Are heating systems and hot water systems eligible in emergency situations in colder months?
NRCan is not offering an emergency heating season replacement option for the 2010-2011 heating season. Even if a complementary regional program in your province or territory continues to offer an emergency replacement incentive, energy advisors will continue to model the home based on what they observe at the time of the pre-retrofit evaluation. If your furnace or hot-water heater was red-tagged or could not be repaired during the heating season of October 15, 2009 until March 30, 2010, you could have proceeded with the system replacement before the pre-retrofit evaluation under certain conditions. For example, the property owner needed to call a service organization within five calendar days of the system replacement to schedule a pre-retrofit assessment, and the assessment must have taken place within 30 days of the new system installation. In addition, new gas-fired furnaces must have had an efficiency of 94% or better and oil-fired furnaces MUST have an efficiency of 85% or better
