CoEfficient Building Science - Nanaimo, British Columbia

Peggy Lasser

Coefficient Building Science made my frustrating federal grant odyssey much easier than it ever would have been without them. I’m a 69-year-old senior with limited computer savvy so I needed a lot of help navigating the Grant process. Pre-and post evaluations were done by Dion, who sat beside me and walked me through filling out the grant application forms. He was so very patient and supportive as I fumbled my way through. He explained everything carefully and checked to be sure that it was done correctly.

I thought it was just going to be a case of waiting for the cheque to arrive. Unfortunately, I was dealing with the federal bureaucracy, which never makes anything easy. Although he didn’t have to, Dion followed up a month after I submitted my application. I was extremely fortunate that he did because I had no idea that there were any problems with my application. Thank you, Dion, for your conscientiousness and your ongoing support throughout the whole process.

Amanda, was my “go to” Person in the CoEfficient Office and Allie was my liaison with the federal government. I spoke to them so many times, that their hearts must have dropped every time they heard my voice. They were always so calm, understanding, willing to listen, offer suggestions, and seek solutions throughout the entire eight months. They were such kind, friendly voices on the other end of the phone line that I never hesitated to call when I needed advice.

The federal government process was the problem. CoEfficient was the solution!

If it weren’t for Dion, Amanda, and Allie, I’m sure I would still be trying to receive my rebates. They have my heartfelt appreciation. Without them, I don’t think if I would have been able to navigate the system and actually receive my rebate.

I highly recommend CoEfficient Building Science if you are looking for a company that is committed to supporting and standing beside you and proactively intervening for as many months as it takes for you to receive your grant.

They went above and beyond my expectations and I am incredibly thankful I chose them.

Scott Littlejohn

From Amanda, who handled our initial contact with CoEfficient's front office to explain what they could do for us to make good energy savings investments in our home, to having Michelle come to our home and do the onsite pre and post refits evaluations for EnerGuide Rebate programs- we had a great experience.

Michelle was so knowledgable and caring and promptly helped us to decide the biggest bang for our bucks as to what energy upgrades to make to our mid 1900's home, and helped us navigate the various Municipal, Provincial and Federal grants and loans available to decide what we could afford and how to apply for them, while we shopped for reputable Island companies to do the work.

The CoEffienct folks were absolutely great and cheerfully helped us anytime we needed clarification from the grant agencies and made sense of everything for us.

With their help and explanations, we got the I's dotted and the T's crossed and our forms and receipts uploaded to the Canada Greener Homes website.

We just received confirmation that our solar grant was also approved and that a cheque was forthcoming from the govt. soon, including the cost of the energy audit.

Our audit guided us in both converting from our gas furnace to a modern high efficiency heat pump - our house is warm down to -15⁰C (and we received some grant assistance for that) as well as now having 80% of our home's total annual energy costs covered by our new solar panelled rooftop energy maker, again with some of the solar cost covered by a grant. The new solar panels are working great and that's right here on rainy Vancouver Island, in our old & modest home!

Everything bit of our energy in our home is now renewable electric, including our vehicle.

We're still connected to the Hydro grid and we get Hydro credits all thru the sunny months, when our excess solar energy is automatically sent back to Hydro and credited to our account, and then in the winter months when the solar electricity doesn't meet our home's energy usage, we use up the summer energy credits from the energy we sent to hydro then, to put against our winter heat pump's consumption.

And our electric heat pump usage has turned out to cost within 1% of what our former 2016 high efficiency gas furnace heating costs used to be!?!

And that's factoring in our heat pump's ability and our usage of air conditioning for our home in the summer!!

This past winter, we only had a $17 service charge for our hydro bill until mid January because of the excess summer generated solar power credits we built up. We had a big single February/March hydro bill like we used to have from October thru March in our pre solar panel winters, and then the solar credits begin to ramp up again.

Our March 10 thru May 9 hydro bill will be less than half of what our total energy bill was with gas heat and electrix for everything else, and then the July bill will be back to Hydro credits and just a $17 service charge bill till 2025.

Talk to Coefficient, get an energy audit, talk to a one of the many reputable heat pump companies (we used Nanaimo's ServiceExcel) and solar design/installers (we used Viridian Energy Co-Operative in Duncan), and see if it makes sense for your home.

Find out for yourself, you might be surprised, as we were, even if you start small with the solar- every panel reduces your hydro bill - and remember, there's no tax write off for your home residential energy bill, the paycheck you get to pay those bills with has already had income tax taken off - so if the sun can lowering your energy expenses makes tax sense too.

Saving $ and helping with climate change can go hand in hand.

Great job Coefficient Building Science- thank you.

Linda Beck-Reynolds

My husband and I retained the services of CoEfficient Building Science to evaluate the energy efficiency of our older home and recommend options for improvement. We had the most wonderful energy advisor, James, who conducted the preliminary energy evaluation and showed us where we could make significant improvements, most of which we were able to complete within our budget. We were very happy with the results and James’ post evaluation showed significantly improved energy efficiency. In addition, we were successful in applying for the Canada Greener Homes Grant which James was able to help us navigate. Our experience with CoEfficient Building Science was excellent and we would certainly recommend their services!

Kempton Quon

Deva from Co-Efficient did my pre and post evaluation on our house regarding the heat pumps installation. Deva arrived on time and was very detailed on his inspection. He was extremely knowledgeable, and was very patience explaining/checking regarding which heat pump qualifies for government grants or rebates.

His support staffs were extremely helpful in advising me on the web site to apply for the rebates and answered any questions I have. They do all the paperwork and submit it to the federal government on my behave

We are so grateful to have such helpful people to help us through the process.
Highly recommended this company

stef zamardi

We were referred to CoEfficient Building Science and met up with Penelope who was very knowledgeable, helpful, and personable. She took ample time to explain the home energy evaluation process and we are extremely happy with the outcome. Thank you very much Penelope and we strongly recommend this company.

Margaret Tahouney

Penelope Roux is a super helpful girl with applying for my grants, she went out of her way to help me, and explained everything l needed to know in order to complete my paper work. Others had promised to help but she is the only one to show up and help, very thoughtful and patient with a senior like me who has no computer knowledge. I highly recommend her , she does a great job, fantastic girl

Claudie Warner

After purchasing our lovely house, we discover that the BC Hydro bill was high and we were wondering what steps will help us to make the house more energy efficient. Here comes Deva with his Energy Evaluation and his Renovation Upgrade Report. Very thorough, easy to understand and Deva went to great length with us to review the report, and to help us to decide which renovations will make the most sens in order to improve the energy performance of our house and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Plus, he also gave us a lot of tips, so yes, i will totally recommend Deva and his company before starting renovations on our house. Thank you Deva

Annie Swift

My home energy audits (pre and post heat pump installation) were professionally and thoroughly performed by Deva. Deva was extremely knowledgeable, detailed, helpful and courteous. The information he provided me in regards to the possible improvements, as well as the available grants/rebates, was comprehensive. Thank you so much, Deva!