Saving Energy
If you would like to cut down on your power bills while keeping your home warm and dry, we’d like to help. Whether you rent or own your own home, our Sustainability Advisors will come to you and help you with practical advice and tips on how to lower your energy use. Find out what suits you and your whānau best from our options below.
EnergyMate
West Aucklanders, if you are struggling to pay your power bill or heat your home, you may be eligible for a free in-home energy coaching service.
As an EnergyMate partner, we’ll check everything electricity-related to make sure you aren’t losing or using energy needlessly. This includes checking you are on the best electricity plan with your current provider, home heating, seeing how you use your appliances, measuring your hot water and shower flow rates, and giving you LED light bulbs to immediately lower your energy use.
To be eligible for an EnergyMate visit, you must:
- Live in West Auckland
- Have lived in your current home for at least eight weeks
- Be a New Zealand citizen or resident
- Be a CSC/SuperGold card holder (or be eligible for either of these)
If you meet the above criteria, and are interested in an EnergyMate in-home visit, get in touch, and you will hear back from us soon.
EnergyMate is delivered in West Auckland by EcoMatters, in partnership with the Electricity Retailers’ Association.
To find out more about the EnergyMate programme and energy saving tips, visit energymate.nz.
Energy Wellbeing
We also offer the Energy Wellbeing programme to those in wider Tāmaki Makaurau for customers of Powershop and Meridian. If you are struggling to pay your power bills and finding it hard to keep your home warm and dry, our Sustainability Advisors can come to your home to offer energy saving advice, personalised for you and your whānau.
We can refer you to other organisations who can help with energy saving in your home, such as supplying curtains, heat pumps, extraction systems where needed. We can also provide LED light bulbs, draught door snakes, hot water cylinder wraps to immediately lower your energy use.
To be eligible for a Energy Wellbeing visit, you must:
- Be a Meridian or Powershop customer
- Live in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland)
- Be struggling to pay your power bill
- Be struggling to keep your home warm with the heating you already have
If you meet the above criteria, and are interested in an in-home Energy Wellbeing visit, get in touch and you will hear back from us soon.
The Energy Wellbeing programme is co-delivered in Tāmaki Makaurau by EcoMatters, in partnership with Meridian and Powershop.
Kia ORA and THANKs to
Support from the Energy Retailers’ Association (EnergyMate) and Meridian (Energy Wellbeing) make it possible to deliver these in-home energy checks for free.
Auckland Council Advisors
If you are not eligible for either of our in-home services, but would still like to lower your power bills and have a warmer, drier house, Auckland Council has certified advisors who provide up to an hour of free impartial advice to Auckland residents and ratepayers. Find out more and book a free consultation with an Auckland Council Advisor.
Home Energy Audit Toolkit
If your house is damp and/or cold, and your power bill is high, find out which areas of your home use the most energy by borrowing a free Home Energy Audit Toolkit (HEAT) from Auckland Council. Find out more and borrow a Home Energy Audit Toolkit.
Healthy Homes Workshops
Book us in to come to your organisation or group’s meet-up for a workshop. These cover low cost, easy to put in place, ideas to keep your home and whānau warm, dry and healthy. Find out more and book a workshop.