In this section you can find information on the Commission’s commercial sector electricity efficiency programmes which target economic electricity efficiency in New Zealand’s commercial buildings, such as food stores, hospitals, office buildings, retail, hotel/motels, restaurants, schools/colleges, and tertiary education institutions..

The Potential

The KEMA New Zealand Electricity Efficiency Potential Study estimates total annual electricity consumption in this sector as 8,135 GWh (2007).  KEMA estimates the economic electricity savings potential by 2016 in this sector as 1,849 GWh per annum.

The Barriers

The Commission completed a review of electricity efficiency in the commercial sector in August 2009.  In-depth interviews were conducted with around fifty key stakeholders in the commercial buildings sector to understand their views on the main barriers to electricity efficiency and what needs to happen to effectively address those barriers in this important sector.

The Programmes

The Commission’s current commercial sector programmes have been carefully developed to target the main economic areas of  New Zealand’s commercial sector electricity efficiency (as identified by KEMA) by focusing on the key barriers as identified by industry stakeholders.

• Financial assistance programmes
  
• Training and information programmes
  
• Research and useful background information
  

The Commission’s contacts for commercial sector electricity efficiency programmes are:

Terry Stewart (Programme Manager): terry.stewart@electricitycommission.govt.nz

Roxane Gautier (Project Manager): roxane.gautier@electricitycommission.govt.nz