Green Ontario Fund (GreenON)

Purpose

The Green Ontario Fund (GreenON) is a capital program for social housing buildings to complete eligible energy efficiency upgrades that will reduce operating costs, improve the buildings’ performance and efficiency and enhance the quality of life for tenants while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Funding

The Province of Ontario has announced an allocation of $25 million over three years for the 2018 GreenON Social Housing program.

Criteria

Must be social housing, i.e. must be subject to a transferred housing program under the Housing Services Act, 2011

Must be a single social housing apartment building

Must have less than 100 units

Must not have received or be receiving funding under existing greenhouse gas reduction programs including Social Housing Apartment Retrofit Program (SHARP), Social Housing Apartment Improvement Program (SHAIP), Social Housing Electricity Efficiency Program (SHEEP) and Municipal GHG Challenge Fund

Eligible Building Retrofits

The cost of required building energy audits (pre and post retrofit)

Replacing building heating and/or cooling systems, equipment, and associated sub-components including items such as mechanical insulation

Upgrading exterior or interior building insulation

Solar walls

Upgrading building windows and/or exterior doors

Upgrading building lighting systems including converting to light-emitting diode (LED) lighting systems, lighting controls, and sensors

Re-cladding or upgrading building envelopes

Proposed retrofits that utilize low-carbon and carbon-free energy technologies/systems, subject to review and approval by the GreenON Fund

Technologies that are unproven, not generally available commercially or are pilot/demonstration projects will not be eligible.

How to Apply

Housing Providers must submit a Business Case for each job/project they wish to complete with GreenON funding. The Business Case must include supporting documentation, e.g. technical reports, quotes/estimates, etc.

More information on the GreenON Business Case can be found at nrh.ca in the Providers section.

Reporting

Housing Providers approved for GreenON funding will be required to:

Sign a Contribution Agreement which will describe the legal obligations and reporting requirement for the approved project

Submit invoices to receive payment for approved work under GreenOn

Track and report GreenON funding received on their annual audited financial statements

Recovery of Funding

NRH will take all available remedies to recover funding if a Housing Provider is not in compliance with the program guidelines or fails to complete the approved work within the program timelines.