HVAC Equipment Lease Class Action

Welcome to the HVAC Equipment Lease Class Action Website

UPDATE – November 13th, 2025

We are in the process of wrapping up the review of all claim submissions received after the October claim deadline.

We are now in the process of issuing deficiency notices to claimants that failed to provide the required supporting documentation, starting with Lease Cancellation claim filers followed by Cash Compensation claim filers who will be issued deficiency notices later in the month. Recipients of a deficiency notice are provided 30 days to respond with additional supporting documentation and those responses will then need to be reviewed. Deficiency notices will be issued primarily via email, we encourage you to check your email inbox including your spam, junk, or promotional subfolders to see if you received a deficiency notice from the Claims Administrator. You can also contact our support center to check on the status of your claim. After deficiency responses have been reviewed all claimants will be sent a decision notice informing them whether their claim has been approved or rejected.

Claims processing takes significant time due to the large volume of claims received your continued patience is appreciated.

For more details about next steps and deficiency notices please refer to FAQs 13-17. 

Details About the Case

If you are a homeowner in Canada (except Quebec) and you are or were at any time party to a lease agreement for HVAC or HVAC-related Equipment with Crown Crest, Sandpiper Energy Solutions, Simply Green Home Services, or HCSI Home Comfort (defined as “Settling Defendants” below) between July 17, 2013 and January 15, 2025, you could be affected by these class action lawsuits involving certain alleged breaches of consumer protection legislation and other claims.

The class actions apply to all individuals in Canada, with the exception of residents of Quebec, who are or were at any time, directly or indirectly, party to a consumer agreement to lease HVAC or HVAC-Related Equipment involving the Settling Defendants, regardless of the identity of the vendor that originated the consumer agreement, between July 17, 2013, and January 15, 2025 (the "Class").

The parties have agreed to settle the class action as against all of the Settling Defendants. The settlement does not constitute a concession or admission of liability, wrongdoing, fault, or omission by the Settling Defendants, and the settlement has been made on the basis that none of the allegations have been proven.

SETTLEMENT BENEFITS

The settlement agreement provides the following benefits to eligible individuals:

  • A cash payment of $17,000,000;
  • Cash participation in the sale proceeds of the companies protected under the CCAA proceeding in the amount of 25% of the purchase price paid over $250 million in relation to any transaction concluded in accordance with a court-approved sale process (e.g., where the business is sold for $251 million, the Class would receive 25% of the $1 million dollars over the threshold, being $250,000);
  • For a sub-group of class members to be identified based on certain criteria more specifically described in the Distribution Protocol, cancellation and arrears forgiveness of $13,500,000 worth of ongoing lease agreements and gifting the equipment thereunder to the affected consumers without further payment or obligation;
  • A permanent cap shall apply to the annual increase of payments under the lease agreement at 3.5% per annum for leases currently held by the Settling Defendants;
  • A permanent 25% reduction in lease buy-out prices for certain HVAC equipment for leases currently held by the Settling Defendants; and
  • A consent court order to the effect that no notice of security interest or similar lien anywhere in Canada shall be enforceable in respect of leases currently held by the Settling Defendants, together with an individualized letter to affected class members confirming that notices of security interest or other encumbrance registered by the Settling Defendants are of no force and effect. The letter will authorize a lawyer engaged by a class member to seek to discharge same from title engaged by the class member at their own expense.

HOW TO RECEIVE YOUR SHARE OF THE SETTLEMENT FUNDS

The CLAIMS PERIOD HAS NOW BEGUN. You can submit a claim for CASH COMPENSATION if you paid the Settling Defendants a buyout or termination fee. You can submit a claim for LEASE CANCELATION if you have an active lease with the Settling Defendants.

MORE INFORMATION

Additional information about the settlement can be found on the Documents page of this website.