In 2000 EECA became a Crown entity, established under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act 2000.
In 2009 the New Zealand Government allocated an extra $247.7 million to EECA for home insulation grants.
The programme was called Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart and insulated more than 235,000 homes.
[2] In 2013, the Government allocated $100 million of operating funding over three years to the Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes programme, targeting low-income households for home insulation, particularly households occupied by children and/or the elderly.
[3] In April 2017, the EECA said that they would retire the Energy Star label at the end of 2017, as it is becoming less relevant.