Monday, October 20, 2014

The total energy use of the services sector accounts for less than 20% of the total business use.

That's despite the fact the services sector contributes 44% of New Zealand's Gross Domestic Product.

And it covers 55% of people employed.

Last year the sector used more than 75,000 terajoules of energy.

That's an increase of less than 3% since 2010.

The sector comprises labour intensive businesses such as cafes.

Statistics New Zealand says one third of businesses in the sector are installing energy-saving technologies.

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