HRSP (with assessment)
ActiveGet $600 back on your energy assessments — then up to $7,700 for insulation
Audit required
Regional guide · updated August 23, 2026
The Peterborough & Kawarthas home energy guide
Peterborough has run community energy programs longer than almost anywhere in Ontario — GreenUP has been evaluating local homes for decades — and the region's mix of century town stock and lake-country conversions keeps its auditors busy.
The housing stock, read like an auditor
The city core holds solid century homes — brick and frame — with the usual empty walls and original attics, while East City and the avenues add early-1900s workers' housing. Outside town, the Kawarthas contribute cottage conversions on Chemong, Stoney, and the Otonabee: seasonal envelopes now heating year-round, often on propane or electric baseboard. Rural properties add oil furnaces and wood-stove hybrids to the diagnostic mix.
What audits find in Peterborough & the Kawarthas
- Century-home leakage and knob-and-tube flags in the city core
- Cottage conversions with uninsulated floor systems and crawlspaces
- Propane and baseboard heating primed for heat-pump conversion math
- Wood-heat hybrid homes needing combustion-safety checks before tightening
- Thin attics across every era — the region's default first fix
Tests to ask for by name
- Blower door test — the leakage number that reorders your plan
- Infrared scan — finds the empty walls without opening them
- CSA F280 heat-loss calculation — before any heat pump quote
- Radon test — Health Canada recommends it for every home
Run the planner for the full test list matched to your house — it carries into your audit request automatically.
The rebate angle
GreenUP anchors the local audit supply alongside province-wide providers, and Home Renovation Savings covers the standard stack. For lake-country conversions on propane or baseboard, the heat pump rebate (up to $12,000) plus a proper heat-loss calculation is the region's highest-value combination.
HRSP (no assessment)
ActiveHeat pump and single-upgrade rebates without an assessment
No audit required
CMHC Eco Improvement
Active25% back on your CMHC mortgage insurance premium after energy renovations
No audit required
Registered advisors serving Peterborough & the Kawarthas
All 2 are NRCan-licensed service organizations — with direct links to their Google, HomeStars, and BBB reviews. Full directory view →
GreenUP
Non-profitNRCan-licensed service organization
Peterborough and the Kawarthas
The Energuy
CompanyNRCan-registered service organization
Province-wide Ontario coverage; also active in BC, AB, SK, MB and several US states
Common Peterborough & the Kawarthas problems, diagnosed
Drafts and cold rooms →Heating bills feel too high →Ice dams and icicles →Thinking about a heat pump →
Local questions
We heat partly with wood — does that complicate an audit?
It makes one part more important: the combustion safety and spillage check. Tightening a house changes how stoves and chimneys draft, so the audit verifies venting before air-sealing work — a safety step, not paperwork.
Who does audits in Peterborough?
GreenUP is the community non-profit with decades of local evaluations; The Energuy covers the region commercially. Both are NRCan-licensed service organizations.
Plan it properly in Peterborough & the Kawarthas
Tell us about your home and we'll match you with a registered service organization — with the right tests flagged for your situation.
Email us what you’re planning and your postal code — we’ll reply with registered service organizations for your area and which rebates apply.
Email hello@audityourhome.com