Alberta · 16 local services · checked September 28, 2026

Home energy audits and home testing in Edmonton

Edmonton gets about 5,668 heating degree-days a year, 15% of its houses were built before 1961, and 27 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 Edmonton is built

Edmonton's houses by when they were built Ten house shapes, one for each tenth of Edmonton's 275,750 houses. Before 1961: 15%, 1961–1990: 37%, 1991–2000: 10%, 2001 or later: 39%. Older houses glow hotter.
  • Before 1961 15%
  • 1961–1990 37%
  • 1991–2000 10%
  • 2001 or later 39%
Each house stands for one in ten of Edmonton's 275,750 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.

Edmonton at a glance

Climate

Edmonton gets about 5,668 heating degree-days a year and has a winter design temperature of −30.8°C, according to NRCan's HOT2000 climate data for Edmonton International, the closest comparable location in that data set (26 km away).

Housing

Of Edmonton's 275,750 houses (single-detached, semi-detached, row houses and duplexes), 15% were built before 1961 and 52% before 1991, according to the 2021 Census. The typical house dates from 1981–1990.

Heating

In the Edmonton area, 79% of households heat mainly with a forced-air furnace and 8% with a boiler and radiators; natural gas is the main heating energy for 74% of households and electricity for 15% (Statistics Canada, 2023).

Radon

Health Canada's 2012 survey found 1.4% of 73 homes tested in the Capital Health health region above the guideline. The larger 2024 Cross-Canada survey reports 16.2% (1 in 6) of houses at or above the guideline for Edmonton Metro Area (Edmonton CMA).

Local service guides for Edmonton

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

27 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

5,668 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

5,668 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 −30.8°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

79% forced-air
A gloved hand inserting a combustion analyzer probe into a furnace flue pipe in a basement

Combustion safety test

74% heat with gas
A heat recovery ventilator on a basement wall with four insulated ducts running up between the joists

Ventilation and humidity assessment

39% 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

52% built before 1991
Utility bills and a phone showing a monthly energy-use chart on a kitchen table

Energy bill analysis

EPCOR

Home health tests

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

Radon testing

16.2% 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

52% built before 1991
A gloved hand holding a sealed sample bag above vermiculite insulation between attic joists

Asbestos and vermiculite testing

52% built before 1991
A gloved hand swabbing layers of cracked old paint on a wooden window sill

Lead paint testing

15% 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 Edmonton

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

City programs in Edmonton

Clean Energy Improvement Program (CEIP)

City of Edmonton PACE-style financing (administered by Alberta Municipalities), repaid on the property tax bill: $3,000 to $50,000 at a 6.00% fixed rate for up to 20 years (or the upgrades' useful life). At least three upgrades are required; pre- and post-project EnerGuide evaluations are required. Air conditioners, gas furnaces (unless paired with a heat pump) and high-efficiency storage water heaters are not eligible. The City says it has no residential rebates at the moment.

Rebates and financing for Edmonton 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 Edmonton

Sherwood Park21 kmRed Deer144 kmCalgary280 kmLethbridge433 kmSaskatoon486 kmKamloops568 km All 70 cities →

Sources

Checked September 28, 2026.

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