Kei te whakaaro koe i te mea pēhea e tiakina ana, ā, pēhea e kaiwhakamahi ana tātou i te kēnaki i a mātau i ngā mahi a-roto? Ka tūtonu ahau hei whakarite, mēnā ka whakatikatika mai koe i ngā marama i roto i tō whare koe, rānei ka whakauru mai ki tō rorohiko hei mahi mātauranga, ko te kēnaki e tae mai nei i hea. Kāore te kēnaki e tae mai i te ao kore, engari i ngā rara moe kēnaki ināianei ka taea te tiakina me te whakamahi. Tētahi ingoa mō tēnei rara moe kēnaki e kitea ana i waenganui ko te whakahaere kēnaki i roto i ngā kete. Ko tēnei he ara mārama ki te tiakina i te kēnaki, arā, hei whakamahi i te wā e hiahia ana.
Kei te wheako ngā whakamahi o te rauemi nei i ngā wāhi tūhura. Ka tiakina te huringa e ngā pū. Ngaro tonu ki te mea kua kitea e koe, pērā i te pōro mīharo ranei, he mea ranei e hiahiatia ana i te motokā hei whakahaere i te mahi, inā he mea taea te whakawhitiwhiti i ēnei ki ngā pū nui, ka tuhia, ka tiakina hei whakamahi i muri iho. Ko te mea mīharo anō hoki o ēnei wāhi tūhura kei te noho kaweao rātou, ka whai wā koe ki te whakamahi i a rātou i te wā e hiahiatia ana; ko tēnā mea ka hiki i te hinengaro i roto i ngā wā e rerekē ana.
He mea nui noa te whakamahi i ngā rārangi pūngao mō te whakaputuanga pūngao. He rua ngā take nui i tārewa e rātau. Ki te tīmata, heoi āke te waihangatanga o te pūngao mō a matou! Ko tēnei ka whiwhi matou i te āhua hei whakarongo ki te mahi i te wa kua hiahia, ko te moni hoki kaore he nui. Ka whai oranga anō ia i te pūngao whakamahita mai i ngā puna ora tinana, pēnei i te kaha hau rānei, te kaha rāwhiti rānei. Kei te pai tēnei mō te taiao, nā te whakamahi i te pūngao ora ka taea te whakaheke i te upoko hararei, ko tēnei kaore e māhorahora ana ō matou hāpai, wai rānei!
Ko ngā tahunga pūngao he tūtohu nui hoki i ahea he mea nui nei ngā rārangi nei. Me pēhea koe ki te kite i tētahi hūhā nui e whakakopa ana i te whare pūngao, rānei ko tētahi mea ki runga i ngā rārangi pūnaha e haere ai te pūngao ki ō tātou kāinga? I tēnei wā, ka taea e te rārangi pūngao whakaputunga pūngao e whakamahi ana i tēnei hei whakangungu pūngao mō ēnei e hiahia ana kia whakamahi. Ki te reira, ahakoa ngā hapa i te whakaputa pūngao, he pūngao tāmatua mō ō mātou māhina me ō mātou rīhi.

Pūtahi — e noho ana whakawhiti i roto i tētahi kōpaki rāpoi muri i te pūnaha whakatō. Te āhua o te mahi a ngā pūtahi he mea tae noa ki ngā wāhi inoi, ka whakamahia hei tirotiro i ngā wāhi inoi, ka whakaora tonu i te huringa — he nui rawa te pai, he momo pūtahi polimeri (āe, pūmanawa tāonga) he pūtahi motokā. Hei tā ratou, he pūtahi ionimihā rānei, ko te momo pūtahi e noho ai i roto i tērā momo whenua. Ko ēnei he mea matekiteki e kitea ana i ōu waewae Tāmata Whakaahuareka rānei i ōu Pātai Mōhio. Nā tēnei, kei roto rātou he mea nui i ngā pūtahi, ko tēnei te take ihe nei i te nuinga o ngā whirita o nāianei e whakamahi ana i te pūmanawa pūtahi.

