Complete the guided intake
Allow about 10–15 minutes for most homes. Add equipment, bills, usage, goals and quotes. “Not sure” is accepted, photos are optional, and partial answers still help.
Services
Independent advice, priced for the decision you're making.
Four clear ways to turn difficult home-energy questions into easy decisions. Every service starts with a guided intake and ends with a visual comparison of practical options, costs, effort, maintenance, convenience, current public support and next steps.
The same easy start for every service
You provide the facts. I show you the answer — and what you may have missed.
After booking, you receive a link to the guided HomeEnergy Intake app. It asks only what you know about your home and the decision you are facing. The report then connects those facts to practical options, including relevant improvements you may not have considered.
Export and return your package
The secure portal saves your answers as you go. Submit the intake for review when you're ready; there is nothing to download or email.
Use the call for decisions
I review the intake before we meet. We confirm the important facts together, fill only the useful gaps, and focus the consultation on your options.
Input
Facts about your home
Current systems, behaviour, consumption, bills, goals, preferences, quotes and optional evidence.
Output
Easy answers to difficult questions
Visual comparisons, honest ranges, effort and maintenance, convenience, current public support, a relevant overlooked option, a clear answer and next steps.
Core service 01
See a sample deliverableDecision Brief · fictional data
Home Energy Decision Consult
A focused options report for one real question, based on how your home and household use energy today.
Starting at $295 CAD
Best for a specific, time-sensitive decision. Final scope and fee are confirmed before work begins.
See a sample deliverableDecision Brief · fictional data
Why this exists
Most big home energy questions get answered by whoever's trying to make the sale. This consult exists to give you one unbiased, reasoned answer to the specific decision in front of you — before any money is committed.
What goes into the decision
- Your current equipment, fuels, energy use, routines and major loads.
- Your bills, rates, goals, budget, timing and maintenance preferences.
- Two to four practical options, including keeping the current setup when that deserves consideration.
- Relevant public rebates or financing checked against current official sources.
How the options are compared
Financial rangeReturn horizonEffortInstallationMaintenanceOngoing serviceEase of useTime to benefitPublic support
Who it's for
Homeowners facing a single, concrete question — “Should we do solar now or wait?”, “Which heat pump path fits our house?”, “Is a battery worth it here?” — who want an unbiased answer before spending.
What you can expect
A visual report showing the best financial fit, fastest path, easiest option, lowest-maintenance option and best-balanced choice — plus a relevant improvement or operating change you may not have considered.
Core service 02
See a sample deliverableQuote Comparison Report · fictional data
Quote Review
A visual, independent comparison of the proposals already on your desk.
Starting at $495 CAD
Best when you have one or more quotes and want a second opinion before signing.
See a sample deliverableQuote Comparison Report · fictional data
Why this exists
Proposals for the same job routinely use different products, assumptions, prices, payment terms and timelines. This service puts the comparable parts on one basis and makes the non-comparable parts impossible to miss.
What's included
- Normalized prices, taxes, incentive assumptions and included scope.
- Equipment, warranties, maintenance, service and responsibility differences.
- Deposits, payment milestones, financing, cancellation, expiry and timeline comparisons.
- Graphs and tables that show both the differences and why they matter.
How the quotes are compared
Price basisPayment termsEquipmentIncluded scopeExclusionsWarrantiesTimelineChallengesIncentives
Who it's for
Homeowners holding one, two or three quotes that don't line up — or a single quote they simply want a knowledgeable, independent eye on.
What you can expect
A clear view of the lowest quoted cost, clearest scope, strongest commercial terms, fastest stated timeline and lowest uncertainty — plus any relevant alternative scope or sequence the proposals did not address.
Core service 03
See a sample deliverableResilience Review · fictional data
Backup Power & System Review
A practical comparison of backup paths, based on your outage goals, current setup and essential loads.
Starting at $695 CAD
View Backup Power Review details
Best when you're planning backup power, or suspect a generator, panel or system isn't right.
