Energy awareness campaigns

Unlike other prime business costs, managers can only determine the unit price paid of energy not the volume used. The volume of energy used is mainly determined by staff actions. The only way to manage this volume is to motivate staff to save energy.
Find your ‘Energy Champion’ and make them accountable for driving good behaviours.

During hot months, keep your window coverings closed on the south, east and west windows. In winter let the sun in and encourage staff to open the blinds in the morning rather than turning the lights on.

If chargers for devices such as mobiles and MP3 players were unplugged across the UK when not in use it would save enough electricity each year to power 115,000 homes. If a charger feels warm when it’s plugged in without being attached to a device, it is still converting energy.

Cities around the world have been turning out the lights for an hour to highlight the threat of climate change.
Lights were turned off for an hour in cities around the world, marking ‘Earth Hour’. In Britain, 26 councils dimmed lights, as did Prince Charles’ private residence, Highgrove House and Winchester cathedral. Read more here.
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With everyone refreshed from the spring break now is the best time for a clean-up. Why not include a green slant to this and tidy up your energy usage and reduce the energy your workplace is wasting.
Nominate any member of staff, perhaps your energy champion or it could form part of a Health and Safety [...]

“I believe it will require no less than a fourth technological revolution. In the past the steam engine, the internal combustion engine, the microprocessor transformed not just technology but the way our society has been organised and the way people live.
“Now we’re about to embark on a comparable technological transformation to low carbon energy and [...]

Just a quick game to give you a break from your electricity guzzling computer screen. The aim is to get you thinking about what appliances are wasting energy and allow you to see some of the more unlikely ones that other people have located.  In 60 seconds, take a look around you and list all [...]