Social Procurement Award
This category awards the use of procurement as a tool to provide enduring positive benefits for communities, employee of suppliers, and the environment, alongside acquiring the goods, services and works required.
Sponsored by
solarZero
Te Āhuru Mōwai solar and battery social housing project
finalist
Social Procurement Award
New Zealand Energy Excellence Awards 2023
solarZero and Te Āhuru Mōwai, the country's largest Māori-owned community housing provider, are working together on an initiative to explore how solar and batteries together could benefit tenant whānau in community housing. After six months, the financial benefits were obvious - average savings were around $220/month per household. With such positive initial results, Te Āhuru Mōwai plans to explore opportunities to extend this Kaupapa to support more tenant whānau in the future.