Saskatchewan homeowners have more time to make houses more energy efficient

Saskatchewan homeowners planning on making their houses more energy efficient now have more time thanks to the renewal of the EnerGuide for Houses Program.

The program, through SaskEnergy, gives grants of up to $5,000 to people to make their houses more energy efficient.

It was supposed to end on March 31, but the provincial government just extended the program to October of 2013.

Jon Chatwin is a homeowner who is going to make some changes to his house.

“We plan on upgrading our furnace, looking at upgrading windows,” he said. “Energy efficiency is important to us. It's a savings on the environment and we want to be able to contribute to that.”

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Minister Dustin Duncan says the program has been very successful in reducing emissions.

“The program that has been running up until now has reduced greenhouse gas emissions in the province equivalent to taking about 20,000 vehicles off of Saskatchewan roads,” said Duncan.

The extension of this program could save another 34,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.

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