Energywise business
More energy efficient and competitive businesses using more renewable energy and emitting less carbon dioxide
- Expanded grant, audit and technology programmes (compressed air and efficient electric motors) for New Zealand businesses, including $700,000 for programmes targeting the export sector
- A new $850,000 energy efficiency workers’ training package to be developed with stakeholders such as the CTU and Business New Zealand
- Up to an additional 9.5 PJ per year of energy from woody biomass or direct-use geothermal by 2025*
- Specific partnership programmes for farms, horticulture and forestry to enhance the uptake of energy efficiency and conservation measures and renewable energy to improve competitiveness and help manage greenhouse gas emissions (see also the Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Plan of Action)
- Specific programmes to partner with the tourism sector to increase the uptake of energy efficiency and renewable energy to make it more competitive and attractive to overseas visitors
>> Download the New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy [PDF 1 MB]
For a hardcopy version of the NZEECS, please call EECA on 0800 358 676, or email reception@eeca.govt.nz
* Covers industrial, commercial and residential sectors. Does not include wood processing residues.