Residential Gas Fireplaces

At a Glance

Status

active

Fuel type

gas

Sector

residential

Applications

HVAC

Sunset date

Sep 30, 2025

This measure encourages the installation of a more efficient gas fireplace where on was already going to be installed. It does not encourage the installation of gas fireplaces more broadly.

The measure applies to self contained units (zero clearance, insert, and freestanding), vented units, and both decorative and heating certified units. Eligible fireplaces are installed in new or existing Single-family, Multi-family or Manufactured Homes. They are sealed combustion, with a direct or integrated power vent, an intermittent pilot light and an efficiency of greater than or equal to 70 FE.

This measure has been adopted as planning due to the fact that almost all of the data it's built on is from Energy Trust, and it is uncertain how representative this data is of areas outside of ETOs territory.

Workbook

Latest Version

Residential Gas Fireplace v1.1

Residential Gas Fireplace v1.1

Approved at the September 2022 RTF meeting. QC Complete.

Date

Nov 15, 2022

Version number

1.1

Past Versions

version	date	document
1.0	Oct 03, 2022	Residential Gas Fireplace v1.0 Adopted at the September 2022 RTF meeting. Currently undergoing QC.

Decisions

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Latest decision

Decision details

Decided

September 20, 2022

Adopt New Measure

Decision Details

Adopt the Residential Gas Fireplace measure as presented and:

Reduce the hours of use in new construction to 5 hrs/week
Set the Category to Planning
Set the Status to Active
Set the sunset date to September 30, 2025