Fact sheets and brochures

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.

Virtually every industrial process generates waste heat - the challenge is to recover this heat and make use of it economically. Waste heat can be seen in shimmering boiler flues or steaming waste water discharges.

Heat recovery captures waste heat and uses it to eliminate or reduce energy required in other areas of a process or site. This practice reduces a business's overall energy bill and greenhouse gas emissions as well as improving profitability.

Most New Zealand businesses now rely on IT - and it's still the fastest growing area of
business energy use. Computers (including servers and data centres) account for about
15% of the energy used in office buildings. But typically nearly half of the energy used by a
computer is simply wasted as heat.

Download this action sheet for advice on free and low-cost ways to cut the amount of energy used by workplace equipment and appliances - bringing instant cost savings for your business.

One of the most effective ways to reduce energy waste and costs, is to harness the power of staff. Daily behaviour at work has a massive impact - for example, around 50% of the energy used in commercial buildings is under the control of the people working in them. Getting staff on board in managing energy isn't just a ‘nice to have', it's essential.

Download this action sheet for information on the benefits of encouraging staff to save energy, valuing their contribution and making it a team effort will help boost morale and productivity.