Hei tauira, whakaritea te whakaaro i tētahi marae rara ake me ērā ngā rorohiko katoa e mahi ana i te wā paihere. Mēnā ka hiahia katoa nā rorohiko nei ki te pūmau i tētahi wā anake, ka whai ake he tahanga nui i te wero e āheinga ana ki te mōhiohio, ko te mea ka taea ai te kawe iho o te mōhiohio, ā, ka mutu, ka whakapakari ake he mate whenua. Engari, mēnā ka hangaia te marae rara ake i runga i tētahi rangahau ēneiti whakariterite, ka taea e ngā pūkete e whakahokia ana i tētahi wā hei whakamahere i te wā e kitea ai te hiahia. Nō reira, kaore i roto i ngā putunga me ngā rorohiko katoa kia pūmau i tētahi wā, ka whakaititia te uiui o ngā pakirehua o te overuse.

Tētahi atu mea pai anō ko ngā whakahaere kēnaki nei ka taea te whai wā. E hīki ana ia ki te hanga i ngā rara moe nui, nō reira ka taea e ia te tiki i te korenga ā-wāhi mō te kaiwhakamahi. Hei tauira, mō ngā pakihi iti i te itinga o ngā hiranga kēnaki, ka whai anō rātou i tētahi wāhi kei roto i tētahi kete. Engari ka nui ake te kaiwhakaora kēnaki i runga i te rahi nui o te whenua, nō reira ka nui ake te kaiwhakamahi kēnaki. Nō tēnei, ka kitea he taumata pai mō ngā kaiwhakamahi katoa te whakahaere kēnaki i roto i ngā kete.
Ko te pūtake o tā mātou whakamāhi i te pono hei pūtake o tā mātou pakihi, e whakapānui ana i ngā kiritaki i ngā hua hiko pono, i ngā ratonga pūkenga. I te wā e whai ana koe i ngā turangawaewae hiko o te hau, he mea nui te whakamāhi i te pono hei pūtake o tā mātou pakihi, e whakapānui ana i ngā kiritaki i ngā hua hiko pai rawa atu, i ngā ratonga hiko o ngā kōhanga hiko. Me whakaaro i ngā tauira pērā i te roa o ngā rākau, me te taumaha o ngā turangawaewae hiko o te hau i tēnei wā e whakamāhi ana koe i ngā turangawaewae hiko o te hau. E tāpaetia ana e mātou kua hanga ngā hua katoa e DHC i ngā hiko pono, kāore he whakamāhinga o ngā hiko.
ngā hua matua: ngā pānui rā, ngā tūhura hau, me ngā pākau lifepo4. Tuku ana i tēnei ratonga katoa-i-tahi mō te whakamātautau me te whakauru i te rākau pūnaha pūmahara o te wāhi (container energy storage system), ngā pūnaha rā (photovoltaic systems), i ngā pūnaha hau-rā hāngai hoki. Ka tuku a DHC i ngā hua, i ngā whaitua, i ngā ratonga whakamātautau i muri i te hoko hei whakamātautau pai, me ngā āhua tuku tino pai.
Ko tā mātou whakamātau he whakamātau i ngā hāinga hiko mō ngā whare pāpāho me ngā whare noho i te whakamātautau hau/rā. I tēnei whakamātautau pūnaha hokohoko, me ngā āhua whakauru, ka taea e tātou te tuku i ngā whakamātautau katoa hei whakamātautau mō ngā kiritaki. Ka taea hoki e tātou te tuku i tēnei ratonga kounga teitei i ngā wā katoa o te rā, mai i te whakamātautau, i te whananga, ki ngā ratonga whakamātautau i muri i te hoko mō te rākau pūnaha pūmahara o te wāhi (container energy storage system).
I te rōpū whakamānawa i ngā pūnaha hibarī o te kaha o te hau, ko DHC te rōpū anake e whai ana i tēnei āhua o te whare o ngā tūranga hau, e whakauru ana i ngā mahi whanonga R&D, te whakamātautau, te whakamāhunga, te whakamahi, me ngā ratonga pūkenga. Mai i te tau 2009, kua whakamārama ngā kaiwhakamātua o tēnei rōpū i te whakaaro mō te tiaki i te taiao, kua whai hoki i ngā hanga hou, ā, kua whakamārama hoki i te pūnaha pūmahara kaha o te rōpū i ngā kōhanga, e whai ana i te whakaaro “te whakamātautau, te pono, te whakamātau, me te whakamātautau.” Ko te tohu DHC o tēnei rōpū he whāinga o ēnei.