22 Jul 2025

The best way to run your heat pump

From Nights, 8:30 pm on 22 July 2025

Two thirds of New Zealand households have a heat pump but how many of you agree on how best to use it?

Should you leave it on low all the time? Or is a short sharp blast the best way to go?

Dr Gareth Gretton, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority

Dr Gareth Gretton, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority Photo: SUPPLIED/EECA

Dr Gareth Gretton, a Lead Advisor at EECA, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority joins Emile to settle the (relatively) age-old question.

Hand holding remote control directed on the air conditioner

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