Partners in Indigenous Energy Efficiency & Resilience (PIEER) New!

The Partners in Indigenous Energy Efficiency & Resilience (PIEER) program offers support to Indigenous governing bodies (IGBs) that are coordinating home energy upgrades in multiple homes for their community members. The program includes incentive funding for a comprehensive suite of energy efficiency retrofit measures as well as funding for enabling measures to increase the value and reach of the incentive funding. PIEER’s funding offers include:

• Energy Assessment Funding* - Energy assessments or building condition assessments with a climate and energy efficiency component.
• Energy Efficiency Retrofit Incentives* - Incentives for a range of energy efficiency retrofits/upgrades to existing homes.
• Heating System Maintenance Rebates – Rebates for maintenance and servicing of space and water heating equipment, or for purchase of filters for heat pumps and furnaces.

• Basic Energy Saving Measures - Free energy-saving products, salary funding and training to support product installation.  

  * Plus: Additional funding is available for these offers to support project management capacity for IGB internal or consultant resources.

PIEER includes additional supports for participating IGBs: 

• Dedicated Energy Coaches to answer questions about the program and support participants and their contractors with project planning and applications.
• Up-front funding is available for eligible projects through three of PIEER’s offers (energy assessment funding, energy efficiency retrofit incentives, basic energy saving measures).
• A new on-line program portal for a smoother application process.

Energy Assessment Funding – Participating IGBs can receive funding of up to $500 per home for energy assessments or building condition assessments with an energy efficiency and climate component, plus project management funding (additional 10% of the project’s energy assessment funding scope) to support additional staff or hire external consultants.  

Energy Efficiency Retrofit Incentives – Participating IGBs can get financial incentives for a range of energy efficiency upgrades for existing homes, along with project management funding that can be used to hire additional staff or external consultants.  

Heating System Maintenance Rebates - Annual funding up to $200 per heating system, per home to help maintain space and water heating equipment and controls, or to purchase filters for heat pumps and furnaces.  

Basic Energy Saving Measures - Indigenous governing bodies can access free energy-saving products along with salary funding and training to undertake basic energy- efficiency upgrades in community homes.