Local energy savings are moving beyond advice Local energy savings used to be discussed as good habits: switch equipment off, buy efficient products, reduce waste. Those actions still matter, but […]
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Research
Eco Wave Green’s Research category collects public notes, evidence summaries and policy-aware articles for New Zealand and Australia. Topics include energy-performance policy, low-carbon progress, climate adaptation cost-sharing, ecology policy, infrastructure risk and urban resilience. The aim is to help councils, institutions, funders, asset owners and serious public readers understand what is changing, what remains uncertain and what practical decisions may follow.
New Zealand Low Carbon Progress Is Not One Number
Why New Zealand low carbon progress needs more than one number New Zealand low carbon progress is often reduced to one headline: a target, a ranking, a percentage reduction, or […]
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Who Pays for Local Climate Adaptation?
The issue is no longer only the hazard Climate adaptation cost sharing becomes real when a council, authority, asset owner, insurer, funder, business, iwi/hapū group, or community has to choose […]
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Ecology Policy Radar: 3 Environmental Pressures New Zealand Should Watch First
Ecology Policy Radar: wider than carbon Ecology policy radar is a simple way to track New Zealand environmental pressures beyond carbon. Carbon still matters: emissions targets, energy transition and low […]
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Why Energy Savings Should Start With Losses, Not New Technology
Energy savings start with losses, not technology Energy savings start with losses, yet many organisations still begin by asking what technology they should buy: solar, batteries, heat pumps, new HVAC […]
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Energy savings funding pathway: not just a good idea
Energy savings funding pathway: not just a good idea An energy savings funding pathway turns a reasonable observation into a project a funder, board, council, landlord, tenant, or finance team […]
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Is Your Site Ready for the Future Energy System?
Site energy readiness is becoming an energy performance question Site energy readiness starts where the old energy saving question stopped: “How do we use less energy?” For many New Zealand […]
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