Deliver the greatest net-benefit to New Zealand from energy efficiency, energy conservation [...].---Warm, dry and more energy efficient homes.---Improved energy intensity.----Long-term strategic direction to 2025: Improved home thermal envelope and occupants’ health; Improved household energy intensity; Greater use of renewable energy.---Long-term strategic direction to 2025: Improved transport energy intensity so that more goods are delivered and more people have access to their destinations per unit of fuel use; Greater use of renewables in the transport sector.

Residential - Immediate outcomes to June 2018: 350,000 homes with improved thermal performance; 50% of buyers seek information about a home’s thermal performance to assist in decision making; 70% of renters use information about a home’s thermal performance when making decisions to rent; 12% reduction in annual energy use by residential appliances.---Transport- Immediate outcomes to June 2018: 30% of businesses with significant transport fuel use are taking action; 30% of drivers are driving more efficiently; Vehicles entering the light vehicle fleet improve by 0.1 litres/100 km per year.---Business sector - Immediate outcomes to June 2018: 20% of the top 1,200 energy using businesses seek audits or advice; 20% of new commercial tenants seek a NABERSNZ rating; 5% annual energy use reduction in commercial and industrial appliances; 0.03 PJ additional renewable heat energy.---Long-term strategic direction to 2025: Improve industrial and commercial energy intensity (GJ/$1000 GDP) 9.5 PJ per year of energy from woody biomass or direct use geothermal additional to that used in 2005.

Improving the thermal performance of New Zealand homes • through our flagship insulation programmes • by helping people identify wider opportunities to improve the energy efficiency of their houses.---Tackling poverty, especially as it affects children • by targeting insulation programmes where they are most needed: low-income households with children, elderly and others with high health needs • by reducing households’ energy and health costs.---Supporting the rebuild of Christchurch • by providing advice on cost-effective energy efficient and renewable technologies for Christchurch houses, as part of the rebuild.---Reducing energy-related CO2 emissions • through a range of fuel saving initiatives across the carbon intensive transport sector. ---Increased productivity and a more competitive economy • by helping businesses and households reduce their fuel and other transport-related costs.---Supporting the rebuild of Christchurch • by providing advice on the design and build of commercial buildings to incorporate cost-effective energy efficient and renewable technologies as part of the rebuild • by advising on new energy-related infrastructure, such as a district energy scheme.---Increased productivity and a more competitive economy • by helping businesses save on energy costs, allowing savings to be re-invested in other parts of their business or the economy •[...]by helping businesses identify new market opportunities based on energy efficient and renewable technologies.