Rebates and incentives

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Financial incentives can help people take action on climate change.

Find out how you can cash in on energy rebates and incentives by shifting to lower-carbon homes, buildings and vehicles. Even small changes to homes and businesses can result in big cost savings and reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Making the switch to an electric vehicle in Whistler just got easier!

The RMOW has partnered with the Province of British Columbia’s CleanBC Go Electric EV Charger Rebate Program to provide additional rebates for the purchase and installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at multi-unit residential buildings and workplaces.

  • Multi-unit residential buildings are eligible for rebates up to $5,000 per charging station installation from CleanBC Go Electric.
  • Workplaces are eligible for rebates up to $5,000 per charging station from CleanBC Go Electric, with up to $1,000 top-up from the RMOW,

Get the EV Charging Station rebates today!

Learn more about eligibility requirements and how to apply.

Clean BC Rebates

CleanBC Better Homes and CleanBC Better Buildings have rebates for residential, commercial, institutional, and multi urban residential buildings.

The RMOW is offering a $350 top-up to CleanBC Better Homes and Home Renovation Rebate Program participants who switch from a fossil fuel (oil, natural gas or propane) heating system to an electric air source heat pump.  For more information, click here.  

Learn more and find ways to save at betterhomesbc.ca and betterbuildingsbc.ca

Retrofit Assist – Residential Energy Assessment Rebate Program

Are you interested in retrofitting your home to reduce monthly utility costs? Whistler homeowners that apply to Retrofit Assist (free guidance for your home energy upgrades) are eligible for a $250 rebate towards an Energuide for Homes home energy evaluation, the first step to understanding your energy use.  

Apply to Retrofit Assist today and redeem your Energy Assessment Rebate.

Clean BC Rebates

The new CleanBC Better Homes New Construction Program has launched. This program provides rebates up to $15,000 for the construction of new, high-performance, electric homes. Multiple pathways and add-ons are available.

Rebate pathways:

  • Energy Step Code pathway: Build a new home that meets a minimum BC Energy Step code level and uses electric space and water heating systems.
  • Heat Pump pathway: Build a new home that uses an electric heat pump for space heating or water heating, regardless of Energy Step Code level.

Add-on rebates:

  • All-Electric Bonus: build a home with no fossil fuel (e.g. natural gas, propane, oil) connection whatsoever (including for cooking, fireplaces, or other uses) and receive an additional $4,000 per home
  • Energy Advisor Support Rebate: work with a Program Qualified Energy Advisor and receive an additional $1,000 per home

Visit the CleanBC program website for full program details.

BC Energy Step Code

Find out more about the BC Energy Step Code which is carving the path to achieving a future of net-zero energy ready buildings and homes. 

Contact

Climate and Environment
climatechange@whistler.ca 

Related Links

BC Energy Step Code