Green Incentives and Rebates
As our home renovation continues, I’m finding out that there are a few rebates and incentives I can take advantage of. It’s nice to get something back from the government instead of higher taxes and parking tickets. Read on!
Residential Toilet Replacement Program
The City offers Toronto residents a $60 or $75 cash incentive to replace a water-guzzling toilet with a City-selected water-efficient model. More info.
Retail Sales Tax Rebate on Solar Energy Systems
Owners of residential premises, including multi-residential buildings, can claim a refund of the 8% Retail Sales Tax (provincial sales tax) paid on new solar energy systems and on any expansions or upgrades to existing systems installed in their premises. More info.
Summer Savings 10/10
This program will offer residential consumers an incentive to reduce power use. Cutting use by 10 per cent during a set period will give consumers an additional 10 per cent rebate on their electricity bills. More info.
TAPS program
Homeowners living in Toronto who use natural gas heating can obtain free delivery and installation of up to two low-flow showerheads, aerators for kitchen and bathroom taps, water pipe insulation material and four compact fluorescent light bulbs. More info.
More Rebates
For even more energy related rebates in the remote areas of the province of Ontario (Whitby, Newmarket, Cambridge, Burlington and Maple), consult the Environment Canada website for a list of incentives and rebates. If your name is Dave, then just ignore this entire entry. Then again if your name is Dave and you live in Whitby you probably went to another website as soon as you read Green Incentives and Rebates.
Stumble It!Posted in Observations at 9:35 AM
Comments
Yeah, that residential toilet rebate would be good, you know, if those “water-efficient” toilets actually worked. This is a measure of government. Somewhere, one day, someone said, “hey, why don’t we save water by making toilets that use less water under lower pressure to wash people’s massive turds down into the sewers.” And it never occured to anyone that people’s massive turds might actually have a water pressure threshold, below which they decide they’d prefer not to visit the sewers, but take up long term residence in one’s toilet, until they get flushed for a second, or third time. I’m sorry, but these so-called water efficient toilets aren’t really all that water efficient. In fact, I think we should all go back to those old 6 gallon per flush behemoths. At least we’d be done after one flush every time…
Posted by: Paul on June 26, 2007 1:29 AM
Jay,
Does the low flow shower heads help keep out all the lead your ingesting into your body as well? After all if you are going to spend BIG CHEDDAR on a RENOVATION then you might as well replace all your plumbing while your at it. Mind you it does not fix the lead pipe coming in from the street.
JB
Posted by: JB on June 26, 2007 10:34 AM
Hmm. I’ve been getting a lot of negative feedback about these “water efficient” toilets. Everyone says the same thing — they use less water but you have to flush twice to make it work.
No wonder the city of Toronto is giving you a $75 rebate on a $300 toilet. They don’t work and they’re trying to get rid of them.
Maybe the solution is to have two different toilets. If you have to drop a bomb/take a dump/number two, then you use the toilet with the BIG 6 gallon tank. If you just have to pee, then maybe you use the “water efficient toilet” instead. Compromise.
Posted by: Jay Kerr on June 26, 2007 11:13 AM
My preference is to urinate in the street or my garden. It keeps the damned animals away, and neighbours get some free entertainment. I can write “Australopithecus” in the snow after only two beer!
Posted by: Bill Doern on June 26, 2007 1:46 PM
