Upbeat music plays. The video opens with a wide shot of Twizel Medical Centre with solar panels fixed to the roof, then a nurse setting up a treatment room in the facility.
“So we applied for the Meridian Decarbonisation fund and we are using that for a solar powered system.”
See a woman talking to camera and standing in front of a white EV van. See the woman and another volunteer unpacking the van with crates of food produce and putting them into the foodbank storage room.
“Pickups and deliveries are now a pleasure to do.”
A drone shot of a bright blue EV ute parked on grass. Two workers in high-visibility clothing and safety helmets are walking near the vehicle, each carrying a backpack sprayer, likely for landscaping or environmental work.
“The ute makes our work far more efficient and making these places clean and safe.”
See a man setting up a solar-powered bat tracker onto a tree in a thick, green, forest area. See recorded footage of bats at night in their roost.
“With the solar panels we can keep these automatic bat recorders going through the whole year.”
See a group of Hōhepa residents waking across the street together and holding hands. They walk towards a baby blue EV van and get in the car.
“I think it's really important for them to be able to have the freedom to go from one place to another.”
See drone footage of the Christchurch Youth Hub with solar panels fixed to the roof.
“We've met the requirements to be sustainable and the solar panels is icing on the roof.”
See the Glenavy Community Pool, the pool is clear, bright blue and there are large solar panels installed nearby. The heat pump system is located outside attached to a small shed. See children swimming in the pool and jumping into the pool.
“The solar panels and a new heat pump raised the temperature of the water to something that the children wanted to get in and swim in.”
See two board members from Twizel Medical Centre walk towards the medical facility’s new battery system for their solar power project.
“Having the solar panels, we've got a backup system with the power goes down.”
See a man sitting in front of a computer, showing a bat recording and hear the bats chirping in the recording.
“It was great to be able to find a way to do something a bit different with, um, the Decarbonisation Fund.”
See a woman talking to camera and standing in front of a white EV van.
“I just love that I'm doing something good for the planet and that we're doing that for us.
See the Meridian logo appear on screen and the soft, upbeat music fades out.
