2.3.2 Windsor Residential Deep Energy Efficiency Retrofit (R-DEER) Program 

Windsor residences consume 24% of the community’s energy use to heat and power their homes. The residential sector contributes 22% of the community’s GHG emissions. In total, homeowners and tenants paid $184 million for the energy and water they needed in 2018. Over the next two decades, these energy and water costs are expected to more than double or even triple, with most of these energy dollars leaving the community (see Appendix A – Windsor Residential Energy and Emissions Profile).

The energy efficiency of the Windsor residential sector is 35% below the Provincial average and approximately half that of global best practice. Table 1 is from the 2017 Community Energy Plan.

Table 1: Windsor’s Energy and Emissions Benchmarking

Item	WindsorBaseline	CanadaAverage	OntarioAverage	Comparable Best Practice1
Utility/household (GJ)	142	106	107	68a
Utility/m2 (Res) (GJ)	1.00	0.79		0.29b
Utility/m2 (non-res) (GJ)	1.61	1.65		0.72c
GHG CO2e)/ person(Tonnes	8.8	9.7	6.2	3.5d

1 Superscripts: (a) Use per home is 35 per cent above Ontario average and more than twice Danish average; (b) Use per square meter of home 20 per cent higher than Ontario average which is more than 3 times the typical German A-rated home which represents about 30 per cent of the current new construction market; (c) Use per square meter of non-residential is around the Canadian average but more than twice German average; and (d) GHG/capita is comparable to Canada average but nearly 3 times the average per capita emissions for the City of Copenhagen.