Bayfair Shopping Centre is going green.
The Mt Maunganui centre is one of the first shopping centres in the country to use solar power in its bathrooms and has been pre-plumbed for future grey water recycling measures.
The solar energy and ecological "grey water" systems are endorsed by conservation groups
worldwide and meet the requirements of New Zealand's Climate Change Act 2002, intended to reduce energy emissions.
The centre's new environmental measures, which conserve energy used from hand-dryers, lighting and heated water in its revamped amenities and parents' room feature new sustainability measures.
In addition to the pre-plumbing of grey water harvesting tanks, solar panels have been fitted to provide heat to water, and LED lighting which will result in at least a 50 per cent energy saving.