Alberta · 16 local services · checked September 28, 2026

Home energy audits and home testing in Calgary

Calgary gets about 4,876 heating degree-days a year, 10% of its houses were built before 1961, and 26 NRCan-licensed service organizations list its postal codes. Pick a service for the local details.

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A two-storey Calgary house with a double garage under a chinook sky, mountains on the horizon

How Calgary is built

Calgary's houses by when they were built Ten house shapes, one for each tenth of Calgary's 379,710 houses. Before 1961: 10%, 1961–1990: 38%, 1991–2000: 17%, 2001 or later: 36%. Older houses glow hotter.
  • Before 1961 10%
  • 1961–1990 38%
  • 1991–2000 17%
  • 2001 or later 36%
Each house stands for one in ten of Calgary's 379,710 houses (single-detached, semi-detached, row and duplex), drawn by when it was built. The glow shows the usual pattern: older houses tend to be leakier and less insulated. Snowfall scales with heating degree-days. Sources: Statistics Canada 2021 Census (table 98-10-0233-01), NRCan HOT2000 climate data.

Calgary at a glance

Climate

Calgary gets about 4,876 heating degree-days a year and has a winter design temperature of −26.2°C, according to NRCan's HOT2000 climate data for Calgary International.

Housing

Of Calgary's 379,710 houses (single-detached, semi-detached, row houses and duplexes), 10% were built before 1961 and 47% before 1991, according to the 2021 Census. The typical house dates from 1991–1995.

Heating

In the Calgary area, 74% of households heat mainly with a forced-air furnace and 8% with a boiler and radiators; natural gas is the main heating energy for 73% of households and electricity for 13% (Statistics Canada, 2023).

Radon

Health Canada's 2012 survey found 8.1% of 86 homes tested in the Calgary Health Region health region above the guideline. The larger 2024 Cross-Canada survey reports 15.5% (1 in 6) of houses at or above the guideline for Calgary Metro Area (Calgary CMA).

Local service guides for Calgary

Energy audits and tests

An energy advisor’s kit on a front-hall bench: infrared camera, pressure gauge with tubing, tape measure, headlamp and a floor sketch

Home energy audit

26 licensed organizations
A red blower-door panel with a large fan fitted into the front doorway of a brick bungalow, a pressure gauge on a stool inside

Blower door test

4,876 degree-days
Hands holding an infrared camera aimed at a ceiling corner beside a frosty window; the screen shows a cold streak

Thermal imaging inspection

4,876 degree-days
A kitchen table with a house floor plan, a laser measure, a tape measure and a laptop showing the plan

Heat loss calculation

Design temp −26.2°C
A duct-testing fan on a basement floor connected by flexible duct to a furnace, a pressure gauge hanging from a joist

Duct leakage testing

74% forced-air
A gloved hand inserting a combustion analyzer probe into a furnace flue pipe in a basement

Combustion safety test

73% heat with gas
A heat recovery ventilator on a basement wall with four insulated ducts running up between the joists

Ventilation and humidity assessment

36% built since 2001
Loose-fill insulation between attic joists, a yellow ruler showing its depth and frost on the roofing nails above

Attic insulation inspection

47% built before 1991
Utility bills and a phone showing a monthly energy-use chart on a kitchen table

Energy bill analysis

ENMAX Power

Home health tests

A small digital radon monitor on a bookshelf in a finished basement family room

Radon testing

15.5% at or above guideline (2024)
A carbon monoxide alarm on an upstairs hallway wall outside the bedrooms at night

Carbon monoxide testing

Not required (recommended)
A moisture meter pressed into water-stained basement drywall, an air-sampling pump on a tripod nearby

Mold and air quality testing

47% built before 1991
A gloved hand holding a sealed sample bag above vermiculite insulation between attic joists

Asbestos and vermiculite testing

47% built before 1991
A gloved hand swabbing layers of cracked old paint on a wooden window sill

Lead paint testing

10% built before 1961
Filling a water-sample bottle at a farmhouse kitchen tap with the aerator removed, snowy fields and a barn outside

Well water testing

Wells rare

For businesses and buildings

An auditor walking between rooftop heating and cooling units on a snowy commercial roof

Commercial energy audit

1 incentive program

Who does energy evaluations in Calgary

26 NRCan-licensed service organizations list Calgary postal codes. See the list with phone numbers and coverage →

City programs in Calgary

Home Energy Performance Map (Home Energy Label Program)

Free City map showing the modelled energy efficiency of Calgary low-density homes (single-family, duplex, townhome, rowhome), useful before booking an EnerGuide evaluation. The program's builder labelling incentives stopped in December 2025.

Rebates and financing for Calgary homes

Provincial Clean Energy Improvement Program (Alberta) Property-tax financing for efficiency and renewable upgrades in participating Alberta municipalities — check your municipality's current intake Open · deadline Federal CMHC Eco Improvement premium refund 25% back on your CMHC mortgage insurance premium after $20,000 of energy renovations Open

Cities near Calgary

Red Deer136 kmLethbridge177 kmSherwood Park279 kmEdmonton280 kmKelowna399 kmKamloops446 km All 70 cities →

Sources

Checked September 28, 2026.

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