Replacing your furnace? See if a heat pump makes sense first.
A planning-level home assessment that compares a conventional furnace and air-conditioner replacement with a hybrid heat pump and a full cold-climate heat pump, using your own utility bills, your home details and your contractor's quote.
Supervised early access · One Toronto homeowner in our first pilot. We confirm eligibility before payment.
Toronto homeowners facing a heating decision.
Our first supervised pilot is for one homeowner who matches the profile below.
- A detached or semi-detached house in the City of Toronto
- Heated by a natural-gas furnace with ducts, ideally 15 years old or more
- Toronto Hydro and Enbridge Gas EGD customers
- About a year of utility statements available
- Replacing the furnace or air conditioner within the next year or two
- At least one real contractor quote, ready to share
Synthetic sample home: fictional data for illustration. Your plan uses your own bills and quote.
One decision, laid out clearly.
Heat Pump Fit
A plain-language verdict on whether a heat pump suits your home, and the configuration worth taking to contractors.
Your utility history, analysed
We read your Toronto Hydro and Enbridge statements, separate heating from everything else, and adjust to a typical Toronto year. An analyst checks every figure against your documents.
Three options compared
Conventional furnace and air-conditioner replacement, a hybrid heat pump with a high-efficiency furnace, and a full cold-climate heat pump: installed cost, net cost after open rebates and realistic yearly running costs, including when a heat pump would cost more to run.
Rebates screened
Current Ontario programs with their official links and the date we checked them. Announced programs that are not yet open are shown separately and never counted in your net cost.
Now, next and later
A sequenced roadmap: what to do first, what to bundle with the equipment decision, and what can wait.
Electrical and envelope readiness
Whether your electrical service may need checking, and the insulation or air-sealing work that can make a heat pump work better.
Questions for your contractor
The questions that make quotes comparable, and a review of your quote for completeness and rebate signals. We never judge your contractor or the fairness of the price.
One fixed fee.
We do not sell equipment and take no contractor commissions.
- Utility analysis from your own statements
- Conventional vs hybrid vs full heat pump
- Rebate screening with official links
- Now / Next / Later roadmap
- Electrical and envelope considerations
- Questions for your contractor and a quote review
Request your Home Assessment.
Email us
Tell us your postal code, home type, how the home is heated, the approximate age of your furnace and air conditioner, and whether you have a contractor quote.
We confirm the fit
If your home matches what we support today, we send you a private link to the intake form. If it does not, we will say so.
Share your documents
Your utility statements and quote, uploaded through the intake. An analyst reviews everything before your plan is prepared.
SimEffi Home Assessment · $199
Early access for Toronto homes. There is no online checkout: we confirm the fit and arrange payment before we begin.
Request Your Home Assessment — $199Or email hello@simeffi.com. See how we handle your information in our privacy notice.
Planning information, not engineering.
Is this an energy audit or a heat-loss calculation?
No. SimEffi Home is planning-level decision support. It is not HVAC engineering or system design, equipment sizing (such as CSA F280 or Manual J), electrical design or a home energy audit. A qualified contractor or other professional must verify sizing, installation and electrical capacity.
Will a heat pump lower my bills?
Sometimes, not always. In many Toronto gas-heated homes a heat pump costs about the same or somewhat more to run than a new gas furnace. Your plan shows the realistic range for your home rather than a promise of savings.
Are the rebates guaranteed?
No. Each program decides eligibility itself, and some require pre-approval before any work. We show open programs with their official links and keep announced, not-yet-open programs out of your net cost.
Do you sell or install equipment?
No. We do not sell equipment, take referral fees or commissions, or recommend specific contractors.