Grants and Contributions:

1. Increase the adoption of home labelling. 2. Develop and organize plain-language digital resources that explain home energy labels, ratings, and recommendations for non-technical audiences that support equity, regional adaptation, and broad usability. 3. Strengthen confidence in home labelling by supporting consistent interpretation across programs, regions, and roles. 4. Enable broad dissemination through trusted delivery partners and existing industry and community networks. 5. Establish an advisory framework to maintain technical accuracy, equity, and relevance over time. 6. Reduce barriers and advance equity for other rural underserved communities and smaller organizations while supporting participation in home labelling initiatives across diverse regions. 7. Support Indigenous, rural, remote, and under-resourced communities by lowering barriers to high-quality information and reducing the burden on smaller organizations to develop their own materials.

Grant or contribution awarded and spanning more than one fiscal year.

The objective is to improve energy efficiency in Canada. Canadian energy users in the industrial, residential, commercial/institutional, and transportation sectors must have access to the information and qualified expertise required to make informed choices on energy consumption in the marketplace. Across all of these sectors, products that use energy and affect energy consumption will be a specific focus.