Reduce your utility bills. Be climate ready.
Join the movement in your neighbourhood!
The Green Home Program is a FREE program for residents of West Bolton to save money, improve home comfort and aesthetics, and help the environment by reducing home energy, water use and by implementing eco-landscaping.
The Green Home Program provides West Bolton SNAP residents with access to:
- One-on-one consultations (in-person* or virtual/phone) with a TRCA staff member, OR a self-guided home survey to identify homeowner interests, potential home retrofits, and available incentive or rebate programs
- A series of expert-led online and/or in-person workshops to support homeowners in implementation of home retrofits
- Customized how-to home retrofit and eco-landscaping resources
- FREE exclusive incentives and giveaways
*All in-person consultations will be held indoors and/or outdoors. Staff and workshop facilitators will take all measures and precautionary steps to protect participants from COVID-19.
To explore the many green retrofit opportunities, check out the West Bolton Green Home Makeover project.
80 households like yours have already participated!
Sign up today and enjoy the opportunity to qualify for FREE incentives.
Do You Live in the West Bolton SNAP Neighbourhood?
The Green Home Program is currently available ONLY for residents in the West Bolton SNAP area (see map below). If your household is located outside this neighbourhood, you may participate in our free expert-led online and/or in-person workshops offered as part of the program (see below). However, home consultations and program-specific incentives are available only to homes located within the West Bolton SNAP boundaries.
Select the image below to view the full-sized map.
Exclusive Incentives and Giveaways
The Green Home Program provides incentives to West Bolton SNAP residents to help get you started on your own green home projects.
West Bolton SNAP residents who sign up for and complete a one-on-one consultation by September 1, 2023 are eligible, and will automatically be entered into a prize draw.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have participated in the West Bolton Green SNAP Home Program in the past, you will also be eligible to enter the prize draw. For those who have participated previously and would be like to be entered, please email Meredith.Gibson@trca.ca with your full name and indicate which of the prizes you are interested in.
Prizes include:
- 1 of 1 Electric lawnmower (value: $100-$300)
- 1 of 5 Albion Hills Community Farm produce boxes (value: $100)
- 1 of 1 Treetop Trekking gift card (value: $200)
- 1 of 15 FREE Fruit and shade trees (value: $65–$100 each)
- 1 of 10 FREE Pollinator garden kits (value: $30 each)
- 1 of 5 Rain barrels (value: $60 each)
New prizes will be announced throughout the program’s duration. Check this webpage regularly for the latest news.
If you are a business owner and would like to donate a prize, please contact Meredith.Gibson@trca.ca.
Learn more about the incentives, eligibility criteria, and raffle rules.
How to Participate
HOME CONSULTATIONS
To book your one-on-one consultation (virtual, phone or in-person), select the button below:
OR get a link to complete a self-guided online consultation by contacting a Home Advisor directly:
Meredith Gibson
Email: Meredith.Gibson@trca.ca
Phone: (416) 669-2329
WORKSHOPS
Register to participate in any of the following expert-led online and/or in-person workshops that will provide you with the information to help get you started on completing your green home projects.
All workshop participants who live in the West Bolton SNAP neighbourhood will be entered in a draw for a door prize. The prize will be a $25 gift card to a local nursery or hardware store of your choice.
Upcoming Workshops
What’s the Fuss about Heat Pumps? – May 25 | 6:30 p.m.
What’s the Fuss about Heat Pumps?
Date: Thursday May 25, 2023
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Online (Zoom)
Presenter: Gil Amdurski, Project Coordinator, Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program (STEP), TRCA
In this expert-led webinar, find out how air source heat pumps work and how they can lower your carbon footprint as well as your home heating and cooling bills.
This event will feature information on how to start the process of getting a heat pump, as well as information about different heat pump systems installed in the Greater Toronto Area. You will also hear feedback from a local homeowner who installed a heat pump system in their own home.
