Employee Energy Awareness for Commercial and Municipal Customers
Keys to Success
Most successful organizations and individuals set goals, develop plans to meet them and continually monitor their progress. We've identified the following steps to help you build your own Power Smart Employee Energy Awareness program. Simply work through the steps to put together a plan that will work for the unique requirements of your company.
Use the energy awareness campaign based your organization type: commercial or municipal.
Here are some tools to get started. If you would like some help putting your plan together contact us. You may also want to consult our complete list of Power Smart tips.
Commercial Customers
Commercial customers may include retailers, institutional and other business customers with a focus on internal staff and stakeholders. The approach is focused on a defined internal-based target audience. These tools will assist organizations by supplying materials that promotes energy conservation within an office environment.
Step 1 – Establish a clear vision
Step 2 – Create the team
Step 3 – Know your workplace
Step 4 – Develop your communications plan
Step 5 – Implement your plan
Step 6 – Recognize and reward
Municipal Customers
Municipalities focus on an outreach program geared towards the community at large. The target audience consists of residential and local businesses. These resources are not the traditional tools listed in the commercial sector, but include materials and ideas that help municipalities engage their community.
Municipalities have many opportunities to reach their communities to encourage and practice energy conservation. Include participation in activities, make it fun, and offer small prizes. We've included some ideas to get you started.
- See what communities did for the Turn It Off Challenge.
Communication
- Post a message on a Town Reader Board
- Create a brand or slogan
- Create a web page on your city website with energy savings tips
- Link to BC Hydro website
- Include conservation tips with annual utility bills
- Include conservation message in community ice rink
- Drop a tips card on parked vehicles
Engagement
- Develop a household energy quiz
- Create a mascot
- Include energy conservation into Parks and Recreation summer camps or aquatics programs
- Include conservation material in library programs
- Produce a city calendar with energy conservation tips
Outreach
- Create a conservation parade float
- Include conservation materials at local festivals
- Create a library bookmark
- Start a reusable mug campaign
Poster and handouts
- Power Smart tip sheets for home [PDF, 41 Kb]
- Power Smart tip sheets for work [PDF, 40 Kb]
- Workplace Conservation Awareness poster [PDF, 248 Kb]
- Turn It Off posters [PDF, 59 Kb]
- Think before you print posters [PDF, 552 Kb]
- Household appliance energy quiz [PDF, 74 Kb]
- Energy useage signs [PDF, 365 Kb]
