Home EnergySave Learning Resources & Templates

We hope this list of resources will help you in your endeavor to reduce energy consumption in your home. Find resources you are looking for in the following categories:

• Webinar Recordings
• Communications and Outreach Templates
• Guides and Website Resources

For further inspiration, please visit our Community Successes page.

Webinar Recordings

Fraser Basin Council hosts peer mentorship webinars as part of the First Nation Home EnergySave program. Video recordings of these webinars are available for replay on FBC YouTube channel — watch for new videos as they come online!

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Communications and Outreach Templates

Please click to download any of these templates:

Chiefs and Council

• Energy Efficiency Materials (Word template)
• Energy Efficiency Presentation (PowerPoint template)

Community Residents

• Energy Tips Materials (Word template)
• Energy Tips Presentation (PowerPoint template)
• Kwadacha Energy Savings Info Posters 
• Pembina Institute’s “Benefits of Energy Efficiency” Infographic
• Methods of Community Engagement on Energy Efficiency Report

Maintenance and Operations Staff

• Energy Efficiency Materials (Word template)
• Energy Efficiency Presentation (PowerPoint template)

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Guides and Website Resources

New Construction

• Nuutsumuut Lelum | Community Success Story (Nanaimo 2018): The Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre partnered with BC Housing to construct culturally appropriate, affordable, energy efficient housing for the Urban Indigenous community in Nanaimo.
• Illustrated Guide: Energy Efficiency Requirements for Houses in British Columbia 
  • 2012 Lower Mainland and Southern Vancouver Island
  • 2012 North Vancouver Island and Interior

Renovations

• BC Hydro: Free Energy Saving Kit
• Energy Saving Kit Installation Guide
• 2015 Best Practices for Air Sealing and Insulation Retrofits for Single-Family Homes
• 2017 Natural Resources Canada “Keeping the Heat In” guide
• Home Performance Energy Advisors database
• 2010 Do-It-Yourself Home Energy Audit Guide

Home Maintenance

• BC Hydro "Do-It-Yourself and Save" videos

Checklists:

• 2010 About Your House: Home Maintenance Schedule
• 2009 About Your House: Attached Garages and Indoor Air Quality
• 2009 About Your House: Measuring Humidity in Your Home
• 2007 About Your House: Attic Venting, Moisture and Ice Dams
• 2001 About Your House: CMHC Air Flow Test

• Pembina Institute Benefits of Energy Efficiency infographic

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Community Energy

• Community Energy Association renewable energy guide series
• Resource Guide from 2018 "Green Homes, Warm Homes" Workshop
• Indigenous Clean Energy: A social enterprise that's empowering leadership and collaboration with Indigenous peoples on the path to a clean energy future

Housing Policy

• Housing Policy Toolkit 3.0: The Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council has released a new Housing Toolkit available at no cost to Canadian First Nations. Housing Policy Toolkit 3.0 is designed to provide a comprehensive, integrated and flexible solution for the housing policy development process.

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