Heating

You may be eligible for funding to replace it.

If your current wood burner has expired, or is close to its expiry date, you could qualify for financial assistance towards replacement heating. You can check your wood burner’s expiry date on Environment Canterbury’s website. Please note, this register relies on information provided by local councils and may not always be fully up to date.

CEA offers funding for replacement heating through Environment Canterbury. This support is available to low-income homeowners, or homeowners living in low-income areas.

Contact us today to check your eligibility and arrange an assessment.

If you meet the eligibility criteria (see below), one of our qualified energy advisors will arrange a Home Energy Check with you. This is a comprehensive, no-obligation review of your home’s energy efficiency, designed to provide clear and impartial advice on improvements.

During the assessment, our advisor will talk through your heating preferences and outline the subsidies you may qualify for. Replacement heating options that could be covered include Ultra Low Emission Burners (ULEBs), pellet fires, or heat pumps. Any approved funding also includes the safe removal or permanent decommissioning of your old burner.

This programme is for homeowners within the Christchurch, Rangiora, Kaiapoi or Ashburton Clean Air Zones as defined in the Canterbury Air Regional Plan.

To be eligible for funding, you need to have a valid Community Services Card or live in an eligible Social Deprivation Index area.

Contact us to find out if you are eligible.

Your wood burner is authorised for use for 20 years. After this time, the authorisation expires, and the burner is considered non-compliant. As wood burners age, they tend to produce higher levels of pollution, sometimes visible, sometimes not, which can negatively affect air quality and our health. For this reason, they must be replaced once they reach the end of their authorised lifespan.

To apply for wood burner funding, give us a call or book a Home Energy Check online.