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Efficiency Nova Scotia instant rebates open
Administered by Efficiency Nova Scotia, through participating retailers; free installations by Homesol and Summerhill.
Money off at the till, with no assessment and no application: $800 on an ENERGY STAR heat pump water heater and $45 on a smart thermostat for electric heat, with smaller amounts on pool pumps and heat pump dryers. In a home with electric heat, a free professionally installed smart thermostat is the better deal.
source · verified 27 September 2026
What it pays
| Upgrade | Condition | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| Heat pump water heater | ENERGY STAR certified; taken off at the till at a participating retailer | $800 |
| Pool pump | ENERGY STAR certified variable-speed pump, at the till | $200 |
| Heat pump clothes dryer | ENERGY STAR certified, at the till | $150 |
| Smart thermostat | For electric heating only; in store at a participating retailer, or online at getmysa.com | $45 |
| Clothesline kit or outdoor dryer | At the till | $5 |
The $45 instant rebate
Buy a smart thermostat yourself and install it.
- Worth
- $45
- Where
- Participating stores, or online at getmysa.com
- Heating
- Electric only
- Who installs it
- You, or an electrician you pay
The free installation
Efficiency Nova Scotia sends a contractor instead.
- Worth
- up to $160
- Cost to you
- Nothing
- Heating
- Electric, with a residential rate code
- Also possible
- Faucet aerators, water-saving showerheads, motion and humidity sensors, solar outdoor lights, thermostatic shower valves
Who is eligible
The instant rebates
- Anyone buying an eligible product at a participating retailer; Efficiency Nova Scotia partners with more than 150 of them and maps them on its page
- No application, no assessment, nothing to mail: the discount is taken off at checkout
The free thermostat installation
- An electrically heated home in Nova Scotia with a residential utility rate code, lived in year-round
- Your existing thermostats are analog or non-programmable digital
- At least one smart thermostat must be installed, in a high-traffic room chosen at the first visit
- Renters need written permission from the landlord or property manager
Where the application goes
Nothing to apply for at the till; the free installation is booked online.
| If this is you | Apply here |
|---|---|
| Instant rebates | At a participating retailer, or getmysa.com for the thermostat |
| Free installation | efficiencyns.ca |
The thing most pages get wrong
Efficiency Nova Scotia's heat pump page is titled with "rebates up to $5,000", and there is no stand-alone heat pump rebate behind that line. Heat pumps are paid through the Home Energy Assessment route, after a $199 assessment, and the same page says "rebates are not available for replacement heat pumps". The rebate you can get without an assessment is the $800 on a heat pump water heater.
Free beats $45
If your heat is electric, the free installation puts in a smart thermostat Efficiency Nova Scotia values at up to $160, at no cost, and the installer can add other free devices. The $45 instant rebate is for people who want to choose and fit their own. Both are for electric heat only.