Help Shape the Home Energy Advice landscape
We’ve just launched a new survey as part of our research into the Home Energy Advice sector in Aotearoa New Zealand—and we’d love your input.
This survey is for:
- People who provide Home Energy Advice, and
- People who manage others who provide Home Energy Advice.
Survey details:
- Time required: 15–20 minutes
- Privacy: The survey is anonymous.
- Enter the draw to win one of three $100 Prezzy Cards
- Survey open until Friday 19 September
Whether you’re an advisor working directly with households and whānau or a manager supporting a team of practitioners, your insights will help us build a stronger, more effective sector.
This research is part of the Home Energy Advice Sector Project, led by Beacon Pathway in partnership with Allen + Clarke, and funded by BRANZ through the Building Research Levy. The project aims to strengthen the Home Energy Advice sector in Aotearoa New Zealand by understanding how advice is currently delivered, who provides it, and where opportunities for improvement lie.
Why It Matters
New Zealand homes often underperform when it comes to comfort, health, efficiency, climate resilience, and affordability. Changes are needed across the system for our homes to do their jobs better. Personalised Home Energy Advice is an important part of the solution—helping households make confident decisions and meaningful improvements.
About the Project
What Do We Mean by Home Energy Advice?
In this research, we use the term Home Energy Advice to refer to personalised advice provided to a client or household to help make homes:
- Healthier
- More comfortable to live in
- Cheaper to run
- More resource efficient
- Have a lower environmental impact
Advice may cover some or all of these topics, it may be delivered face-to-face, by phone, or online, and may relate to existing homes or planned new builds. It can include a range of approaches, including assessment tools or methodologies and may also be known by other names, such as: Healthy Homes Advice, Home Performance Advice, Eco Design Advice or Energy Education.
Share the Survey
If you know any practitioners or organisations who might be interested, please share the survey link with them. The more voices we hear, the better we can support the sector.