The benefits you can't put a dollar value on

Comfort- R-2000 homes have fewer drafts, less noise and dust and fewer variations in temperature - all of which means improved year-round home comfort.

Healthy Indoor Air - Clean, indoor air means fewer asthma attacks, fewer trips to the doctor and fewer restless nights. It also contributes to improved comfort for you and your family.

Environmental Responsibility - You can take pride in living in a home that has been built applying high environmental standards that minimize the impacts on the land and on landfill during construction, use recycled building products and build in targets for lower water usage and energy consumption.

Peace of Mind - R-2000 homes come with a certificate from the Government of Canada. This certificate means that your home has met the R-2000 energy target, that it has been built by a certified builder that is trained in NRCan's R-2000 Standards, and that it has been quality-assured by independent R-2000 professionals whose job it is to ensure that every R-2000 home meets NRCan's stringent requirements.

The dollar value of R-2000

Average annual energy consumption for a new home built afteR-2000is about $2,300. The average annual energy consumption for an R-2000 home is about $1,700.

Data from R-2000 builders show that the increased cost to upgrade a standard code-built home to the R-2000 Standard is between 4 and 6 percent of the total cost of the home. For a home priced at $200,000, that's a cost premium of between $8,000 and $12,000.