ENERGYWISE™ Homes Funding

Around 900,000 Kiwi homes have substandard insulation. Get one third off the cost of insulation - SAVE on heating and SAVE on sniffles.

Want a warmer, healthier home for your family next winter? Then act now and take advantage of a great ENERGYWISE™ offer.

We are working with delivery partners so homeowners can make their homes warmer and more energy efficient. Funding is available for insulation, clean heating and other energy efficiency measures for homes (eligibility dependant). ENERGYWISE™ offers either a grant of one third of the costs of home improvements, or an interest subsidy.

Are you eligible?

• Do you own your own home?
• Was it built before 1 January 2000?
• Is the income of the homeowners, before tax:
  • less than $100,000 a year (one or two earners), or
  • less than $140,000 a year (three or more earners)?

If you can answer 'yes' to all the eligibility criteria statements above, complete the enquiry form on the right to be in contact with ENERGYWISE™ delivery partners in your area.

You will be required to complete a declaration confirming you meet the eligibility criteria. Then one of the ENERGYWISE™ delivery partners will complete an energy efficiency assessment of your home, and provide you with a quote. Normal lending criteria must be met if accessing the loan subsidy option.

Funding is also available to landlords when insulating and applying energy efficiency measures to residential properties. The above income threshold applies to the landlord, not the tenant.

What's on offer?

1. ENERGYWISE™ delivery partners organisations will assess your home, and suggest the best option for improving your home's insulation, heating and general energy efficiency.
2. The following improvements to your home may be recommended by ENERGYWISE™ delivery partners:
   • Insulation - for your ceiling, underfloor, hot water cylinder and pipes
   • Installation of "clean" heating systems (heating that produces no or little air pollution) including:
     • ENERGY STAR® qualified heat pumps
     • Modern wood and wood pellet burners
     • Flued gas heaters - natural gas or LPG
   • Other energy efficiency measures:
     • Draught proofing
     • Low flow shower heads
     • Energy efficient lighting

Detail on funding available

• A one-off grant of one third of the costs of insulation, clean heating and other energy efficiency measures, up to a maximum of $1,125 (incl GST) (improvement costs must total more than $1000), or
• Interest subsidy, where the government will pay the interest on a loan, up to a maximum of $1,400 (incl GST), (improvement costs must total more than $1000).

You may be eligible for further savings. Check out the options below:

• Low income houseowners - If you are eligible for a community services card, you may be able to get 100% subsidy on insulation.
• Landlords - If you are a landlord with low-income tenants, you may be eligible for up to 60% subsidy on insulation
• Solar water heating system - if you install a solar water heating system, you may be eligible for a $1000 contribution toward installation.

Delivery partners - see here for full list of the ENERGYWISE™ delivery partners.