The Arctic Energy Alliance (AEA) is thrilled to be the recipient of the 2020 ENERGY STAR Canada Program Administrator of the Year award. The AEA has long been an ENERGY STAR participant—promoting and offering rebates on ENERGY STAR certified products—but this is its first time winning a related award. Among the accomplishments that earned the … Read more
Residents and organizations in nine NWT communities can now get additional rebates on electric vehicles, on top of recently announced federal government incentives. Effective June 15, the Arctic Energy Alliance is launching a program to help reduce the cost of electric vehicles (also known as EVs) and charging stations. Rebates of $5,000 are available for … Read more
The AEA has made some changes to our rebate programs for the 2020/21 fiscal year. Most of these changes make it easier for people to apply for rebates. The highlights are below. For full details see the individual program guidelines and application forms. Some of these changes may only apply for this year so take … Read more
Here are a few of the organizations across the NWT that have completed major energy-efficiency and renewable-energy projects recently. Nahanni Inn The Nahanni Inn is the latest business in Fort Simpson to adopt a wood pellet heating system. They added two pellet boilers, which are expected to provide virtually all of the heat the inn … Read more
In February, the AEA travelled to Deline to complete our first home energy evaluations in the community since 2013. We evaluated 11 homes while we were there. The results can help the homeowners make decisions on things like making upgrades to save on energy costs or even to make their homes more comfortable—such as by … Read more
This year’s community wood stove project is well underway. The stoves arrived in the partner communities before physical distancing measures were in place, ready to be installed when the weather warms up. There are 14 stoves in Whati, 10 in Gameti and another 10 in Deline. Another 15 should soon be arriving in Sambaa K’e … Read more
Getting a new building constructed is a big job. How can you ensure you get something that not only serves your basic needs, but is energy efficient as well? We can help with that. We’ve put together a guide for community governments, businesses and other organizations that are planning to construct a new building and … Read more
Check out our latest annual report to see what the AEA has been up to over the past year. Here are some of the highlights: We provided 689 total rebates, worth more than $600,000. The clients we worked with will annually save: 630 tonnes of greenhouse gases—equivalent to converting two thirds of the power generation … Read more
From time to time the AEA produces case studies to highlight the savings that result from some of the projects we do with our clients. We’ve just produced three more to showcase some of the work from recent years. Check out our case studies page to read them, as well as all of our past studies. The … Read more
In 2017, the AEA launched a partnership with several Northern and NorthMart stores across the NWT to offer point-of-sale rebates on LED light bulbs. In April, we expanded that partnership to offer instant rebates on ENERGY STAR® certified appliances. By broadening the range of point-of-sale rebates, we’ve made it easier for people in communities across the … Read more