Monolith Housing Solutions supports Indigenous housing teams and their contractors with energy assessments, retrofit planning, heat pump sizing, ventilation design, airtightness testing and commissioning.
Whether you are improving existing homes, planning new housing or upgrading a community building, we help identify practical improvements, prepare technical documentation and verify results. Our work follows your community’s priorities, with scope, fees and travel arrangements agreed before work begins.
$500
Maximum PIEER assessment funding per eligible home
Registered Energy Advisor
Member of BC Hydro’s Alliance of Energy Professionals
Who We Support
Who We Work With
Our work is built for the people who plan, fund and deliver housing and building projects in Indigenous communities. Each group needs something slightly different, so we shape the scope around the role you play.
Indigenous Housing Teams
Energy assessments, retrofit priorities and technical documentation for First Nations governments, Indigenous governing bodies and housing providers.
Community Facility Managers
Energy studies, heating-system planning, performance testing and commissioning for community centres, administration buildings and other facilities.
Contractors and Design Teams
Energy modelling, load calculations, ventilation design, testing and project documentation for builders, HVAC contractors, architects and project managers.
A Working Relationship Built on Respect
Your community sets the priorities, and our role is to support them with accurate technical information. Before any site work begins, we agree with your designated contact on communication, site access, scheduling and how residents will be informed.
Monolith is based in North Vancouver and welcomes enquiries from communities across British Columbia. Travel, site coverage and scheduling are confirmed in each proposal.
Local protocols
We follow the protocols your community identifies and respect residents' homes during every visit.
Information ownership
We discuss how project data will be collected, stored, shared and returned to your housing team.
Knowledge sharing
Where requested, housing and maintenance staff can join walkthroughs and receive plain-language explanations of the findings.
Working with your team
We coordinate with your existing contractors and consultants rather than replacing them.
Permission first
We do not use project photos or community names in our marketing without written permission.
What We Do
Energy Services for Homes and Community Buildings
The services below can be booked on their own or combined into a single project scope. Most community projects use two or three of them in sequence: assess, plan and design, then verify.
Assess
Know where each home loses energy
Plan and Design
Size equipment and set priorities
Verify
Test, commission and document
Home Energy Assessments and Retrofit Planning
We provide EnerGuide evaluations for eligible homes, identify improvement opportunities and prepare recommendations. For projects involving several homes, we coordinate visits and consolidate findings to help your housing team set priorities and budgets.
Where a broader building condition assessment is needed, we define the additional scope and coordinate qualified specialists as required.
Heat Pump Sizing and Ventilation Design
We complete CSA F280 heating and cooling load calculations, support equipment selection and provide HRV/ERV ventilation design. We account for planned insulation, window and air-sealing improvements and coordinate with your installing contractor.
Aerial thermal survey by Monolith: warmer surfaces read bright, cooler surfaces dark.
Community Facility Energy Studies and Commissioning
Administration buildings, community centres, schools and daycares often carry the largest single energy bills in a community. We assess how these buildings use energy, compare retrofit options and support heating system upgrades, including fuel-switching heat pump projects.
Services can include energy modelling, whole-building airtightness testing and building commissioning or recommissioning to confirm that new and existing systems run as designed. Study and design scopes are matched to the building and the funding route, with qualified specialists engaged where the work requires them.
New Housing and High Performance Design
New homes are the best opportunity to build in lower operating costs from the start. We provide energy modelling, BC Energy Step Code compliance support, envelope and mechanical design coordination and construction-stage verification testing. Net Zero and other high performance targets can be added where they suit your community's plans and budget.
Project Coordination and Funding Documentation
Funded projects succeed or stall on paperwork. We help organize assessment schedules, home inventories, technical scopes, contractor information and completion records in the format each program asks for. Our scope can also include solar feasibility screening and coordination with qualified installers. Responsibilities and fees are defined in writing before work begins.
Technical Support for Contractors on Community Projects
We support contractors with the assessments, calculations, testing and documentation included in their project scope. We coordinate our work with your construction schedule and identify the information needed at each stage.
EnerGuide evaluations and records for projects covering multiple homes
CSA F280 load calculations, heat pump sizing support and ventilation design
Pre-retrofit, mid-construction and final airtightness testing, as specified
Thermal imaging, energy modelling and commissioning
Technical documents for eligible funding applications and project closeout
Get a Scope and Fee Proposal
To prepare a proposal, send us:
Project location
Number of homes or buildings
Available drawings
Target schedule
We will tell you what else is needed and confirm the scope and fee.
