Energise Ōtaki Community Meeting: Wednesday June 12th, 2019 5pm
Our next Meeting is Wednesday 12th June at 5pm at LOCO owners’ Strawbale home. It will be a wonderful chance to experience strawbale living.
ZEV Battery Rubbish Truck
The Kāpiti Coast District Council purchased a battery-electric refuse truck developed and built by local clean tech company Zero Emission Vehicles Ltd, and the first of its kind in the Southern hemisphere. The ‘Enviro 9000’ truck which went into service in 2013 is...
Insulation for Homes
From time to time the government has provided funding to assist in the insulation of homes which Energise Ōtaki has helped to promote. Development of the Solar Farm Community Investment Fund will enable us to work more actively in this area.
Ōtaki Curtain Bank
Energise Ōtaki has developed and has been running the Ōtaki Curtain Bank since 2015, and it grows more as each year passes. The Curtain Bank is run in partnership with the Wellington-based Sustainability Trust. Energise Ōtaki in partnership with the Ōtaki CAB and...
Energy Information and Advice: Businesses
From time to time, there has been the opportunity to undertake investigations for local businesses to identify how they could reduce their energy us, what kinds of systems they might use and develop financial models to assist their thinking. An example: two interns,...