The sequence is where the money is
Size the heat pump before the walls are insulated and you buy a system too large for the house you end up with. That mistake costs more than the advice.
All energy measures
Before you choose measures
Energy advice
Energy advice is not a measure on the building. It is the survey that decides which measures are worth doing in your home, and in what order they should be taken.
See what this means for your homeThis measure is relevant if
- You do not know where to start
- The home has several weaknesses at once
- You are planning a larger upgrade over time
- You need documented grounds before applying for support
What the advice actually decides
Not every measure pays off everywhere
A measure that is obvious in one home can be wasted in another. It depends on construction, climate, consumption pattern and what has already been done.
A figure to measure against
Without a starting point you cannot tell whether the measures worked. The survey gives a calculated baseline to compare with.
Grounds for an application
Several of Enova's schemes require documentation of what was done and why. An energy plan is that document.
Sequence matters
The advice comes first. That is the entire point of it — it sets the order of everything else. Taken after the first measures are done it is still useful, but by then you have already made the choices it was meant to help you with.
Enova funding
Enova supports energy advice, but the scheme has two conditions worth knowing: the advisor must be employed by a business that meets Enova's competency requirements, and the labour of producing an energy plan must be invoiced. Using Gadder yourself gives you the overview — but it is not an invoiced energy plan from an advisor, and so it does not trigger this particular grant.
Rates and terms change. What you can receive depends on the building, how the work is carried out and which schemes apply at the time. Always check Enova's own pages before relying on a figure.
The rates tell you what you can receive. The calculation tells you what the measure actually does to your home — how much it saves, what it costs, and whether it should come before or after the others.
Which measures pay off in your home?
Enter the address. Gadder collects what is known about the building, calculates the energy demand and ranks the measures by what they actually deliver.