Building Manitoba’s Home Energy Use Map
A data-driven platform connecting professionals, communities, and homeowners to accelerate retrofit action.

Sustainable Building Manitoba is helping lead the development of the Home Energy Use Map — a platform designed to connect data, people, and action. This project builds the foundation for Manitoba’s retrofit future by turning information into impact.

From Insight to Action

Buildings are central to Manitoba’s climate goals — and data is key to driving progress. The Home Energy Use Map transforms information into opportunity, showing how communities can improve performance while building local expertise.

SBM’s role is to ensure the map grows on a solid foundation: accurate data, professional collaboration, and shared values.

How It Works — and Why It Matters

The map helps reveal where energy efficiency gains are being made and where more support is needed. It’s not about competition — it’s about clarity.

By showing what’s possible, the map supports better retrofit planning, stronger policy, and more confident homeowners and resilient communities.

Shared knowledge sustains and strengthens the way we build in Manitoba.

Mentorship in Action

The Energy Modelling Mentorship Program brings professionals and emerging modelers together to develop the data that powers the map.

Each year, new participants join as mentors or mentees to strengthen Manitoba’s modeling capacity. These collaborations ensure the map grows with accuracy, innovation, and local talent.

If you’re an experienced modeler or just getting started, this is your chance to build skills that shape Manitoba’s retrofit transformation.

Our Starting Point: St. Pierre-Jolys

Our first community, St. Pierre-Jolys, is where data meets local experience. Professional modelers and community participants are working together to create the first full picture of energy use in a Manitoba town.

What we learn here will guide how we expand the map to cities, towns, and rural areas across the province.

Strengthening Manitoba’s Retrofit Ecosystem

The Home Energy Use Map is just one piece of the puzzle. The Manitoba Home Retrofit Guides offer clear, accessible steps for every kind of home, from older houses to multi-unit buildings.

Together, the guides and the map help both professionals and homeowners take confident, informed action.

• The guides show how to act.
• The map shows where to focus.

What’s Next

As the map evolves, it will:

• Expand to communities across rural and northern Manitoba and eventually Winnipeg.
• Continue training new modelers through mentorship.
• Provide insights that inform retrofit programs and workforce priorities.

Retrofit innovators are driving this work forward. Your projects and insights turn knowledge into action — helping communities across Manitoba build better, healthier, more energy-efficient homes.

From modelers and builders to appraisers and realtors, collaboration across disciplines helps drive Manitoba’s retrofit transformation — strengthening how we design, deliver, and value sustainable buildings.

Your expertise — and your participation — help make this possible. Whether as professional or as a homeowner, you have a role in shaping Manitoba’s future.

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Building Manitoba’s Future, Together

Every retrofit begins with understanding.
Every professional action helps build the legacy of sustainable construction in Manitoba.

Our shared expertise today will define Manitoba’s retrofit future tomorrow.