Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) is a
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
government/Crown agency responsible for promoting energy efficiency and conservation.
The EECA was set up by the
Fourth National Government of New Zealand
The Fourth National Government of New Zealand (also known as the Bolger–Shipley Government) was the government of New Zealand from 2 November 1990 to 27 November 1999. Following electoral reforms in the 1996 election, Jim Bolger formed a coal ...
in 1992 to encourage, support and promote energy efficiency,
energy conservation
Energy conservation is the effort to reduce wasteful energy consumption by using fewer energy services. This can be done by using energy more effectively (using less energy for continuous service) or changing one's behavior to use less service (f ...
, and the use of renewable sources of energy. The EECA, by promoting energy efficiency, helps to reduce climate change and GHG emissions through energy efficiency measures.
History
In 2000 EECA became a Crown entity, established under the
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act 2000. It is subject to the Crown Entities Act 2004.
The passing of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act meant that for the first time, New Zealand had a legislative basis for promoting energy efficiency, energy conservation, and renewable energy.
The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority is responsible for preparing a national energy efficiency and conservation strategy for approval by the administering Minister.
Home grants
In 2004, EECA launched the Energywise Home Grants Programme to provide insulation retrofits to low-income owners of homes built before 1978. That year, minimum insulation standards were introduced to the New Zealand building code, and the majority of homes built prior to this had no insulation at all. The Energywise Programme had a target of insulating 6000 homes.
In 2009 the New Zealand Government allocated an extra $247.7 million to EECA for home insulation grants. The programme was called Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart and insulated more than 235,000 homes.
In 2013, the Government allocated $100 million of operating funding over three years to the Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes programme, targeting low-income households for home insulation, particularly households occupied by children and/or the elderly.
Leadership
As at 2013 Tom Campbell is the chair of the EECA Board. The Chief Executive is Andrew Caseley. The employees remuneration statement in the 2014 annual report reveals that he receives remuneration and benefits of over $280,000.
In April 2017, the EECA said that they would retire the ''
Energy Star
Energy Star (trademarked ''ENERGY STAR'') is a program run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that promotes energy efficiency. The program provides information on the energy consumption of pro ...
'' label at the end of 2017, as it is becoming less relevant.
See also
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Sustainability in New Zealand
Sustainability in New Zealand is being increasingly recognised as being good practice and the government has made some moves toward this goal.
History
Over the relatively short human occupation of New Zealand, huge changes had been made to th ...
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Energy in New Zealand
Despite abundant natural resources and a relatively small population, New Zealand is a net importer of energy, in the form of petroleum products. The ratio of non-renewable and renewable energy sources was fairly consistent from 1975 to 2008, w ...
References
External links
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
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Energy in New Zealand
New Zealand Crown agents
Energy regulatory authorities
Regulation in New Zealand