Equinox Energy

Our Approach

Equinox Energy was birthed out of a realization that there was an opportunity in energy audits to


  • Provide home owners, businesses and non-profits with a more wholistic perspective on their environmental impact

  • Have honest conversations with people about how we can be better stewards of our local environment

  • Train and employ more people from diverse backgrounds in the green economy


We provide energy audits and consulting services for residential and commercial buildings. We seek to embody and demonstrate a new way of doing business that centers our humanity and our relations with each other and the earth. We are a social enterprise not-for-profit and we work to train and employ individuals from the communities with which we work.


We seek to take an approach that nourishes ourselves and our communities by slowing down and taking a more person-centered approach.

Our Services

Residential Energy Audits

NRCAN Residential Energy Audits

We are a registered Service Organization with National Resources Canada and provide NRCAN EnerGuide Rating System home energy audits. This is the audit you’ll need if you’re looking to take advantage of the Greener Homes Grant or the Greener Homes Loan program.

Here’s how it works:

  1. You send us an email at info@equinoxenergy.ca

  2. We come to your house for a 2-4 hour energy audit

  3. We provide you with a report that summarizes the energy consumption of your house and provides you with a list of recommended upgrades to reduce carbon emissions and energy bills

When working with First Nations to complete residential audits, we work with the nation and our partner organizations to train and employ people from the nation.

Holistic Energy Audit

Under development. If this is of interest to you, please contact us so that we can better understand the needs of our community

We are creating a wholistic approach to energy audits. Beyond the standard windows, doors, insulation, air sealing etc., we provide expertise and recommendations on changes in food systems, water systems and lifestyle habits that can better our relationship with ourselves, each other and the earth

Commercial Energy Audits

ASHRAE I - Walk-Through Audit

This is the basic starting point for building energy investigation. This stage begins with conducting an energy use analysis by reviewing past utility bills to determine how much energy the building uses, and how it compares to similar buildings in similar climates. After this is completed, a walk-through of the building is done, including brief interviews with site operating personnel. From this we are able to propose low/no cost energy conservation measures and a list of capital improvements that warrant a further level of analysis. Building Energy Assessments are most commonly selected when the goal is to identify that the potential for savings exists, or to help an owner with multiple buildings prioritize which should be assessed first.

ASHRAE II - Detailed Energy Audit

The Detailed Energy Audit includes the completion of all aspects of the Building Energy Assessment, including a site walk-through. However, the Detailed Energy Audit includes more detailed energy calculations and financial analysis of identified Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs), and is considered an investment grade audit. This process undertakes a thorough evaluation of building envelope, lighting systems and controls, HVAC systems and controls, domestic hot water, plug loads, and process energy uses. A list of practical ECMs are developed and analyzed, including the presentation of operating cost reductions and capital expense requirements for each ECM. A Detailed Energy Audit may or may not include the use of energy modeling software, depending on the ECMs considered, and also may or may not include targeted systems logging and monitoring, depending on desired objective of the Audit.

Contact Us

Send us an email! We can be reached at info@equinoxenergy.ca