Trent Yeo

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Trent Yeo
Trent Yeo
I was lucky enough to meet Saul Griffith a few years ago and realised that many of the challenges we have around energy poverty, efficiency and resilience are pretty simply resolved through electrons. I am lucky enough to be in a fully electric (very efficient) home ... In the last six years I have at least halved my own carbon impact.

I have been on my electrification journey for only a short while. Our first EV in 2017 was charged out the window from a normal plug on a farm property. Michael Sly has always been an inspiration. I was lucky enough to meet Saul Griffith a few years ago and realised that many of the challenges we have around energy poverty, efficiency and resilience are pretty simply resolved through electrons. I am lucky enough to be in a fully electric and very efficient home with 28 solar panels and a 13.5kWh house batteryThe electricity bill was $150 in April and $450 in May with an EV, and there's no gas or firewood costs. This is a home that has probably been 15 years in the making for me. In the last six years I have at least halved my own carbon impact, meanwhile Ziptrek Ecotours New Zealand will soon mark its fifth year of minimising, calculating and offsetting its own emissions (Ekos). Everyday all of us can do better in work and play.