Green Homes
Residential services for greener homes
Services include home energy evaluations, government rebates, energy-saving tips, our annual rain barrel sale, and stormwater solutions.
A non-profit, community centred, social enterprise — designing and delivering sustainability programs for homes, business, and cities since 1998
Windfall Innovations
NEW
Home retrofit accelerator module for municipalities
From the Data Science Experts at Windfall Centre
Virtual Home Energy Assessment Tool
Setting a new standard in online benchmarking with AI technology...
Home-energy evaluations at the click of a mouse!
Windfall Open Source
Open Source Policy Papers
Windfall Centre has been an active participant in sustainability issues for over 25 years. We have a long history of collaborating on policy development and are often contracted to research and create policy papers. When permitted, we make these policy papers available for public download in PDF format.
Open Source Data Visualizations
By bringing obscure data to life, data visualizations have a unique ability in revealing new insights. Our data science professionals are often contracted to create custom data visualizations to help clients realize new opportunities amongst mountains of data. When permitted, we make these data visualizations available to the public.
Sustainability News
Windfall receives national award for first-of-its kind Weather-Ready Home Assessment Protocol.
Windfall Ecology Centre has received national recognition by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) for its pioneering Weather-Ready Home Assessment Protocol, developed in partnership with Durham Region to help residents identify home vulnerabilities and prepare for extreme weather. The protocol received the 2025 Gold Roof Award for Knowledge to Action for translating climate knowledge into practical guidance for homeowners facing risks such as extreme heat, cold, windstorms, flooding and wildfire smoke.
Canada announces $2.9 million environmental education fund.
On Friday, September 13, 2024, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has announced the awarding of $2.9 million to 8 Canadian organizations for projects dedicated to environmental education and climate literacy.
NW Territories get $186,000 to monitor climate change effects. The fund will help build resiliency in Indigenous and northern communities.
On Friday, August 16, the Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, announced funding to help communities in the Northwest Territories monitor the effects of climate change. The North Slave Métis Alliance is receiving $186,000 in federal funding over three years for its Guardianship program and community-based climate and wildlife monitoring work.
Canada invests in heat pump training for skilled workers. The training aims to foster a cleaner economy across the country.
On Tuesday, August 13, the Government of Canada announced over $500,000 in federal funding to support the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) to help address the skills gap for heat pump proficiency.
Featured
Durham Region launches, Windfall designed, Durham Greener Buildings program
Durham Region understands that building energy benchmarking is a key first step to improving GHG performance in the building sector. To this end, Durham engaged Windfall Centre, to develop and deliver a building energy benchmarking program for commercial, institutional and multi unit residential buildings across the Region.
Durham Greener Homes wins prestigious, international MarCom Gold Award for client
Windfall designed, Durham Greener Homes program received the prestigious MarCom Gold Award for "Strategic Communications: Marketing and Promotion Campaign".
