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When Jaclyn visited a Champion’s home, she noticed that the house was upgraded with energy saving products and the home was in great condition. However, she noticed that the Champion’s utility bill was higher than average. During the home visit, Jaclyn uncovered that the Champion did her laundry very often and used the dryer eachRead more

Yan Ren’s family qualified for the Home Upgrades Program based on their household income and existing burdens with their energy bills. On Oct 17th, 2018, our team completed a home assessment at Yan Ren’s house and educated the family on how to save energy long-term. When the Empower Me team arrived, right away you could see a happy family inRead more

When the Empower Me Home Upgrades Program team arrived at Sau Lan Chan’s home, they discovered that she had a manual thermostat, was using incandescent light bulbs, and didn’t know much about energy efficiency. Our team replaced her manual thermostat with one that is programmable. At first she was hesitant about using a programmable thermostat,Read more

When the Empower Me team visited Hanson Tsui for a Home Assessment for the Home Upgrades Program, Hanson noted that his master bedroom was colder than the rest of the house and he didn’t know why. Also, when the furnace was on, the basement and laundry room were very hot. Our team uncovered that thereRead more

Grace Ho found out about Empower Me through an article in Sing Tao, Calgary’s Chinese newspaper. She had some concerns about water condensation around her window frames and asked for a home visit. During the home visit Deborah, our Energy Mentor, found that the water condensation was caused by the window blinds blocking the flowRead more

Stephen Chiu became an Empower Me Energy Champion at one of our Energy Savings Workshop and requested a home visit after attending the workshop. Stephen told our Energy Mentor, Jaclyn Cai, that the showering time in his home was nearly an hour because of his daughter and she did not want to shorten her showers.Read more

Migdalia, a recent newcomer to Canada from Columbia, recently invited our Energy Mentor Clarence to visit her home and help her to improve her energy efficiency. During the home visit, Migdalia was most interested in learning how to use her thermostat. She was nervous to touch it as her landlord had told her to setRead more

While doing a Home Visit our Energy Mentor Jaclyn noticed that the family’s home had already been upgraded with energy saving appliances and was in great condition. However, despite this the family’s utility bills were very high. During the home visit, Jaclyn found that the water temperature for the house was set at 60 ℃.Read more

After attending an Energy Savings Workshop at the Canadian Women’s Immigrant Association, Yetunde invited our Energy Mentor Clarence to her home to help her improve her energy efficiency. Yetunde had moved to Canada from South Africa only three months prior to attending our workshop. As a newcomer, Yetunde was amazed by the Energy Savings WorkshopRead more