Science Night 34: Electrify Raglan

In Whāingaroa, Raglan and across Aotearoa, New Zealand it keeps getting more expensive to heat our homes and water, cook our meals and get around, but it’s easier than you think to save money on your energy bills by upgrading to electric appliances and vehicles.

The data produced by Rewiring Aotearoa shows that most houses in Raglan could save thousands on energy bills every year while reducing emissions and improving resilience. By swapping old gas and petrol machines for modern electric equivalents (and, if you can, powering them with solar and batteries), we can get a win-win-win.

Rewiring Aotearoa is bringing their Ecosystem Lead to Raglan to break down the ‘electrification tipping point’, show real-world examples and answer questions you have about how going electric is the smartest, cheapest, strongest and healthiest way to power your life.

Jaydan (Jay) Salzke is an educator and community builder. As Ecosystem Lead for Rewiring Aotearoa, he is building a network of community groups accelerating local electrification. With over 25 electric communities up and running, Rewiring Aotearoa is supporting a local-led national movement to secure the lowest bills, lowest emissions, and highest resilience energy future for New Zealand.
www.rewiring.nz

Nau mai, haere mai! This is a FREE event held in the front bar of the Harbourview Hotel.
Arrive early if you want to order dinner, a drink, and snag a good table. Science Night commences at 7pm.
whaingaroa.org.nz/science-night

Many thanks to our Science Night funders The Sargood Bequest
www.sargoodbequest.org.nz