He nui ngā paonga o ngā paepae rākau, nā reira ka whakatika ai tō tātou taiao, ko te whakaiti hoki i te whakamahi i ngā uku. Ki te whakamahi ngā pakihi i ēnei paepae rākau ā-tinana, pērā i ngā tohu ranei nui rānei, ko ngā rākau minitia komiti rānei, ko ēnei ngā rākau minitia komiti. He pai rawa ēnei ki te whakamahi i te kaha o te rā hei hanga ēnei i te ēnei, ka whai hoki i te utu nui o tēnā pakihi. Ko tēnei he whakamua pai mo te taiao me tō tātou ao!
He mea nui atu hoki te whakamahi i te kāhui rā whakahirahira, inā he matawhai whakahou. Ki te pēhea, kaore e tae whawhai, koia nei he mea nui tōnū! Kāo kē ēnei i ngā āhuatanga kē o te waihape, pērā i te rereka rānei — he mea e whai wāhi ana ki te whakamutu, nā te mea he 'matawhai kore whakahoutanga' rātau. Ka whakaiti ake ngā pūtake o ōu manaaki i ngā matawhai e taea ana te whakamutu i te mātātuhi i te wā e heke nei, mā te whiriwhiri i te whakamahi i te kāhui rā. He pai mō ngā manaaki me te whenua tēnā.
Ka whiriwhiria e ngā pakihi kia haere tonu ki mua me ngā rangahau rāwhiti, kaore he whakarongo anō ki te hā o te ao nei i a ratou, engari he tirohanga pai hoki mo o ratau ātata. Me mahi pono ki a rātau i te ara o te whakaaro i te mea kei te whakaaro rātau ki te mea ko ngā mahi o nāianei hei paunga i ngā tangata e kore ana iho nei i te wā. Ki te kīhai i whakaae ngā kaihoko i ngā pane rāwhiti, ka whakaae rātau ki te take pūmau o te waiora whenua. Ko tēnei he take nui rawa kia tiakina ai te ao mō ēnei i ake nei i a mātou.
He iti noa iho tetahi o ngā painga nui o ngā rāwhiti whiwhi moni mō ngā pakihi, he pūtea moni nui e taea te whakaiti. He mea nui te kuhuna i te pane rāwhiti i te wā e whai ake nei, engari i te wā roa, ka whakaiti he nui ngā utu mateika mo ngā pakihi. Nei pea, ka taea e ngā pakihi kia horoia he wāhanga o te take rāwhiti i whakaputa mai i a rātau ki te kaiwhakahaere mateika, ā, ka whakapai moni!
Nō reira, mēnā koe e pāngia ana: E hia nei te whakahaere i ngā rangapū moeao ā-pakihi?! Te take i aua rangapū ka mahi ai, ko te whakamahi i ngā tāhuhu kiritae hei kawe i te ururoa o te rā ki te whakawhanake i tēnei ki te waiora. Ko ngā kīreki Photovoltaic (PV) ngā kīreki whakahirahira e whai ake nei i ngā tāhuhu kiritae. Ka whai mana ēnei kīreki ki te kawe i te ururoa o te rā ki te waiora. Ko te waiora i hangaia e taea ana e kawe atu hei whakahaere i te pakihi hei paunga nui, rānei hei tirotiro i muri iho.
Nā te mea e hāngai ana te waiora ki te rā, no reira he pai rawa te whakatakoto i ngā tāhuhu kiritae ki te wāhi e hune ana i te ururoa. Ko te nuinga o ngā ratou hiahia ko ngā whakatakotoranga i runga i ngā tahataha. Tērā nō te mea ko ngā tahataha e kite ana i te maha rawa o te ururoa i waenganui i ngā wā o te rā. He pai rawa te pakihi mēnā kaore i te iti i te ururoa, ka whai oranga nui te kiritae ki te whakawhanake i te maha o te waiora.
He whakahaere tika te kōwhiringa rākau minitia mō ngā pakihi, ka hua noa iho he whai hua mō tētahi pakihi e pa ana ki tōna rīpoata herehere ēnei. Ko tēnei ka whakawhiti i ngā paepae rākau, kia kore ai e whakamutunga i ngā mahi e whai wāhi ana ki te āporo o te whare. Ko tēnei hei whakaāhua i te mea ka puta ēnei paepae rākau ki te kawe ēnei i te waiora mai i runga rānei, ki runga i te whare rānei, hei hanga ēnei i te waiora me te pai rawa i roto i te whare.
kei raro i ēnei mahi tuatahi ko ngā whiu hau, ko ngā rākau pūngao, ko ngā pouaka moe mō te lifepo4. ka whiwhi ngā matua i te ratou tono ki te whakawhiti moni ki te pūnaha pūngao hangi me te whakatupu i ngā pūnaha hau-rā-tae hoki, ā, ko ngā pūnaha pūngao inati hoki. Ka tuku a DHC i ngā mahi tūmanako, i ngā momo mōhio, me te tūmomo whakaaetanga mō ngā matua.
Kei te whakarite tātou i ngā hiranga ā-motu me ngā hiranga rorohiko mō ngā whare me ngā kaupapa rorohiko e pā ana ki te wakaata/taiawhio. Ki runga i ngā huanga whakahaere take kaihoko me ngā huanga whakauru, kei te tino whakarite tātou i ngā whakaaetanga kua tiakina katoa mō ngā matua. Whakaae tātou i ngā ratonga pai nui aianei i waenganui i ngā taenga o te rangi, mai i ngā rorohiko motu taiawhi ki ngā hanga me ngā ratonga muri.
Ko DHC he tohu tino pai ki te whenua taiawhi me te rorohiko motu taiawhi. Ko ia e paunga tonu ki tōna whare hoko, e whakauru ana i te takuaro me te mahi, i te hanga me te tautoko pūtaiao. I te tau 2009, ko ngā hangataha o DHC i whakahaere i te whakaaro whakatika moemoeā mō te taiao, i whakaae ana ki te waka-āhua hou me te whakapae ki te ahurea o te kāinga: 'whakatika, pai, mahi ngātahi, whai hīkinaki.' Ko te tohu DHC he mea nui nei.
Te whakapono me te tika he pūnaha o tō tātou take. Tātou e whakamahia ana ngā mahi hiko ā-tinana me te tuku i ngā ratonga pai. I runga i ngā whēa o ngā kōhure whenua ka taea te mōhio he mea nui te whai iho i te tika hei whakamua mō tā tātou kaupapa, ahakoa ngā mahi hiko ā-tinana me ngā ratonga pai. Ka taea hoki te whakaarohia ngā momo mea pērā i te diameita o ngā paraheke rānei ko te mana ki te wāhi i ngā kōhure whenua i roto i ngā rā whakahaere hiko iti rā-tawhiti. Tae atu ki tēnei, tātou e tiaki ana i ngā hua katoa e whai ake nei i ngā hiko DHC i runga i ngā hua tērā noa iho, kāore i pāngia e ngā hiko whakatipu.