No Images? Click here We're putting energy to workIt's been a busy spring for EECA Business, kicking off with our annual Large Energy User Forum (LEUF) in September, which this year featured the EECA Business Awards. With over 140 business participants attending to discuss the latest developments in energy management and emissions reduction, it was the most well-attended LEUF so far. The Awards were included in the LEUF to recognise large energy users for their success in a range of categories celebrating innovation, leadership and big greenhouse gas reductions. We hope many of you were able to attend the Climate Change and Business Conference in October, which we highlighted in our last edition of EECA Business News. The results for the NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards were announced in November. EECA Business sponsored the Revolutionising Energy category, and you can find out more about the winner and finalists below. Please let us know if you have any suggestions or feedback on our newsletters, we like to hear your views! Welcoming Eddie Christian - EECA Group Manager Market EngagementEddie Christian joins EECA as the newest Senior Leader on the team. He is wholeheartedly engaged in EECA's purpose to mobilise New Zealanders to be clean and clever with their energy use, and looks forward to helping the Market Engagement team achieve their targets, and in turn, help New Zealand in the fight against climate change. He brings a sense of commercial pragmatism to the role, gained from years of working in the commercial sector in banking and finance, both locally and internationally.Recognition for energy revolutionsCongratulations to emhTrade, who won the top spot in EECA Business' sponsored category of the NZI Sustainable Business Network (SBN) Awards - 'Revolutionising Energy'. The Award recognises an organisation that is transforming its own energy system or enabling a systemic shift to renewable energy. emhTrade picked up the trophy for their Transactive Energy platform, which helps electricity retailers and distributors access flexible demand. An app – PowerPal – tells people when to act for cheaper, cleaner or more local power, rewarding them for change. The event took place on 22 November on Auckland's waterfront. Loans for schools, hospitals and councils.Crown loans are a low cost, interest free way to fund energy efficiency and renewable energy projects for publicly funded organisations such as schools, local councils, universities and polytechnics, government departments and hospitals. The money saved on energy bills pays for the loan within five years, after which it becomes a continuous saving for the organisation. It's a win-win situation. Photo: Wellington City Hospital Kiwi ingenuity in energy awardsRed Stag Timber, now on the world stage in sustainability, scooped the Large Energy User of the Year category of the 2018 EECA Business Awards in September. The timber company, which annually processes more than one million tonnes of logs at its Waipa mill, is using its waste wood as renewable fuel rather than trucking it to landfill and paying for its disposal – avoiding an annual power bill of up to $1 million in the process. Photo: Shane Batchelor and Anthony Garea of Red Stag with EECA Chief Executive Andrew Caseley. Switched-on business solutionsEnergy efficient lighting offers more than just a reduced power bill. New Zealand companies that have made the switch from traditional fluorescent and HID lighting technology to LEDs are reaping the benefits in improved working conditions, health and safety and, in some circumstances, saving lives. NZ's chance for a better futureNew Zealand's potential for a prosperous low carbon future is at risk of slowing unless businesses introduce solutions in the right way at the right time, a leading energy expert has warned. Dr James Neale director of Waikato University's Engineering Energy Research Centre says there is no single solution to becoming a low carbon business in New Zealand - or the world - there are many. Photo: NZ Story Clean and green energy-saving machinesWhizz-bang technology, from ride-on electric lawn mowers to giant electrode boilers, are looking set to help in the fight against climate change. Technology is becoming available to assist businesses that are looking to save money and energy by installing or upgrading their operations. New Zealand, with its plentiful renewable energy sources, offers considerable opportunity to businesses looking to reduce their emissions and smarten business practices, so what’s stopping them? Process heat updateEECA is working to improve process heat efficiency and the renewable component of energy demand in process heat, through the Process Heat in New Zealand (PHiNZ) action plan with MBIE, as well as analysis of business investment decisions and technical opportunities. A PHiNZ “Process Heat: status quo and barriers to lowering emissions” paper will be published in 2019.
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If you would like more information on process heat and the PHiNZ project please email the PHiNZ team at energymarkets@mbie.govt.nz. Brought to you by EECA Business (part of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority).
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