Cosy Homes is a key delivery partner for the Dunedin City Council's Energy Plan for objectives relating to making homes warmer and more energy efficient. The DCC provides crucial general operating and in-kind support to the Trust in the form of funding and technical assistance to the Project Manager. Cosy Homes and Dunedin City Council have a shared goal of ensuring all homes in the city are warm and cosy by 2025.
Dunedin City Council contributes $62,500 annually in matching funds to leverage Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority Funds through the Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes programme. Cosy Homes administers the DCC’s contribution, with 100% of funds going to insulating homes.
Cosy Homes is a key partner for Otago Regional Council's Air Quality Implementation Programme in the region's five AirZone towns: Alexandra, Arrowtown, Clyde, Cromwell and Milton. ORC provides operational funding to Cosy Homes for coordination of this programme in the AirZone towns, which promotes better air quality through the uptake of ultra low-emission burners and other clean heating appliances, and improved thermal and energy efficiency of the housing stock.
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The Otago Community Trust is a philanthropic organisation which applies its Trust funds for charitable and other purposes which are of benefit to the community. Otago Community Trust has invested over $1.0 million since 2013 into its Warm Homes through the Funding for Change Initiative, a partnership programme with Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA). In working with local insulation companies Smart Energy Solutions and Absolute Energy (formerly Technobond), over 1500 houses in Dunedin and across Otago have been insulated.
Chief Executive Barbara Bridger highlights that there are very good synergies between what the Cosy Homes Charitable Trust is aiming to achieve and the Warm Homes programme the Otago Community Trust already champions.
“It is often quoted that $1 spent on insulation saves $5 in health savings to families, this relates to reduced medical bills, less time away from work due to ill children. Therefore, we passionately believe in helping people across Otago improve the insulation and heating of their homes.” - Chief Executive Barbara Bridger
Chief Executive Barbara Bridger highlights that there are very good synergies between what the Cosy Homes Charitable Trust is aiming to achieve and the Warm Homes programme the Otago Community Trust already champions.
“It is often quoted that $1 spent on insulation saves $5 in health savings to families, this relates to reduced medical bills, less time away from work due to ill children. Therefore, we passionately believe in helping people across Otago improve the insulation and heating of their homes.” - Chief Executive Barbara Bridger
Central Lakes Trust is a charitable trust that grant funds for charitable purposes. It is the largest philanthropic trust per capita in the Southern Hemisphere. The Trust purpose is to make a positive lasting contribution to the community by supporting charitable projects throughout Central Lakes; to enhance our community and the lives of the people within. Since its inception in 2000 the Trust has grown its asset base from the $155m, bestowed by the Otago Central Electric Power Trust to assets totalling $388m, and has distributed more than $90m into a wide range of community projects and services throughout the Central Lakes area. The Central Lakes Trust has generously offered insulation subsidies across its service area for several years, helping hundreds of residents enjoy warmer, healthier homes.
