How much does Total Home Energy Savings Program pay?

Published amounts run from $50 to $2,000, depending on the upgrade and the conditions attached to it. Every amount and its conditions are listed on this page, each with the date it was last verified against the administrator's own page.

What disqualifies you from Total Home Energy Savings Program?

Cottages and camps not lived in year round. Multi-unit condominiums or apartment buildings of three or more units. Commercial buildings. A home that cannot receive an energy evaluation — fire damage, uninhabitable, or major renovation in progress. Any measure already paid for by another NB Power programme. One measure, one programme. Work done or products bought before the initial evaluation.

Where do you apply for Total Home Energy Savings Program?

Every eligible retrofit: Register at saveenergynb.ca or call 1-800-663-6272, then book the initial Home Energy Evaluation.

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Total Home Energy Savings Program open

Administered by NB Power, under the SaveEnergyNB brand.

New Brunswick's main retrofit programme, open to any homeowner no matter how the house is heated. You pay $99 for an energy evaluation, do the work, and are paid on what the second evaluation measures. It is the province's route for everything: insulation, heat pumps, windows, water heating and air sealing.

source · verified 23 September 2026

What it pays

Rebate amounts by upgrade and condition
Upgrade	Condition	Amount
Air-source heat pump	Central ducted air-source heat pump, on NB Power's qualifying list	$1,500
Air-source heat pump	Furnace heat pump add-on — ENERGY STAR or on NB Power's qualifying list	$1,000
Air-source heat pump	Mini-split heat pump, on NB Power's qualifying list	$400
Air-source heat pump	Multizone heat pump — paid per indoor head, so a three-head system is paid three times	$350
Geothermal heat pump	On the Canada Greener Homes Grant ground-source list, or ENERGY STAR	$2,000
Heat pump water heater	ENERGY STAR certified	$550
Drain water heat recovery	Heat recovery efficiency of 42% or more	$400
Heat recovery ventilation	Heat recovery ventilator, ENERGY STAR certified	$200
Windows & doors	ENERGY STAR certified windows, doors and skylights — keep the stickers	$50
Air sealing	Paid on measured air leakage reduction, on a sliding scale from 10% to 25%. A home already at 3 air changes per hour or tighter is not eligible	$250–$550
Solar panels	$200 per kW — but closed to new entrants. Only participants enrolled by 27 May 2026 qualify, and the work and final evaluation must be done by 31 January 2027	—
Insulation	Attic, walls, basement, headers, exposed floor and basement slab — paid per square foot by the R-value added, from $0.40 to $3.00. At least 20% of the component's area must be insulated	—
Pellet stove	Pellet stove — US EPA or CSA B415.1 rated, WETT installed	$500
Wood or pellet heating	Wood or pellet boiler or furnace — US EPA or CSA B415.1 rated, WETT installed	$500
Wood or pellet heating	Wood stove, or a wood or pellet fireplace insert	$200
Wood or pellet heating	Propane or natural gas fireplace insert, 70% efficiency or higher	$200

Who is eligible

homeowners only: Yes
owner requirement: You must be the legal property owner.
eligible housing: A residential property no more than three storeys and smaller than 600 m² (6,458 ft²). Single-family detached, side-by-side and row homes all qualify.
manufactured homes: Manufactured, mobile and mini homes qualify on a permanent foundation — a basement, slab-on-grade with anchors, concrete blocks on an engineered pad, or piers and beams.
condition: The home must be habitable and structurally sound, with all interior and exterior finishes in place and a working automated heating system, kitchen and bathroom.
fuel: Any. The programme does not care how you heat.
deadline: Nine months from the date of the initial evaluation to complete the work.
repeat participation: You may re-enrol for further work; the fees and incentives in force at that time apply.

What disqualifies you

The rules people find out about after the work is done.

Cottages and camps not lived in year round.
Multi-unit condominiums or apartment buildings of three or more units.
Commercial buildings.
A home that cannot receive an energy evaluation — fire damage, uninhabitable, or major renovation in progress.
Any measure already paid for by another NB Power programme. One measure, one programme.
Work done or products bought before the initial evaluation.

What it costs you

Fees the programme charges the applicant, not amounts it pays.

Fees charged to the applicant
Fee	What it means	Amount
Energy evaluation	Plus HST, paid to the Certified Energy Advisor at the initial evaluation. It covers both the initial and the final evaluation.	$99

One fee, paid to the energy advisor rather than to NB Power, and it is not reimbursed.

What insulation pays, per square foot

Not a flat sum. The rate rises with the R-value you add, and you are paid it on every square foot you cover.

Insulation incentive by area and R-value added
Area and R-value added	Per square foot
Attic, R-15 added (minimum)	$0.40
Attic, R-60 added (maximum post-upgrade R-60)	$0.85
Exterior walls, R-7.5 added (minimum)	$1.125
Exterior walls, R-30 added	$2.25
Basement or crawlspace walls, R-10 added (minimum)	$1.00
Basement or crawlspace walls, R-30 added	$2.00
Basement header, R-20 added (minimum)	$1.00
Basement header, R-40 added	$3.00
Exposed floor, R-10 added (minimum)	$1.00
Exposed floor, R-30 added	$3.00
Basement slab, R-3.5 added (minimum)	$0.55
Basement slab, R-20 added	$2.20

Dollars per square foot of the area insulated, by the R-value added. Each component has a minimum to add before anything is paid, and a maximum post-upgrade value beyond which nothing more is paid. Intermediate R-values are paid on the same scale.

Where the application goes

One front door for the province, and the evaluation is the door.

Where the application goes
If this is you	Apply here
Every eligible retrofit	Register at saveenergynb.ca or call 1-800-663-6272, then book the initial Home Energy Evaluation.

The thing most pages get wrong

The incentive is paid on what the second evaluation measures, not on what you spent, and it can never exceed the cost of the work. Insulation is paid per square foot on a sliding scale from $0.40 to $3.00, so two houses buying the same amount of insulation are paid different amounts depending on how much R-value they added and over how much area.

And the second thing

Solar is on the list but shut to newcomers. Only homeowners who enrolled by 27 May 2026 can claim the $200 per kW, and they must finish the work and the final evaluation by 31 January 2027. A reader arriving at the rebate table today cannot get solar money from this programme.