Clean Heat Warm Homes Programme

If you have to stop using your enclosed burner as a result of the Council’s Air Quality Plan, you may be eligible for financial assistance under the Council’s Clean Heat Warm Homes Programme (CHWH). The financial assistance scheme is called 'Pay as you Heat' and is administered for Council by Energy Management Solutions (EMSOL).

Owners of enclosed burners

You are eligible for Pay as you Heat if:

  • your burner has to be phased out under the Council’s Air Quality Plan AND
  • your burner is the main form of heating in the main living area

Find out if your burner has to be phased out.

Under the Pay as you Heat scheme,  the Council replaces your enclosed burner with a heat pump, or a pellet burner or a Council authorised woodburner, and upgrades your insulation.

You pay it back (interest free) over ten years as a targeted rate on your property as part of your rates bill. If you receive the Government Rates Rebate you do not have to make any repayment of the targeted rate for as long as you receive the rebate.

Pay as you Heat is not available for:

  • replacing burners in The Wood, The Brook, Nile St area, Atawhai, seaward side of the Port Hills, Todds Valley, The Glen and in the rural area. (Burners in these areas are not subject to compulsory phase-out rules);
  • replacement of open fires;
  • replacement of gas, oil, diesel or similar burners
  • replacement of burners that are not the main heating source in the main living area of your house (eg chippies)
  • homes that have already received financial assistance from the Council towards replacing their burner or fire.

Wetbacks (water heaters) are not covered under the CHWH programme but you can add a Council approved wetback at your own cost if you wish.

A condition of getting the CHWH 'Pay as you Heat' is that the houses’s insulation is upgraded. Where this is necessary the cost is covered in the work done, at competitive prices by the Clean Heat Warm Homes contractors.

ENERGYWISETM funding

If you are eligible for the Council's Clean Heat Warm Homes "Pay as you Heat " scheme you will also benefit from the Government's ENERGYWISETM funding which provides substantial grants for insulation and clean heating. These grants reduce the total cost of insulation and heating provided for your home, which you will repay over 10 years. The maximum amount you can repay interested free is $4,999.

If you are not eligible for the Council's scheme you will still be able to access ENERGYWISETM funding subsidies on insulation and heaters via a private  provider operating in Nelson, however you will not be able to pay back the balance on your rates. Visit the Energywise website for details.

Get more information

Click here to download a copy of the Pay as You Heat information booklet. (286KB PDF)

Apply online for "Pay as You Heat"

If you are eligible and would like to participate in the Clean Heat Warm Homes 'Pay as you Heat', you can apply online or download and print an application.

Apply online to the Clean Heat Warm Homes Pay as you Heat scheme.

Download an application to apply to the Clean Heat Warm Homes Pay as you Heat scheme (340KB PDF)

Contact

Energy Management Solutions (Emsol) manage the scheme for the Council, phone +64 3 538 0684 or email: cleanheat@emsol.co.nz.