions
How do I download my energy usage in Waterloo?
Enova Power: My Account or the Green Button page: Download My Data in XML (you need your account number and meter number). 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.