2011-09-19 13:49:15 // Sustain Team
// The Idealog Blog
New Zealand has the equivalent of 1.7 million barrels of oil going to waste in the form of forest waste. Now the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) is hoping to capitalise on that potential by announcing it will offer renewable energy feasibility study grants to the tune of $20,00o per study.
2011-07-15 16:39:57 // Sustain Team
You wouldn't waste wine, so why waste the prunings? Marlborough wine producer Yealands Estate has managed to slash its annual heating bill by choosing to burn its own vine prunings to produce heat.
