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.