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  • Fact sheets and brochures
    1 March 2009

    For economic and environmental reasons solar water heating systems are becoming a popular option for home water heating in New Zealand, and are also beginning to feature in commercial and industrial applications.
    Making greater use of the sun's energy to heat water contributes towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions, helps lower New Zealand's dependency on non-renewable resources and reduces the rate of electricity demand growth.

  • Fact sheets and brochures
    1 March 2009

    A guide to energy efficient home lighting options.

  • Fact sheets and brochures
    1 March 2009

    A technical overview of how energy use can be reduced through using your office lighting more effectively. It includes suggestions for improvement that either have no or little cost associated with them.

  • Fact sheets and brochures
    1 March 2009

    Good lighting design and control can save up to 75% of industrial buildings lighting costs.

    This technical guide outlines two key ways that industrial lighting operating costs can be reduced. It includes a range of no cost/low cost actions that can be undertaken as well as several actions for reducing energy use associated with industrial lighting which have a longer payback period.

  • Fact sheets and brochures
    1 March 2009

    This technical guide focuses on air compressors. It reviews the general issues involved with optimising a compressed air system and identifies some of the key steps businesses can take to create some easily-won savings.

  • Fact sheets and brochures
    1 March 2009

    This is a step by step guide to help businesses design an energy awareness and motiavtion programme to involve staff in managing their energy consumption. It includes ideas and concepts that you can use to develop a programme that suits the culture of your organisation.

  • Fact sheets and brochures
    25 March 2009

    Get great looking lighting that saves you money by using efficient lights in your home or workplace, is also better for our environment. This guide can help you consider the options and choose modern, stylish lighting solutions that use less energy and are well-suited to your different needs.

  • Fact sheets and brochures
    13 May 2009

    If you don't know how you use it, how can you manage it?

    Energy is a significant cost for many New Zealand businesses, ranking alongside overheads such as rates, insurance and rentals. The difference with energy costs is that, with good management and knowledgeable advice, they can be controlled and often reduced. An energy or building design audit grant from EECA can help your business identify energy savings opportunities.

    Download this attachment for more information about energy audit grants.

  • Fact sheets and brochures
    26 August 2009

    There is a lot of potential for small-scale hydro schemes on New Zealand rivers, streams and even irrigation systems. Hydro power is one of the cheapest ways of generating electricity on a small-scale. Small schemes (typically less than 10MW) also have less environmental impact than large ones. This guide to small-scale hydro schemes is aimed at a farming audience, and includes practical examples.

  • Fact sheets and brochures
    1 June 2005

    Biomass energy from wood (woody biomass) is a clean and renewable energy source. Because fossil fuels are likely to become increasingly expensive, woody biomass can play an important role by providing energy in the form of heat, electricity or transport fuels. Woody biomass is effectively a store of solar energy.
    As a renewable energy source that can be grown and used sustainably, burning woody biomass has almost zero net greenhouse effect as the carbon dioxide given off during combustion is
    absorbed by the growth of the next crop of woody biomass.