Home Energy & Electrical
Your home’s energy needs are changing. From dependable backup power and solar to EV charging, electrical upgrades and intelligent energy management, Nexhome helps you explore solutions designed for a more connected, capable home.
Solutions
Whether you’re preparing for outages, going solar, charging an electric vehicle at home, upgrading your electrical system, or wanting more insight into your energy use, Nexhome can help you understand your options.
Home Battery Storage
A home battery stores electricity for use when it’s needed. With a properly designed backup system, selected circuits and appliances can stay powered during an outage, depending on battery capacity and electrical load.
Electrical Upgrades
Heat pumps, electric vehicles and energy storage can place new demands on a home’s electrical system. The right upgrades prepare a home for new equipment and changing energy needs.
Smart Energy Management
Smart energy technology can help you monitor electricity use, manage compatible connected equipment, and make more informed decisions about how energy is used in your home.
Solar Energy
Solar panels turn sunlight into electricity for your home. A properly designed system can offset part of your electricity use, and can be paired with a battery to store energy for later.
EV Charging
A home charger lets you charge an electric vehicle much faster than a standard outlet. Installation is planned around your electrical capacity, with load management where it helps.
Why it’s changing
Heat pumps, electric vehicles, connected devices and battery storage are changing how homes use electricity. The right infrastructure and technology help these systems work together.
Modern heat pumps use electricity to provide both heating and cooling.
Rooftop solar lets a home produce some of its own electricity.
Home charging is becoming one of the largest electrical loads in many homes.
Battery storage can support selected loads during grid outages when properly configured.
A home’s existing electrical system should be assessed before adding significant new loads.
Compatible monitoring and controls can give you more visibility and flexibility.
How it connects
A well-designed home energy system considers how electricity enters your home, how it is distributed, which loads matter most, and how compatible technologies can work together.
Switch between normal operation and a grid outage to see the difference.
Backup power
Not every home needs the same backup system. Pick what matters to you to see a rough idea of how long a battery could keep it running.
Typical averages, including cycling on and off. Your equipment may use more or less.
Rough estimate
Battery sizing depends on actual electrical demand, usable storage capacity, equipment compatibility, and backup system design.
Solar
A rough yearly estimate from your province, roof direction and shading, using Natural Resources Canada’s solar data.
On your bills or your utility’s online account. Adds how much of your use solar could cover.
Default production is from Natural Resources Canada, Photovoltaic Potential and Solar Resource Maps of Canada, for a south-facing system at ideal tilt.
Rough estimate
Electrical readiness
Before installing some electrical equipment, it’s important to understand your home’s existing capacity and wiring.
Understand the condition and capacity of your existing panel.
Assess the electrical requirements of a new heating and cooling system.
Review the installation location, electrical connections and backup configuration.
Explore dedicated circuits and suitable load-management options.
Roof condition, orientation and shading, structure, the electrical connection, and utility approval.
An electrical assessment determines whether upgrades are needed. A panel replacement is not automatically required for every installation.
Smart energy
Energy monitoring and control technology can show you how electricity is used and help coordinate compatible equipment.
Selected circuits
Equipment
See how electricity is being used, with supported monitoring equipment.
Prioritize or schedule compatible loads using the right controls.
Connect compatible battery, solar, EV charging and home energy technology where supported.
How we work
We discuss your backup priorities, existing equipment and future energy plans.
We review your electrical system, compatibility and the installation requirements that apply.
We select suitable equipment and plan how the components work together.
We coordinate appropriately licensed professionals and give you clear information on operation and support.
Regulated electrical work is carried out by appropriately licensed professionals, according to the requirements in your province.
Questions
A battery that stores electricity and can supply connected loads under the right operating conditions, such as during an outage when the system is set up for backup.
Some systems can be designed for broader backup, but what a battery can run depends on its capacity, the inverter’s output, your loads and the system design. Many homes back up selected essential circuits.
Not necessarily. Some battery systems can charge from the grid. Equipment configuration and any incentive eligibility vary.
Not always. A qualified electrical assessment determines whether your existing capacity and equipment are suitable.
Potentially, if the system is designed for the heat pump’s electrical demand, including the extra power some equipment draws when starting up.
Usually not on its own. Grid-tied solar shuts off during an outage for safety. To keep using solar power in an outage, it needs to be paired with a battery or backup-capable equipment designed for it.
No. Many solar systems connect to the grid without a battery. A battery adds backup power and lets you store solar energy for later, where the system supports it.
Many utilities offer net metering, crediting you for electricity you send to the grid. Rules vary by province and utility, and the connection must be approved by your utility.
A Level 2 charger usually needs a dedicated 240-volt circuit. Where panel capacity is tight, load-management devices recognized by the electrical code can sometimes avoid a service upgrade. An assessment tells you what your home needs.
A panel, or a related energy management system, that can monitor your circuits and, with suitable equipment, control selected ones.
It may help you spot usage patterns or shift some loads to cheaper times, but any savings depend on your usage, your utility rates and the equipment.
It depends on where you are and on our approved service network. Tell us your postal code and we will let you know.
Some jurisdictions and utilities offer incentives with specific conditions. We only share rebate information once we have verified it against the program itself.
Whether you’re considering backup power, solar, EV charging, an electrical upgrade, or smarter energy technology, Nexhome can help you understand your options.
