Events

Special events highlight the latest and the best in energy efficiency and conservation, and renewable energy.

Here you can find out about what's coming up and catch up on recent events.

Upcoming events

• 30 August - 3 September 2010: Cost Effective Refrigeration Workshop (Palmerston North). Learn more about food refrigeration, heat load estimation, chilling and freezing calculations, absorption refrigeration, refrigerant & equipment selection, operational efficiency, refrigeration plant layout & design and water vapour effects. For further information contact Massey University - School of Engineering and Advanced Technology.
• 25 November 2010, Auckland: EECA Awards 2010. The Awards celebrate organisations who have demonstrated excellence and innovation in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.

Recent events

• The New Zealand Sustainable Building Conference ran 26-28 May 2010 in Wellington. The New Zealand Sustainable Building Conference – (SB10 NZ) brought  together a wide range of industry stake holders to focus on the issue of sustainable building in the New Zealand environment.
• Aotearoa Wave and Tidal Energy Association (AWATEA) annual conference  ran 19-20 April 2010 in Wellington. EECA was a sponsor of this two-day event. 
• The EECA Biofuels and Electric Vehicles Conference ran 21 April 2010 in Wellington. New Zealand's principal industry conference on biofuels and electric vehicles, featuring a range of international and local speakers.
• The Bioenergy Association of New Zealand (BANZ) liquid biofuels workshop ran 22 April 2010 in Wellington.  This followed on from the EECA Biofuels and Electric Vehicles conference.
• The NZ Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2010 was held 29-31 March in Palmerston North. EECA was a sponsor and Manager Energy Supply Fiona Weightman presented on the growth of wind energy in new Zealand.
• EECA's Wood Energy seminars ran 22 March (Auckland), 25 March (Dunedin) and 26 March (Christchurch) They provided an overview of the technical considerations for using wood energy for industrial and commercial heat.
• EECA's Heat Recovery seminars ran 1 March (Hamilton), 3 March (Napier), 4 March (Blenheim) and 5 March (Invercargill). They aimed to help processing businesses identify what processes produce waste heat, outline methods for recovering heat and build a business case for a heat recovery project including the savings that should be achieved and the typical project cost.