Action Plan for Stopping Energy Waste in your Community

Energy waste is a very costly problem for communities everywhere. These costs directly affect everyone by reducing cashflow into the community and thus the ability to make business improvements. As energy is wasted, public works projects and community efforts are negatively affected. Less resources both in finances and in manpower leave projects unfinished and communities in peril.

Informed community members can play an important role in tracking down and stopping energy waste. Your community’s city council takes a role to empower its people by giving them information and processes in which they can participate to save energy. It is around this philosophy that awarenessIDEAS built its Community Employee Awareness Energy Conservation Program.

From creating awareness, developing interest, promoting motivation by demonstrating benefits, moving people to action, to giving recognition when deserved, we can be your partner in energy conservation.

For thirty years, our people have been helping clients design energy awareness and process materials that track and reinforce good energy habits. AwarenessIDEAS programs have been successfully used in communities for many years. We customize ideas and products to fit your needs. Here are some suggestions that are easily transferrable to your organization.

COMMUNITY ENERGY ACTION PLAN

Set a standard for energy usage that everyone can agree upon. One standard awarenessIDEAS recommends is: "All Processes shall conform to the energy expectations and requirements designed into the system and only in the amount of energy usage necessary to do the job. Just enough is enough energy." Get that message across using every avenue of communications open to you.

• Create Energy Teams to coordinate activities throughout your community. Volunteers and social groups need the direction and assistance of community groups to organize and save energy
• Dress your Energy Teams in wearables that give them recognition and identity. We can easily add your community logo to any of these wearables.
• Let us create banners and posters with your Energy Vision or Message. These can hang in your city hall, civic center or any where else that a message of energy conservation would be beneficial. Having a parade or civic event? We will develop banners and messages to spread your goals of conservation.
• Have a suggestion contest that lasts 30 days, once every 6 months. Have appropriate inexpensive awareness gifts for thoughtful ideas. You’ll be pleased by the great ideas your community members will have on conservation.
• Use our energy information boards to hold posters and community energy information inserts. Make these available to anyone who desires this kind of information at town hall meetings and other social functions.
• Pass out our Energy Tip Booklets to all your community’s families. Encourage each family to find ways of reducing energy waste in their homes. Use family success stories in each issue of your community newsletter or local newspaper. This is a powerful way to keep your people talking about energy conservation and their participation.
• Use energy posters to spotlight specific kinds of energy waste in your Community and its cost.  Identifying individual problem areas in your Community will lead to specific success stories.
• Have a contest each month that relates to that months energy poster. A contest keeps the poster message alive. People talk about the problem and therefore pay more attention to solving it.
• Have a contest that encourages each part of the community to improve its energy conservation efforts. Give recognition for continuous achievement by citizens for being successful energy activist champions.
• Use inexpensive awareness gifts for playing an active role in using "Just enough energy."  The smallest handouts and corporate gifts can leave lasting impressions to both your Community employees and Community guests
• Give rewards and recognition to individuals and teams that staying on top of reducing energy non-conformances in your Community.

Get awarenessIDEAS involved. Have a look at our complete line of energy awareness materials, then give us a call at 1-800-875-1725 or drop us an email at info@awarenessideas.com. Making us a part of your team will give you valuable resources and ongoing support in your efforts to improve energy awareness in your community.