Energy Focus Group
Part of the reason Transition Towns came into being was a response to the situation of rapidly increasing energy prices. People are dealing with higher household and other energy use costs.
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Energy use and the technologies used to produce and consume energy is relevant to everyone in our community and there are things we can all do to create resilience against rising energy costs and provision of electricity.
Energy Focus Group
There are things we can do to mitigate the impacts of these things and the Grey Lynn 2030 Energy focus group is a great place to think and act on this locally.
Our Energy focus group within Grey Lynn 2030 provides a space to discuss ideas, learn from experts, create and implement projects, be proactive and inspire our community to join in.
What we do
Information and Discussion evenings with invited speakers
- Information evenings by experts in Housing energy efficiency / Solar heating / LED Lighting
- Learn about ‘Generating Your Own Power’ to sell onto the national grid
- Other ideas?
Partner with other Energy organisations
- ECCA
- Auckland Council
- Electricity and Gas companies
- Rewiring Aotearoa
Plan and Implement Local Projects
- Housing energy use efficiency improvements – Lighting / Insulation etc
- Promote ECCA programmes
- Smart metering promotion and installation projects
- Solar Water Heating systems implementation - Bulk buying schemes
- Solar Electricity implementation - Bulk buying schemes
- Peer to Peer Microgrids
- Energy consumption reduction
Promote our group in the community
- Education stand at the Grey Lynn Farmers Market and community events
- Promote local projects that benefit our community
Share Energy Efficiency topics
- Link to other websites for information sharing
There are many goals we will aim to achieve as a group.
- To reduce the amount of energy we use in our local community
- To generate as much as our energy as possible locally using renewable technology
- Create local renewable energy technology infrastructure
- Encourage people, businesses, and organisations to reduce energy use
- Encourage people to use EV's and ebikes for transport.
Energy Project Updates
Below is a selection of activities and updates from this project.
Pippa Coom: Auckland Energy Consumer Trust
Your voting papers should have arrived for the AECT election.Vote for our Grey Lynn 2030 Steering Committee member, Pippa Coom Voters not aware of their valuable asset Only 21% of eligible voters cast their votes in the last election for the trustees of the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust in 2006. This low turnout is surprising…
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Pippa Coom: Auckland Energy Consumer Trust
Community candidate challenges Vector’s sustainability path A corporate lawyer with experience working for regulated industries will stand as an independent candidate in this year’s election for trustees to the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust. Pippa Coom, who has worked for Vector Ltd, which is majority owned by the Trust, is also the first member of the…
Read MoreThe Future of Energy – Auckland University
New Zealand is hugely reliant on the rest of the world for its fuels. Technological advancements such as battery operated cars provide us with the opportunity to be more self-reliant. However, the debate about what sort of alternative approaches to generating electricity has not yet occurred. We need a debate about the appropriate mix of…
Read MoreBioGas Talk
Biogas is the flammable gas given off during Anaerobic Digestion (fermentation). Anaerobic Digestion is a useful process! Biogas is a useful product! Biogas can be utilised as a free energy source in a domestic or farm situation! Small scale Anaerobic Digestion for the House and Farm, is the topic of a Presentation at the Maharishi…
Read MoreWhat is Biogas?
The Grey Lynn 2030 Waste Away group are interested in hearing more about BioGas Biogas is the flammable gas given off during Anaerobic Digestion (fermentation). Anaerobic Digestion is a useful process! Biogas is a useful product! Biogas can be utilised as a free energy source in a domestic or farm situation! Small scale Anaerobic Digestion…
Read MoreGrey Lynn Energy Group gets underway
The impact of raising energy costs is not going to go away. Creating an energy focus group within Grey Lynn 2030 will provide a space to discuss ideas, learn from experts, create and implement projects, be proactive and inspire our community to join in. First meeting to get an energy focus group underway. All Welcome 7.30pm…
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