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.
Yay, good news. Its not hard.
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 and a few other minor changes.
Minor changes like having a coil buried 2m down in the ground because of Canadian winters?
what gets buried? are you thinking geothermal?
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.
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.
