Place ‘switch-off’ posters and stickers around your workplace
Educating your staff can be as simple as placing a sign near your kettle reminding them to only boil the water they need. You can also place stickers on light switches reminding people to turn off the lights.
Get input from your employees regarding the other energy saving reminders that could be put around your workplace.
If staff participate in the development of these messages, it follows that they will be more likely to implement them.
Lizards Early Learning Centre, QLD
Lizards educated all the children, staff and parents on energy efficient practices. “We have signs everywhere telling people to switch off lights, not to fill the kettle and to boil only what they need. Even with the CD player, we used to have music running all the time but now we only have it on when we’re listening,” says Fox.
Lizards Early Learning Centre has saved 35% on their summer energy bills. This has been achieved at very little cost.1
LJ Hooker, NSW
Following an audit, one of their top performing offices, LJ Hooker Mosman/Neutral Bay, achieved 19% savings in one year after implementing the recommended changes.
“One of biggest challenges was re-educating our staff and their thinking. Even simple things like switching lights off when leaving the office,” said Director Richard Harding. “One of the largest benefits to us is the reduction to our overheads. I see this program as the future. It’s not just a trend or fad.”
- 1. EnergyCut.info/childcare-centres-case-study
- 2. Poster courtesy of News Corp
- 3. Poster courtesy of News Corp