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Reduce your energy costs with a free energy assessment!
Vegetables New Zealand’s, Ellery Peters to assist with energy reduction options
“Ellery Peters is an Energy Engineer at Vegetables New Zealand; he works with covered crop growers to reduce their energy usage reducing the costs of running fossil fuel boilers. Something that is now being offered by Vegetables New Zealand is a free energy assessment. This will be conducted by Ellery and will provide an overview of your energy usage and what options are available for your site to reduce your energy costs. See the details and how to access this service from the advertisement attached.”
Ellery Peters
Energy Engineer Project Manager I Vegetables New Zealand
M: 027 322 2887
Level 4, Kiwi Wealth House, 20 Ballance St, Wellington 6011
PO Box 10232, The Terrace, Wellington 6143
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