Fifty homes in southwestern Nova Scotia are among 200 across the province that will soon be more energy efficient.
The province is offering help for some low-income Nova Scotians to save on their energy bills through the Residential Energy Affordability Program.
Conserve Nova Scotia is partnered with the Department of Community Services in the program, and the province has contributed $1.6 million.
Participants were referred from a list of approved Department of Community Services home-repair grant recipients. Conserve Nova Scotia will make energy-efficiency upgrades to homes that meet the program criteria.
Richard Hurlburt, Minister responsible for Conserve Nova Scotia, says the program, on average, a 30 per cent reduction in annual home energy bills for participating homeowners, and a reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions by about 4.6 tonnes a year.
Contracts have been awarded to three service providers in four regions of the province. Clean Nova Scotia will deliver the program in the southwest and central regions.
Information on the program is available on the Conserve Nova Scotia website at
www.conservens.ca or by calling 1-800-670-4636.
