1.8Undertake energy upgrades at Council facilities prioritising getting off gas works.

De-gasification of Council owned sites are currently underway with one completed site at Ashburton Bowls Club.

The works included:

• Replacing 3x old gas heaters with 1x 7.1 kW split systems and 2x 9.5 kW split system
• Replacing gas hot water system with 250 L capacity heat pump hot water system
• Replaced gas cooktop with induction cooktop

During our de-gasification of Ashburton Bowls Club, we had a great circular economy story. A portion of the wall which contained an old air conditioning condenser required removing. This would leave a large hole in the brick wall.

After many search attempts to find bricks that would match the walls, the installers went back to the Bowls Club who advised they actually had some spare bricks in the shed! The installers were able to use these bricks to patch up the wall and re-use materials from the site.

The next de-gasification project is Kew Office, which is currently in the planning stage. This will include replacing the hot water system and plumbing upgrades.