How the Christchurch district energy scheme worksDAVID WALKER/Stuff The district energy scheme at Ngai Tahu's Pita Te Hori Centre heats and cools the centre and the Christchurch City Council HQ next door, using a massive heat battery and gas from landfill. A district energy scheme has just been turned on at Ngāi Tahu's new development in central Christchurch. MARK CORNELL/STUFF The district energy scheme at Ngāi Tahu's new Christchurch development. READ MORE:* Ngai Tahu's new $85m Christchurch office complex will strengthen city's mana* Editorial: A district energy scheme would have been a green dream* Grand scheme to heat Christchurch city a 'total failure'* Canterbury District Health Board pulls out of energy centreDAVID WALKER/STUFF Roger Sutton, left, recently unveiled the district energy scheme at the Pita Te Hori Centre with Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel and Pioneer Energy chief executive Fraser Jonker. If it can be profitably emulated, the Christchurch District Energy Scheme points to future energy efficiency in Christchurch and across New Zealand, says general manager Roger Sutton.

Source: Stuff September 24, 2017 17:37 UTC