Radon action guide for municipalities: Subsidies, incentives and energy efficiency
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Subsidies and incentives
Distribution of free or subsidized test kits
- LUNGNSPEI provides free radon test kits for low-income Nova Scotia households
- The Wyoming Department of Health offers free home radon test kits.
- Ontario health boards have distributed free test kits as part of community testing.
- The Canadian municipalities of Chelsea, QC and Saint Joseph du Lac, QC sell subsidized test kits.
- State of Pennsylvania and the American Lung Association: targeted free distribution for high-risk zones.
- Take Action on radon's 100 Test Kit Challenge distributes 100 free test kits to 10 or more Canadian municipalities a year.
- Lung Saskatchewan partnered with Saskatoon Public Library and Regina Public Library to start a Radon Lending Program that includes a special discount for long-term test kits.
Free air quality inspections
- The City of Fort Collins, Colorado has a Healthy Homes program, which offers free indoor air quality testing in resident homes, including for radon, as well as self-assessment tools.
Grant programs and tax credits for mitigation
- Nova Scotia Radon Reduction Grant Program provides financial support to low-income Nova Scotia households to mitigate their homes (up to $2,500)
- Saskatchewan's renovation tax credit included radon mitigation (ended 2022).
Loan programs
Manitoba Hydro's Energy Finance Plan provides an on-bill financing loan for upgrades to gas and electrical systems and includes radon mitigation. Municipalities can consider on bill financing options for property taxes and utility bills.
Direct subsidies
The Habitation Durable program in Quebec offers financial subsidies to home renovations, including radon, and applies in:
- Danville
- Dixville
- Ham-Sud
- Petite-Rivière-St-François
- Piessisville
- St-Valérien
- Varennes
- Victoriaville
After participating in Take Action on Radon's 100 Test Kit Challenge, the City of Vaudreuil-Dorion began selling radon detectors for just $5, including analysis and shipping. It will reimburse 50% of the cost of installing a radon mitigation system to a maximum of $500 per residence.
Energy efficiency
The following guides, standards and programs include radon.
Energy efficiency guides
- Energy Efficiency and Radon: Recognizing Legal Liabilities (BC Lung Foundation)
- Energy Efficiency and Radon: Gaps in the System (BC Lung Foundation)
- Energy Efficiency and Radon Solutions Moving Forward (BC Lung Foundation)
- Energy Savings Plus Health: IAQ Guidelines for Single-Family Renovations (United States Environmental Protection Agency)
- Keeping the Heat In, s. 1.4.3 (Natural Resources Canada, 2018.)
- BC Housing Design Guidelines and Construction Standards
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
Home renovation subsidies and incentives
The Saskatchewan Provincial Government's Home Renovation Tax Credit allows homeowners to claim a 10.5% tax credit on up to $20,000 of eligible home renovation expenses. The eligible expenses include the cost of labour, professional services, and the building materials required for radon reduction measures.
Financing for energy efficiency and home repairs
Yukon Housing Corporation Home Repair Loan program with reduced interest up to $50,000 at interest rates of prime + 1% amortized over 15 years.
Manitoba Hydro Energy Finance Plan is an 'on bill' financing program for upgrades to energy systems in homes. It includes financing for radon mitigation.
Green certification standards
The following standards include provisions for radon:
- LEED:
- WELL Building Standard v.2, at Section A01 Air Quality, Part 4, Radon
- Natural Resources Canada, R-2000 Standard, 2012 Edition (Appendix A)
- Exigences techniques: violets 'maison' et 'petit bâtiment multilogement'(French only) (Novoclimat) (sec 2.2.3)
- BOMA BEST Sustainable Buildings 3.0 Universal Questionnaire (BOMA BEST Building Environmental Standards), Sec. 05.02.01 and 05.03.01
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