Energy Efficiency Archive

  • Russel Norman

    World Economic Forum calls for government leadership on green job creation - by Russel Norman



    The World Economic Forum, a group consisting of the world’s leading corporate citizens, is calling on governments to take the lead in green job creation through the retrofitting of commercial buildings to make them more energy efficient. The report, entitled A Profitable & Resource Efficient Future: Catalysing Retrofit Finance & Investing in Commercial Real Estate, [...] read more
    November 1, 2011 3:00 pm - 7 Comments
  • Sue Bradford

    Bradford’s Truth – An MoU and a coup - by Sue Bradford



    My regular column in the New Zealand Truth appeared again today: A couple of weeks ago the Green Party signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National-led Government. Some of our supporters have been worried that perhaps we are selling our souls to the Nats in return for a few favours. However, I would like [...] read more
    April 23, 2009 12:24 pm - 43 Comments
  • frog

    David Clendon – Green Candidate Number 10 - by frog



    Continuing our series of video snippets of high ranked Green candidates, here’s David Clendon. David is an Auckland business advisor and lecturer in resource management of Pakeha and Ngapuhi me Te Roroa descent. On local Auckland issues he says: The Genesis proposal to put a power station at Kaukapakapa does not make environmental, economic or [...] read more
    July 7, 2008 9:24 am - 23 Comments
  • frog

    Goodness and light - by frog



    New blog on the block, good, is, well, good.  Today it quickly jumped to clarify that, despite the best efforts of climate change deniers and some politicians, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority will not be banning any lightbulbs.  It’s dawn raids on households that still using incandescent lightbulbs have been deferred indefinitely.  If you [...] read more
    June 26, 2008 4:11 pm - 22 Comments
  • frog

    Goodbye lightbulbs - by frog



    With news of this story that we could be seeing the end of old style incandescent bulbs in New Zealand I thought it timely to also point to this article from TreeHugger – Six uses for old dead incandescent bulbs, which includes this little lightbulb greenhouse. Jeanette, in her role as energy efficiency and conservation [...] read more
    June 17, 2008 11:38 am - 64 Comments
  • frog

    21,000 warmer state homes - by frog



    Housing New Zealand owns and maintains about 68,600 houses throughout New Zealand.  Many of these properties were built before 1978, prior to insulation becoming mandatory. Many of these homes have poor or no insulation and inefficient heating such as open fires. Housing New Zealand has been running a programme to progressively retrofit uninsulated state homes with [...] read more
    May 15, 2008 1:59 pm - 30 Comments
  • frog

    Jeanette invests in stamps - by frog



    I’ve just spotted two letters in the papers today from a J Fitzsimons. First this one in the Independent Financial Review where she notes that her Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act which passed in 2000 is now saving 19 petajoules of energy each year: Then this one in The Press where she again clarifies that [...] read more
    April 30, 2008 1:39 pm - 6 Comments
  • frog

    Solid Energy and Jeanette’s double act - by frog



    There’s a gentle irony, following yesterday’s coal protest, to see that Jeanette is one of the heroes in Solid Energy’s media release today. Both Solid Energy and Jeanette have been celebrating Mairehau High School which is, with the help of a Renewable Heating for Schools Grant from EECA, switching its heating system from coal to [...] read more
    April 23, 2008 5:02 pm - 13 Comments