Heating makes up about 33% of your energy bill. You can be kinder to the environment, save money, and still enjoy a warm, healthy home by choosing an energy efficient form of heating.
When you’re renting it’s harder to make changes to your home – but it doesn’t mean you have to lower your sustainable living standards.
Electric heaters are generally very efficient as they convert most of the electricity directly to heat.
Heat pumps can manage the temperature in your home year-round, keeping it warm in winter and cool in summer.
Wood and pellet burners use logs or wood pellets as fuel to heat the home.
Good quality, well-installed insulation in the ceiling, under the floor and in external walls will make your house easier and cheaper to heat.
Draughts through poor-fitting doors, windows, gaps and cracks are common causes of heat loss in New Zealand 's older homes.
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