Request a Project Scope and Fee ProposalFunding Routes
Funding Programs That May Support Your Project
Funding depends on the applicant, building type, utility service, existing heating system and proposed upgrades. We help identify potential programs and the technical documentation needed to support your application.
Existing Homes and PIEER
The Partners in Indigenous Energy Efficiency and Resilience program supports eligible Indigenous governing bodies coordinating home energy improvements. Offers include assessment funding, retrofit incentives, heating-system maintenance and basic energy-saving measures. Free program Energy Coaches help participants navigate the process.
Apartments and Social Housing
Eligible housing providers may access BC Hydro and CleanBC’s Social Housing Energy Savings Program or FortisBC’s Social Housing Retrofit Support Program. We confirm the applicable assessment scope and consultant requirements before proposing funded work.
New Homes and Other Projects
Separate programs may support eligible new housing, solar and battery installations, or energy projects in remote communities. Availability and project-specific requirements should be confirmed with the program before relying on funding.
PIEER Funding at a Glance
The table below summarizes current PIEER maximums that relate most closely to our services. Amounts are upper limits with conditions, not a guaranteed or combined entitlement, and funding is available only while program budgets last.
Offer
Current Maximum
What to Know
Energy assessment
Up to $500 per home (EnerGuide or condition assessment)
A 50% prepayment of the quote is available, up to $250 per home for EnerGuide or condition assessments
Project management funding
Up to 10% of approved incentives
Assessment projects need at least three homes to qualify; on the retrofit rebate pathway, projects need three homes with two measures each or ten homes with one measure each
Central ducted heat pump
Up to $12,000 per home converting from electric heat; up to $16,000 converting from oil, natural gas or propane
Amounts vary by system type and fuel; a northern top-up applies to eligible homes from 100 Mile House north
Heat pump water heater
Up to $3,500 per home
Must replace the primary water heater
Windows and doors
$950 per rough opening, up to $9,500 per home
Minimum performance of U-factor 1.22 W/m²·K
Ventilation, including HRV and ERV
Up to $2,400 per home
Must be installed alongside another eligible upgrade
Community building heat pump
80% of eligible costs up to $200,000 per project, plus up to $6,000 for studies or mechanical design
For community buildings heated by fossil fuel; confirm eligibility early with the Energy Coach
Basic energy saving measures
Free products, $150 per home in installation funding and a $1,000 training allowance
Installation funding pays the community members or staff who install the products
PIEER also caps retrofit funding at $400,000 per project and $1 million per participant over two years. All incentives are paid to the eligible participant, not to consultants or contractors, and installations must be completed by licensed contractors.
Free Consultation With an Expert
Not sure which assessment type, funding route or testing sequence fits your community's homes? Book a free consultation with Shahin Arvandi. Shahin will review your project goals, building types and timeline, and outline the assessment, design and testing steps that suit the program you are considering.
Shahin Arvandi
Founder, Monolith Housing Solutions
How a Community Project Works
Every project follows the same basic path, whether it covers three homes or an entire housing portfolio. Each step ends with a clear output so your team always knows what has been done and what comes next.
Discuss Your Priorities
Tell us about the homes or buildings, current concerns and the work you are planning.
Confirm the Scope and Funding Route
We identify the assessment, design and testing needs and check them against program requirements with your team.
Plan the Visits
We coordinate resident communication, access and the schedule with your designated contact.
Deliver the Technical Work
You receive the agreed reports, calculations and recommendations for the next stage.
Support Completion
Where included, we provide verification testing, commissioning and closeout documentation.
Our Acknowledgement
Monolith Housing Solutions is based in North Vancouver, on the traditional and unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful to live and work here and recognize these Nations' enduring relationships with their lands and waters.
As we work in other communities, we recognize the distinct Nations whose territories we visit. We are committed to listening, respecting local protocols and supporting the priorities communities identify for their homes and buildings.
Tell Us About Your Community Project
Whether you are planning assessments across your community's homes or need technical support for a project already underway, we can help you define the next step. Contact Monolith Housing Solutions to discuss your community's priorities or the support your construction team needs.
Send Us Your Project Details
Program information reviewed September 2026. Monolith Housing Solutions is an independent service provider and is not a program administrator. Funding is subject to program eligibility, approval and available budgets. Confirm requirements before purchasing equipment or starting work that needs pre-approval.