EnergyWise Home Grants


EECA's EnergyWise home grants programme funds improvements to insulation and other energy efficiency measures of homes throughout the country.

To be eligible for funding:

  • your property must have been built prior to 1978, when insulation in New Zealand homes became mandatory
  • you must be eligible for a community services card. The home grants programme targets households on low-incomes. To view the community services card threshold click here.
  • people with health problems such as asthma and other respiratory illnesses are also targeted (in some projects) because of the significant health benefits insulation provides.

 

You are not eligible for a subsidy if you are a Housing New Zealand tenant.

Find out more about EnergyWise home grants programmes in your area by viewing current projects throughout the country. For enquiries call the organisation involved.

>> Read the project list [PDF 89.7 KB].

Core improvements include:

  • adding ceiling and/or underfloor insulation and draught-proofing doors
  • hot water cylinder wrap
  • pipe lagging

 

Households on low incomes (within the income thresholds of the Community Services Card) are given first priority in this programme.

Energywise home grants may also cover other energy-saving measures such as:

  • putting moisture barriers under floors
  • installing energy efficient compact fluorescent lights
  • using energy efficient low flow shower heads.

 

For further information on EnergyWise Home Grants please call EECA on 0800 358 676.

Related Resources

  • Effect of insulating existing houses on health inequality paper
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  • Standard NZS 4246:2006 - Energy efficiency - Installing insulation in residential buildings
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  • Department of Building and Housing's Guide to Smarter Insulation
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  • EECA’s Installation Guide for Additional Measures
  • [PDF 231 KB]
  • Insulating Your Community Brochure
  • [PDF 219 KB]
  • Strategic Partnership Info Sheet
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  • Tender Round Info Sheet
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  • BRANZ Study: Evaluation of Effectiveness of
    Retro-fitted Under Floor Foil
  • [PDF 617KB]
  • Getting Warmer by Degrees Brochure
  • [PDF 1.35 MB]
  • Eastern Bay of Plenty Community Insulation Project Case Study
  • [PDF 304 KB]
  • Hawkes Bay Trust takes a Healthy Interest in Insulation Case Study
  • [PDF 725 KB]
  • How an Energy Company got a Community Insulation Project Off the Ground Case Study
  • [PDF 332 KB]
  • How an Maori Community got an Insulation Project Off the Ground Case Study
  • [PDF 367 KB]
  • Investing in Insulation for a Healthy Return
  • [PDF 583 KB
  • EnergyWise Home Grants - Current Projects List
  • [PDF 89.7 KB]

Related Links

Are you interested in starting an insulation project in your community? Click here for more information.