Ōtaki Kindergarten – Power to the People
In 2018 and 2019 Ōtaki Kindergarten had a bicycle created for them that when pedalled created electricity in order to charge cellphones.
In 2018 and 2019 Ōtaki Kindergarten had a bicycle created for them that when pedalled created electricity in order to charge cellphones.
Ōtaki College is exploring the possibility of wood pellet gasification to feed its existing school boiler used for heating.
At least 11 tonnes of food is wasted in Ōtaki town every week. This amounts to about $500 per household being lost in a year, quite apart from the landfill emissions. A huge amount of energy used to process and transport this food is also wasted.
A 10.4kW solar system was installed in 2015 and has provided $11,000 worth of scholarships.