See a sample deliverableResilience Review · fictional data
Why this exists
Backup choices are hard because cost, automation, fuel, maintenance, noise, outage duration and installation all pull in different directions. This review makes those trade-offs visible before a licensed professional completes the final design and sizing.
What's included
- A plain-language record of outage goals, critical loads and current backup equipment.
- Existing setup, generator, battery, load-reduction and hybrid options.
- Cost ranges, automation, fuel, maintenance, installation and service trade-offs.
- A verification checklist for the licensed professionals responsible for final sizing and design.
How the backup paths are compared
Financial rangeAutomationEase of useInstallationMaintenanceFuelNoiseOutage fitPublic support
Who it's for
Rural, cottage and complex-load homeowners planning backup power for the first time, or anyone who already has a generator or panel and isn't confident it was sized or set up correctly.
What you can expect
A clear view of the fastest practical path, easiest daily experience, lowest-maintenance option and strongest multi-day approach — plus options such as targeted backup or load reduction that may avoid unnecessary complexity.
Core service 04
See a sample deliverableRoadmap Report · fictional data
Full Home Energy Roadmap
A visual whole-home plan that compares improvement paths and puts them in a practical order.
Starting at $1,250 CAD
Best for a whole-home strategy or a multi-year, phased upgrade.
See a sample deliverableRoadmap Report · fictional data
Why this exists
Isolated answers fail when your systems interact — a heat pump changes your electrical load, solar changes your backup math, rates change what any of it is worth. This roadmap exists because the biggest, costliest mistakes come from deciding one piece at a time instead of sequencing the whole home.
What's included
- A clear current-state picture of systems, loads, behaviour, comfort and resilience goals.
- Competing upgrade paths compared before a sequence is recommended.
- Financial ranges, return horizons, effort, disruption, maintenance and convenience by phase.
- Current public incentives and financing mapped to the phases they may support.
How the roadmap choices are compared
Phase cost rangeReturn horizonEffortDisruptionMaintenanceConvenienceDependenciesTime to benefitPublic support
Who it's for
Owners of rural, cottage or complex-load homes planning several upgrades — who want one coherent plan instead of a stack of disconnected quotes.
What you can expect
A report that makes the sequence easy to understand: what produces the fastest benefit, what makes financial sense, what is easiest to live with, what can wait, which step unlocks the next and which overlooked enabling action changes the plan.
Prices are in Canadian dollars and exclude HST. Final scope and fee are confirmed before work begins. Travel, site complexity, additional proposals or specialist input may affect the fee.
Topic areas
The subjects these services cover.
Every engagement draws on the same core areas. You don't pick from a menu — we focus on whichever ones your decision actually touches.
Solar
Whether panels suit your roof, orientation and load — and how to size a system without overbuilding for a return you won't see.
Home batteries
When storage earns its keep — for backup, rate arbitrage, or pairing with solar — and when it's simply an expensive add-on.
Backup power & generators
Keeping essentials running through outages: generator sizing, batteries or a hybrid, matched to what your household actually needs.
Backup panels
Which circuits stay live in an outage, how a backup or transfer panel should be planned, and avoiding a setup that leaves out what matters.
Heat pumps
Cold-climate air-source options, backup heat strategy, and how a heat pump interacts with the rest of your electrical picture.
Geothermal
Whether ground-source heating and cooling is worth the upfront cost for your property, soil and long-term plans.
Time-of-use & rates
Choosing between time-of-use, tiered and other rate structures, and shaping usage so upgrades pay off sooner.
Full-home planning
Tying it all together — how heating, power, storage, backup and rates interact — and sequencing decisions so each one sets up the next.
Advisory only — no guaranteed outcomes. Recommendations are advisory and depend on site conditions, utility rules, the contractors and equipment you choose, the assumptions used, program eligibility, and the quality of implementation — all of which vary and can change over time. No specific savings, performance, cost or timeline outcomes are guaranteed. This service does not replace regulated or licensed engineering, electrical, or contractor work; that work stays with qualified professionals where it is required. Always confirm current program requirements directly with the relevant program.
Not sure which fits?
Tell me what you're considering.
Describe your home and the decision in front of you, and I'll point you to the right starting engagement.