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We can help you get a warmer, healthier home inside and out with plenty of efficient heating options including heatpumps, gas fires, pellet burners and woodburners.
From 2005 onwards, new fires have been manufactured to meet the new Government air quality standards. Older fires contribute to the air quality problem because they are less efficient and have higher pollutant emissions. The Regional Council rules state that non-compliant fires are or will be prohibited from use, and the older fires were phased out first.
Replacing your open fire or older model wood burner gives you cleaner winter air and a healthier home inside and out. We can help you and provide advice and funding for plenty of efficient heating options, including heatpumps, gas fires, pellet burners and wood burners.
More information is available at genless.govt.nz
Funding options are dependent on where you live - if your property is in Napier or Hastings cities and your property falls in the one of the Airsheds, you will qualify for Clean Heat borrowing or a grant. You can check whether you live within one of these Airsheds here. If you live outside of these Airsheds we can still help with funding to install clean heating. Find out more below.
You can check if your property falls in to an airshed zone on the map at the bottom of this page.
You can do this through our existing Clean Heat programme which offers two funding options. We have been targeting high winter air pollution levels in Hastings and Napier for some years now, and provide grants or borrowings to homeowners, including landlords, to upgrade their woodburners. Borrowing is at a 3.0% interest rate.
Only properties greater than 2 hectares in size, or located in Airzone 2 of the Hastings or Napier Airsheds, can continue to use their existing burners or open fires. However when replacing the burner, it must meet national burner emission limits.
Within the Airshed zones, there are two funding options for assisting people to upgrade, as this is a priority area for reducing air pollution from smoky fires in winter.
We can provide a one-off grant for replacing a non-compliant fire with a compliant wood burner, gas fire or heater or heatpump.
Grants are claimed when the fire has been replaced. The grant is either:
Confirmation from a supplier that the old fire has been removed or decommissioned will be required to qualify for the grant and payments can be made direct in your bank account.
Alternatively homeowners can borrow a one off amount at highly competitive rates and pay this back as a rate (we call it a voluntary targeted rate or VTR).
Do I qualify for a clean heat rate?
Yes, if your property falls within the airshed areas (see map below) in Napier or Hastings), you can borrow from HBRC to replace a non-compliant fire with a clean heat source, such as a compliant wood burner, gas heater or fire or heatpump. This must be supplied and installed by an HBRC contracted service provider.
The repayments depend on how much you need to borrow, based on a 3% interest rate. The table below shows an indication of repayments over a 10 year term (borrowings at $250 increments).
| Clean Heat Borrowing Amount | Total Amount to repay | Cost per month |
|---|---|---|
| $1000 | $1150 | $9.58 |
| $1250 | $1440 | $12.00 |
| $1500 | $1730 | $14.42 |
| $1750 | $2020 | $16.83 |
| $2000 | $2310 | $19.25 |
| $2250 | $2600 | $21.67 |
| $2500 | $2890 | $24.08 |
| $2750 | $3180 | $26.50 |
| $3000 | $3470 | $28.92 |
| $3250 | $3760 | $31.33 |
| $3500 | $4050 | $33.75 |
| $3750 | $4340 | $36.17 |
| $4000 | $4630 | $38.58 |
| $4250 | $4920 | $41.00 |
| $4500 | $5210 | $43.42 |
Find out what your repayments might be using our Voluntary Targeted Rate (VTR) 10 year calculator.
Amount Borrowed: $0
Sum Total of Interest and GST to pay: $0
10 year total to pay back: $0
| WEEKLY | FORTNIGHTLY | MONTHLY |
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| $0 | $0 | $0 |
We are pleased to extend many of the benefits of the existing upgrade programme to any home through out Hawke’s Bay through the new Sustainable Homes programme. This will help more homes to be warmer and healthier.
Hawke’s Bay homeowners can borrow up to $4500 for upgrading their open fire or woodburner with either a new fire, a heatpump, gas or electrical appliance of their preference.
