- All new residential and commercial buildings to operate at net zero emissions The total of a country’s/city's emissions across all sources, minus offsets from land use, land-use change and forestry..
- Retrofit 50 per cent of existing residential and commercial buildings to a high standard of energy efficiency.
- Replace 75 per cent of gas heaters in existing residential and commercial buildings with electric heat pumps.
- Replace 50 per cent of gas water heaters in existing residential and commercial buildings with electric heat pump water heaters.
- 40 per cent of new dwellings are in transit-oriented developments A type of development that maximises the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of public transport..
Ngā mahi huringa āhuarangi me ngā whāinga paetae Climate actions and targets
Actions and targets for the main five sources of emissions
Buildings
2030
2050
- All new residential and commercial buildings to operate at net zero emissions.
- Retrofit 100 per cent of existing residential and commercial buildings to a high standard of energy efficiency.
- Replace 100 per cent of gas heaters in existing residential and commercial buildings with electric heat pumps.
- Replace 100 per cent of gas water heaters in existing residential and commercial buildings with electric heat pump water heaters.
- 65 per cent of new dwellings are in transit-oriented developments
Energy
2030
- 94 per cent of grid electricity is renewable – all coal and half of gas-fired power generation replaced with renewable electricity generation.
- 20 per cent of residential and commercial buildings installed with solar PV Solar photovoltaics. A system that converts sunlight (photons) into electricity. .
- 22 per cent of process heat switched from gas to electricity.
- 42 per cent reduction in process heat emissions Greenhouse gas emissions from systems to produce thermal energy, in the form of steam, hot water and direct heat systems, that is used in organisations.because of waste heat recovery, high temperature heat pumps, best practice technology and switching from gas to biofuels.