Please note that this workshop is geared towards single-family homeowners (detached, semi-detached, townhome) who are currently living in the Town of Caledon, but is open to anyone interested in learning about heat pumps.
Learn About Your Local Rain Garden – June 22 | 6:00 p.m.
Learn About Your Local Rain Garden
Date: Thursday June 22, 2023
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Adam Wallace Memorial Park, 120 Cedargrove Road, Bolton, ON, L7E 2X1
Facilitated by: TRCA Community Outreach and Education
Want to learn more about green spaces in your neighbourhood? Join West Bolton SNAP and Community Outreach and Education at this hands-on workshop to learn about the new rain garden installed at Adam Wallace Memorial Park and how to create the right rain garden for your property. You will also hear feedback from a local Bolton homeowner who installed a rain garden on their property!
Rain gardens are beautiful outdoor spaces with a lot going on just below the surface. Their special design absorbs excess rainwater, filtering it as it returns to the soil.
Participants will receive a free copy of the Greening Your Grounds Homeowner’s Guide.
This workshop is intended for ages 6+ and will include activities and concepts that are geared to a family audience.
Water Efficiency at Home – July 19 | 6:30 p.m.
Water Efficiency at Home
Date: Wednesday July 19, 2023
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Online (Zoom)
Presenter: Catherine Hobbis, Acting Specialist, Education Programs and Services, Region of Peel
Are you interested in lowering your water bill and using water more efficiently? Join West Bolton SNAP and the Region of Peel to learn how water-saving technologies and simple behaviour changes can reduce your water use, protect the environment and save money.
This webinar will share water efficiency tips for both indoors and outdoors and will inspire you to take action today!
Home Efficiency Rebate Plus Program (HER+) – August 24 | 6:30 p.m.
Home Efficiency Rebate Plus Program (HER+)
Date: Thursday August 24, 2023
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Online (Zoom)
Presenter: Kyle Mennie, Director of Operations, Windfall Ecology Centre
Are you interested in making your home more comfortable and energy efficient? Join West Bolton SNAP and the Windfall Ecology Centre to learn how to utilize the Home Efficiency Rebate Plus Program in your home.
Eligible home retrofits include heat pumps, home insulation, home energy assessments, windows, and more!
Windfall Ecology Centre is a leader in the home energy evaluation field. They have been conducting EnerGuide Home Energy Evaluations since 2001, and as a member of Green Communities Canada have helped pioneer and develop home energy programs across Canada.
Life of a Tree – September 20 | 6:00 p.m.
Life of a Tree
Date: Wednesday September 20, 2023
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: In-person (venue TBC)
Facilitated by: TRCA’s Community Outreach and Education
Trees are all around us, but we can overlook the amazing things they do for us every day. Join West Bolton SNAP and TRCA Community Outreach and Education to learn about the life cycle of trees and what features can help you decipher a tree’s identity.
We will also introduce you to keystone and interesting species that you can find in the West Bolton neighbourhood!
This workshop is intended for ages 6+ and will include activities and concepts that are geared to a family audience.
REGISTRATION COMING SOON.
Saving Seeds: From Gathering to Sharing – October 14 | 1:00 p.m.
Saving Seeds: From Gathering to Sharing
Date: Saturday October 14, 2023
Time: 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.
Location: In-person (venue TBC)
Facilitated by: TRCA’s Community Outreach and Education
Want to learn how to save seeds from native species in the local West Bolton neighbourhood? Join West Bolton SNAP and TRCA Community Outreach and Education to learn what seeds need to survive from storage to propagation.
We will be sharing and trading seeds with neighbours and friends to re-wild the West Bolton community!
This workshop is intended for ages 6+ and will include activities and concepts that are geared to a family audience.
REGISTRATION COMING SOON.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or require further information
about the Green Home Program, please contact:
Meredith Gibson | (416) 669-2329 | Meredith.Gibson@trca.ca
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