State Sector Decarbonisation Fund
Funding response form
The State Sector Decarbonisation Fund supports State sector agencies to accelerate decarbonisation by
funding projects that bring forward in time investments that reduce emissions.
Funding is open to State sector organisations to part-fund the capital cost of installing energy efficient
and/or renewable energy technologies, specifically:
Heating and cooling upgrades or replacements e.g. switching fossil fuel boilers to wood energy,
installation of building management systems,
Efficient lighting upgrades e.g. installation of LED lighting, OR
The difference in cost between conventional petrol or diesel cars and low emissions vehicles e.g.
electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, hydrogen powered vehicles, and the full cost
associated with charging infrastructure. Includes purchased and leased vehicles.
Project exclusions are listed in the response form table.
Applications must be received by the end of May, July and October. EECA will work with the agency to
complete the response forms. Projects are assessed by EECA and recommended to Ministers in consultation
with officials at MBIE and other relevant organisations. Funding to be allocated first-come-first-
considered to projects that meet funding criteria. If accepted, the Fund could cover up to 40 - 60% of the
project costs.
Applicants must be State sector organisations. To receive funding, applications must satisfy the following
criteria:
Be able to be fully implemented by 2022/23, and be broadly implementation ready and supported by
business cases and / or feasibility studies.
Provide significant emissions reductions, including by catalysing additional emissions abatement
beyond the state sector.
Be financially viable, with a reasonable payback period.
Demonstrate government leadership and reinforce signals from wider climate change policy.
In addition, you must meet the following requirements you will commit to having your project
independently monitored and to promoting the project and outcomes.
EECA holds discretion to
recommend projects outside of
these parameters where the
project scores highly against
the funding criteria.
Projects will be assessed
against weighted criteria and
an overall assessment of
impact would be made.
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PROJECT DETAILS
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Name of State sector
organisation
Ministries, Crown agents and entities, district health boards, Crown Research Institutes, schools,
tertiary education institutes. Excludes state owned enterprises and local government.
For low emissions vehicles projects – the 137 State sector organisations that are mandated to buy
vehicles from the All of Government vehicles contract.
Description of the project
Short description of the project including location, asset type and size, fuel type, etc.
- technology or process
Projects in scope are:
Heating and cooling upgrades or replacements e.g. switching fossil fuel boilers to wood
energy, installation of building management systems,
Efficient lighting upgrades e.g. installation of LED lighting, OR
The differential cost of adding low emissions vehicles to its fleets e.g. electric vehicles, plug-in
hybrid electric vehicles, hydrogen powered vehicles, and associated charging infrastructure.
We would not consider projects that have already started or would happen anyway. We would
not fund projects involving the following:
non-energy related carbon projects
waste reduction projects
freight transport
residential products
solar hot water and photovoltaic panels (when replacing grid connection)
wind, hydro and marine electricity generation (when replacing grid connection)
research and development.
Funding sought
Total % and % of project cost
Total project cost
Have costs been approved by the business? What is the timeline for this? Please provide a
breakdown of project cost.
Incremental project cost
Cost over the cost of standard technology or project
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PROJECT ASSESSMENT INFORMATION
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Evidence that
Timeline from start to completion.
projects would be
fully implemented
Evidence that the project would be fully implemented by 2022/23, and be broadly implementation
by 2022/23, and be
ready (supported by business cases and / or feasibility studies).
broadly
implementation
Must supply an assessment of the technical and financial feasibility of the carbon reduction project.
ready and supported
Evidence of project timeframes and identified delivery risks to implementation. Proof of internal and
by business cases
any external approvals (e.g. Ministry).
and / or feasibility
studies
Technology is proven, commercially available.
Evidence that
Assessment of expected carbon reduction e.g. estimated emissions abatement impact (total and
projects would
annual); and for vehicles, percentage of fleet / fleet emissions.
provide significant
emissions
Assessment of expected energy savings by fuel type.
reductions,
Commitment to independently monitor project (and reporting to EECA) and to promoting the project
including by
catalysing additional
and outcomes.
emissions
Project benefits applicable to multiple organisations in the state sector or wider private sectors. For
abatement beyond
example undertaking to sell BEVs into second-hand market within 4 years.
the state sector
Be financially viable,
Cost of CO2 abatement ($/t abated).
with a reasonable
payback period
Evidence of a reasonable payback period or overall financial case.
Evidence that the installers are suitably qualified (accreditation, track record / experience etc). For
vehicles, these must be purchased via the AoG Vehicles rules.
Demonstrate
Evidence the organisation has a wider, long-term carbon reduction strategy (including fleet
government
transition plan for EV projects).
leadership
Evidence of commitment to optimising energy use and improving energy efficiency.
Any evidence of a commitment to implement the same project within their wider asset base.
Additional
information
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APPLICANT DETAILS
Name of State sector agency
Primary contact name and position
Phone
Email
CONFIRMATION
By signing below you are confirming that, to the best of your knowledge, all the information provided in this application is
accurate
Name
Signature
Date
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