Rebates and offers listings

New Home Program

Rebate frog

up to

$20,000

  • Customer

    Residential electric

    Residential gas

  • Heating

    Electricity

    Gas

  • Income

    Not income qualified

Due to the Canada Post service disruption customers will experience a delay in receiving their rebate cheques. For general updates, please refer to the  information alert page.

FortisBC is advancing energy efficiency in new home construction by helping builders and developers achieve higher levels of the BC Energy Step Code with support through the New Home Program. The program helps lower the costs of incorporating higher energy efficiency in new home construction and building to higher code standards.

Design offer rebates are for integrated design processes focused on improved building envelopes and installing high-efficiency equipment. Builders can receive up to $7,000 to cover consulting fees of Integrated Design Process (IDP), building science consultants and/or mechanical design specialists on individual homes. Multi-family projects can receive up to $50,000.

Design offer

Item

Amount

Integrated design process

$1,000

Building envelope design

Up to $3,000

Mechanical design

Up to $3,000

Whole home rebates

Supports energy-efficient new home construction by offering rebates to builders who meet higher levels of the BC Energy Step Code. Homes must meet the mechanical system eligibility outlined in the Eligibility section of this page. 

Item

Amount

Homes built to Step 4

$15,000

Homes built to Step 5

$20,000

Energy advisor support 

An energy advisor can help maximize the efficiency of your project and our rebate can help lower the cost of hiring the advisor. You’ll need to hire a program-qualified energy advisor to qualify for home performance rebates.

Item

Amount

Details

Program-qualified energy advisor support

$800 to the builderSupports builder coordination with the energy advisors

$500 to the builder

For completion of an optional mid-construction blower door test

$200 to the energy advisor

Supports the completion of the rebate application

Equipment and appliances

Item

Amount

Details

Drain water heat recovery system

$250

Connected thermostat

$100

ENERGY STAR® refrigerators

Up to $100

ENERGY STAR washers

Up to $100

ENERGY STAR dryers

Up to $250

Support for Indigenous communities

Indigenous communities may qualify for enhanced New Home Program rebates.

To learn more, please contact us at [email protected] or call 1-866-884-8833 and select option 4.

  1. To qualify for rebates, the home(s) must meet this criteria:
    • new construction
    • built on a permanent foundation
    • built in FortisBC’s gas or electricity service areas*.
    • a maximum of three storeys high
    • one of the following:
      • detached house (may include a secondary suite)
      • attached house (e.g. semi-detached, townhouses, duplexes, triplexes, row house or attached house with or without a secondary suite)
      • laneway home
  2. The home's mechanical system must undergo commissioning to ensure the system is installed and operating according to best practice.
  3. For homes with a dual fuel mechanical system, applications must be submitted no later than the earlier date of either: six months after the "completion date" for the building and by December 31, 2027, whichever comes first
  4. For homes with an all-electric mechanical system, applications must be submitted no later than the earlier date of either: six months after the "completion date" for the building and by December 31, 2027, whichever comes first

*includes municipal electricity customers of Grand Forks, Penticton, Summerland and Nelson Hydro.

Mechanical system eligibility

Dual fuel

  • combination space and water heating system integrated with a heat pump, or
  • furnace integrated with a heat pump, electric water heating

Integrated means a system that is:

  • operated by a single system of controls
  • connected to a single heat distribution system
  • designed, rated and sold together as a single heating system, or combined into a single package and sold together as a single heating system

Switchover temperature

  • climate Zone 4: Lower than 5°C
  • climate Zone 5, 6, 7, 7A, 7B, 8: Lower than 2°C

All-electric (FortisBC electricity service territory only)

  • electric furnace, baseboards or heat pump, electric water heating
  1. The program-qualified energy advisor has all the necessary tools to submit the application on your behalf.
  2. The energy advisor can apply online for New Home Program rebates:
    • For homes with a dual fuel mechanical system, applications must be submitted no later than the earlier date of either: six months after the "completion date" for the building and by December 31, 2027, whichever comes first
    • For homes with an all-electric mechanical system, applications must be submitted no later than the earlier date of either: six months after the "completion date" for the building and by December 31, 2027, whichever comes first
  3. If you are eligible, we’ll mail your rebate in the form of a cheque. Please allow up to 90 days to process.

If you have pre-registered for the 2023 New Home Program, rebate details can be found on the 2023 program page.

Rebate frog

up to

$20,000

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For advice on the energy-efficiency options best suited for your project, contact an energy solutions manager. 

A program qualified energy advisor can help maximize the efficiency of your project and our rebate can help lower the cost of hiring the advisor.

New Home Program case studies

Learn more about building new homes to higher steps of the BC Energy Step Code.

Building new homes to higher steps of the BC Energy Step Code