Energy Efficiency

The NZ Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy requires: “government to demonstrate sustainable outcomes in its vehicle fleet, its buildings, its purchase of equipment and consumables and the behaviour of public service employees.”

The Strategy targets include energy use reductions, workplace travel plans and vehicle carbon emissions.

Targets include:

• achievement of a 10% reduction in energy use per FTE of premises occupied by the end of 2012, compared with the 2006/07 baseline.
• reduce consumption of energy-intensive consumables such as paper by 10% by the end of 2010.
• Workplace travel plan in place by the end of 2010 aiming for an aggregate 15% reduction in kilometres travelled, including by air, from the 2006/07 baseline.
• reducing average CO2 emissions per vehicle in the fleet by 25% by the end of 2012 based on the 2006/07 baseline.