Energy Efficency

Making homes, vehicles, and businesses more energy efficient is seen as a largely untapped solution to addressing global warming, energy security, and fossil fuel depletion. Many of these ideas have been discussed for years, since the 1973 oil crisis brought energy issues to the forefront.

The National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy (NEECS) was prepared as a requirement of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act 2000. As required by the Act, the Strategy is organised around policies, objectives and targets, supported by a set of means (or measures).

The Strategy’s purpose is to promote energy efficiency, energy conservation and renewable energy and move New Zealand towards a sustainable energy future.

The Strategy was released by the Minister of Energy on 27 September 2001 and its aim is:
- to improve New Zealand’s energy efficiency by 20 percent by 2012
- to increase the amount of renewable energy used.