Site Tours
The EEA is offering the opportunity to attend one of two pre-conference site tours located within the Christchurch region. These site visits will be held from 1.00pm - 4.00pm on Tuesday 27 June. Priority will be given to conference delegates. If you are an exhibitor and wish to attend a site tour, please email eea2023@confer.co.nz to be added to a waitlist if space becomes available.
Spaces will be open to those who have already registered first, you will receive an email soon with details on how to sign up. From the 9 May, you will be able to sign up via the conference registration form.
Please note that numbers are limited so it is recommended that you book early to avoid disappointment. Due to the sensitive nature of intellectual and/or production technology, EEA and the Conference Organiser have the right to refuse individual registrations to the Site Tours if from a competing company.
EPECentre and HV Lab (Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering), University of Canterbury
Tuesday 27 June, Depart from Te Pae Convention Centre at 1pm
This tour will include a visit to the EPECentre, walk through the Electrical and Computer Engineering labs and facilities, and High Voltage Lab. The EPECentre (Electric Power Engineering Centre) is New Zealand’s pioneering research centre for electric power and clean energy applications. Established in 2002 as an entrepreneurial endeavour, and currently celebrating its 20th year, EPECentre is a joint initiative between the electricity industry and the University of Canterbury. It brings together industry, researchers, academia and students to foster innovation. Guests will hear from the Director of the EPECentre on current research projects and tour the Power Research Lab. Guests will then visit the HV Lab, where testing facilities are based around two major pieces of equipment, an impulse generator and a HVac testing transformer, for a demo.
PPE Requirements: No PPE required. Closed toe shoes required for lab tour.
Capacity: 40 person limit
Time: 2 hours, with afternoon tea provided.
Kate Valley Landfill Tour
Tuesday 27 June, depart from Te Pae Convention Centre at 1pm (1 hour drive from Christchurch to the site)
This tour is still well worth doing and very informative, the activity at the landfill is all seen from the bus and our guide is happy to answer questions and explain processes whilst on the bus.
Kate Valley is the most comprehensively engineered waste management facility in the South Island of New Zealand. The 37-hectare site was designed and operates to the highest international standards, fully compliant with New Zealand landfill guidelines and the US Environmental Protection Agency and European Union standards for municipal waste landfills.
The design and operation of the Kate Valley Landfill addresses all the known environmental risks and concerns. In addition to being built on impermeable siltstone, the Landfill has a multi-layered liner that completely seals the base and sides of the Landfill. The use of containerised waste transport has made waste handling safer and cleaner, and enabled more efficient unloading and disposing of waste within the Landfill. The choice of site even inspired an ambitious project to regenerate a coastal native forest at the adjacent Tiromoana Bush.
CLICK HERE for more information about how they turn greenhouse gases into renewable energy at Kate Valley Landfill.
PPE Requirements: No PPE is required. Suitable footwear recommended.
Capacity: 40 person limit
Time: 3 hours