// ON THE RECORD
Energy Network Services Inc.
Energy Network Services (ENS) is a national, COR-certified energy-solutions and electrical contractor delivering turnkey integrated energy solutions for commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities across Canada. The company designs, procures, and installs LED lighting upgrades, smart lighting controls, EV charging infrastructure, and battery energy storage systems, and provides energy audits and analysis to help building owners quantify retrofit savings. ENS maintains offices in Atlantic Canada — Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick — serving the region's building owners, property managers, and facility operators.
📍 Richmond Hill, OntarioEst. 1993✓ 72% first-party verified
// CLIPS FROM Energy Network Services Inc.
“what we're accustomed to here is well my father built it that way and his father built it that way”
“getting a container freighted from China costs 30 times more than what it did in 2018”
“the issue is you want to catch this into design if you're catching this during construction it's going to cost you more”
“imagine you're building a shiny new building and your envelope leaks or your system fails”
“net zero is any building that if you add renewable energy you can get to net zero”
“we have a new technology licensed from NRC to measure the R value non-destructively of low slope roofs”
“if the roof doesn't leak water it's fine”
“I always go back to first principles and I think of reduce reuse and recycle”
“the efficiency preferred partner network is a collective of over 300 partners”
// LESSONS FROM Energy Network Services Inc.
Commission the building envelope early in design — catching defects in design is exponentially cheaper than fixing them during or after construction.
Third-party envelope commissioners are welcomed by contractors, not feared — they provide independent validation that protects everyone, including trades proud of their work.
The new energy code's air-leakage requirements mean building owners will need envelope testing on all new projects — subcontractors should price for this work now.
Selling high-performance building products in Atlantic Canada requires mindset change before product demonstration — the market defaults to 'my father built it that way.'
Mass timber conversations in Atlantic Canada are accelerating faster than any other market segment the Rothoblaas rep has seen — budget over-runs, not lack of interest, are the primary bottleneck.
Invest in passive house envelope quality first (R40-R50, airtight) before adding renewable energy systems — the envelope lasts 50-100 years while mechanical systems last 10-20.
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