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Changing Communities through Practical Energy Efficiency

Changing Communities through Practical Energy Efficiency. Pamela Storey –Executive Chairman Huntly Energy Efficiency Trust. HEET Presentation. History and Purpose of HEET Community Retrofit Programmes The Curtain Bank – HEET’s new initiative Challenges and Opportunities.

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Changing Communities through Practical Energy Efficiency

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  1. Changing Communities through Practical Energy Efficiency Pamela Storey –Executive Chairman Huntly Energy Efficiency Trust

  2. HEET Presentation • History and Purpose of HEET • Community Retrofit Programmes • The Curtain Bank – HEET’s new initiative • Challenges and Opportunities

  3. Bringing the economic, employment, health, social and environmental benefits of energy efficiency to our communities

  4. The purpose of HEET is to use energy efficiency as a basis to provide good health and well being throughout our communities, creating together a strong, viable and progressive organisation Making Energy Efficiency Happen!

  5. Community Retrofit Programmes • Established teams in Huntly, Hamilton and Pukekohe • Impact of HEET by June 2007 • Energy Efficiency measures in 5000 homes • 3000 full house retrofits • Up to 17,762,000 kWh saved per annum • 11,000 tonnes of avoided CO2 emissions per annum • Up to $3.8 M is energy & health savings per annum • With over 130,000 pre-1980 homes and over 64,000 low income homes in HEET’s service area there is significant scope for growth

  6. The Curtain Bank • Over 600 pairs of curtains donated • 60 families helped in 2 month pilot season • Sponsored by

  7. Challenges and Opportunities • Funding – a constant struggle • Highly contested • Govt contracts require substantial co-funding • Opportunities • Solar Hot Water Heating • HERS Scheme • Clean Air & Home Heating • Energy Efficient Community Network (EECN)

  8. “The company is more than a mere economic entity; it is also a social institution through which people acting together can achieve meaningful purpose.” C A Bartlett and S Ghoshal (2002), Building Competitive Advantage Through People

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