They pay this off via a monthly direct debit (link to form) over 10 years, or sooner. Borrowing is at a 6% interest rate.
Yes, if you're a Regional Council ratepayer and you don’t have outstanding rates due.
The repayments depend on how much you need to borrow, based on a 6% interest rate. The table below shows an indication of repayments over a 10 year term (borrowings at $500 increments).
Voluntary Targeted Rate (VTR) 10 year calculator - Funding Rate 6%
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Sustainable homes value* |
Total to repay |
Cost per month |
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1000 |
1330 |
11.08 |
|
1250 |
1660 |
13.83 |
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1500 |
1990 |
16.58 |
|
1750 |
2330 |
19.42 |
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2000 |
2660 |
22.17 |
|
2250 |
2990 |
24.92 |
|
2500 |
3330 |
27.75 |
|
2750 |
3660 |
30.50 |
|
3000 |
3990 |
33.25 |
|
3250 |
4320 |
36.00 |
|
3500 |
4660 |
38.83 |
|
3750 |
4990 |
41.58 |
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4000 |
5320 |
44.33 |
|
4250 |
5660 |
47.17 |
|
4500 |
5990 |
49.92 |
|
5000 |
6660 |
55.50 |
|
5500 |
7320 |
61.00 |
|
6000 |
7990 |
66.58 |
|
6500 |
8650 |
72.08 |
|
7000 |
9320 |
77.67 |
|
7500 |
9990 |
83.25 |
|
8000 |
10.650 |
88.75 |
|
8500 |
11,320 |
94.33 |
|
9000 |
11,990 |
99.92 |
|
9,500 |
12,650 |
105.42 |
|
10,000 |
13,320 |
111.00 |
See 'How to apply' below.
Print off the Sustainable Homes Application Form from the 'related documents' at the top of this page, and post or bring in to our offices, or through your supplier.
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Abode Heating & Insulation |
027 241 8590 |
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Advanced Plumbing HB Ltd |
(06) 878 2359 |
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Alchemy Plumbing |
027 334 5558 |
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Firestarter |
021 632 414 |
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HB Fire Fitters |
020 4019 5204 |
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Fourth Element & Pyroclassics |
(06) 842 2237 |
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Isaac’s Plumbing Electrical |
(06) 857 8807 |
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Pipedoc Plumbing |
022 098 5480 |
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Rob’s Plumbing & Heating Ltd |
(06) 836 6109 | |
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Service On Site |
021 0243 9909 |
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Stihl Shop |
(06) 844 2418 |
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Advanced Plumbing HB Ltd |
(06) 878 2359 |
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Alchemy Plumbing |
027 334 5558 |
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CHB Gas Plumbing & Heating |
027 292 9966 |
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Direct Earth Ltd |
(06) 870 8404 |
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East Coast Plumbing & Gas Ltd |
(06) 211 6462 |
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EcoEfficient Solutions |
027 445 2147 |
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Flash Gas & Plumbing Ltd |
027 948 2594 |
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PlumbersHB |
(06) 878 9735 |
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Solar Concepts |
027 822 3612 |
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The Napier Plumber |
022 475 0157 |
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Twin City Gas |
(06) 875 0519 |
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Waterworx HB |
027 918 3745 | |
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Wish Plumbing & Gas Ltd |
021 205 4766 or 021 238 1915 |
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Upstream Plumbing Gas |
021 152 9648 |
An airshed is a legally designated air quality management area. In New Zealand, regional councils and unitary authorities have identified areas to be managed as airsheds for the purposes of the national environmental standards for air quality.
The majority of our airsheds may have levels of pollutants that exceed the national environmental standards for air quality. Some airsheds are also identified based on factors such as
You can use the map below to check whether your property falls in to the airshed, and what it means regarding replacing a non-compliant fire if you live in the blue or red zones.
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159 Dalton Street. Napier 4110
Private Bag 6006, Napier 4142
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