Ecostore will be among the first in Australasia to go carbon-neutral by Christmas.
The environmentally-friendly home and body care company achieved carboNZero certification for its manufacturing plant back in 2010.
‘Dynamic lanes’ for south Auckland’s Redoubt Road to reduce traffic, CO2 emissions
A strategy to tackle traffic in south Auckland has reduced CO2 emissions by over 800 tonnes in other parts of the region.
Auckland Transport will introduce “dynamic lanes” to Redoubt Road in Manukau, with work starting in October.
Dynamic lanes use overhead signs and road lights to change the direction of traffic flow during peak periods.
Victoria University of Wellington – Climate despair and eco anxiety
It’s described by many as the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced. So where do we even start with tackling the seemingly impossible problem of climate change and its flow-on impacts?
A Victoria University of Wellington academic who is rising to the challenge is sociologist Jonathan Oosterman, who’s researching the kinds of radical adjustments New Zealand society needs to make to deal with the wider effects of climate change.
ESP and AWS work to reduce NZ’s carbon footprint
Energy Solution Providers (ESP), the Auckland-based utility management company, is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help reduce New Zealand’s carbon footprint.
According to a recent Productivity Commission’s report, New Zealand’s commitment to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to 50% of 1990 levels by 2050, and 30% below 2005 emission levels by 2030, is proving to be a significant challenge.
Auckland Transport set for extra large EV buses
Two more electric buses will be rolling into Auckland next year as part of Auckland Transport’s low emissions bus roadmap.
‘These kids are taking charge of their future’ – Universities support climate strike
Victoria University of Wellington has joined Lincoln University in endorsing a strike by students at the end of September.
Heavy industry in bid to accelerate renewables
A group of the country’s biggest industrial electricity users are combining to see if they can accelerate development of new renewable generation capacity.
Fonterra, New Zealand Steel, Refining NZ, Oji Fibre Solutions and Pan Pac Forest Products are working with the Major Electricity Users’ Group to test whether a long-term power purchase contract for part of their combined load can incentivise new investment at a material scale.
Greener ground work at Lyttelton Port Company
Six robotic mowers and other battery electric devices will allow the Lyttelton Port Company (LPC)
to bring its grounds maintenance in-house to help cut costs, noise and carbon emissions.
Eastland Group – Commercial solar trial underway
A trial into the viability of solar as a power source for local commercial buildings is under way in Tairawhiti.
Eastland Network recently installed solar panels on the roof of its Carnarvon Street premises.
Vector and Watercare to build NZ’s first floating solar array
Auckland’s electricity and water utility companies today announced a project to build New Zealand’s largest solar array in the heart of Auckland’s North Shore, by floating it on top of the Rosedale wastewater treatment pond near the Northern Motorway.
Vector’s trial of vehicle-to-home technology kicks off in Piha
The first participant in the Piha vehicle-to-home (V2H) trial is now plugged in and ready to go.
Auckland energy company Vector has begun its first trial of the new technology, aimed at exploring how electric vehicles and V2H systems can ease peak demand on electricity networks and be used as backup electricity sources for customers during short-term outages.
What will supermarkets look like in a low-carbon future?
Countdown supermarket is looking to reduce carbon emissions by 60 per cent by 2030, it announced this week in its yearly sustainability report. The ambitious new target is in line with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels.