Reducing energy use and tackling climate change

Ian Smith and Martha Fyffe: June 2010

Energy Awareness Training

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• Who are Changeworks

• Training structure

• Incorporating tools for change

• Logistics

• Evaluation snapshot

• Where do we go from here

• This is what I know works

What we will cover

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Changeworks

• Changeworks exists to improve quality of life and to protect the environment

• Sustainable development charity

• 180 employees• Resources for Life

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• Increase energy efficiency and the use of renewable sources of energy

• Prevent waste from going to landfill by reducing, reusing and recycling

• Promote methods of transport with low environmental impact

Areas of activity

At the end of the training, you will..

Understand the consequences of using energy

Environmental Social Financial

Know how to save energy

In the office At home

Have a plan to break habits and deliver change

What we’ll cover

1. Why we need to save energy

2. Motivations for change

3. Saving energy in the office – personal

energy plan

4. Saving energy in the home – personal

energy plan

5. Evaluation

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• Make it relevant

• Gauge opinion in the room

– Mandate, Motivators and Norms

• Identify and recognise barriers

• Empower to realise benefits

• Focus for action

Tools for change

Fife Council: It’s in our policies

Local impacts of climate change

What was Fife Council’s combined gas and electricity bill in 2008- 09?

A) £5,000,000

B) £10,000,000

C) £15,000,000

D) £20,000,000

Major uses of energy in the home

60%

14%3%

23%

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• Make it relevant

• Gauge opinion in the room

– Mandate, Motivators and Norms

• Identify and recognise barriers

• Empower to realise benefits

• Focus for action

Tools for change

Climate Change What do YOU believe?

Current increases in global temperatures are largely caused by human actions

a. Agree strongly

b. Agree slightly

c. Disagree slightly

d. Disagree strongly

e. Not sure

Energy Use What do YOU think?

It is as important to adopt energy efficient behaviours in the office as it is at home?

a. Agree stronglyb. Agree slightlyc. Disagree slightlyd. Disagree stronglye. Not sure

What motivates you?

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• Make it relevant

• Gauge opinion in the room

– Mandate, Motivators and Norms

• Identify and recognise barriers

• Empower to realise benefits

• Focus for action

Tools for change

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• Make it relevant

• Gauge opinion in the room

– Mandate, Motivators and Norms

• Identify and recognise barriers

• Empower to realise benefits

• Focus for action

Tools for change

Changing energy behaviourThe 4 ‘E’s

Engage Communicating with your colleagues i.e. team meetings

Enable Overcoming barriers to changee.g. information, facilities

Exemplify Setting standards that others will follow

Encourage Offering incentivese.g. reward, penalise,competitions

Saving energy: Your top tips

Space heating

Water heating (inc boilers)

Kitchen and Cooking

Appliances and Lighting

Benefit: Reduced annual energy bills

= £37.964 x x 4

hours a day

(50w)

x 13p /kWh

4 x x 4 hours a day

(9w)

x 13p /kWh

= £6.83

Benefit: Insulated homes are cheaper to heat

Payback periods (even shorter with a grant)

Hot water tank< 6 months

Loft insulation2 years

Cavity insulation2 years

Double glazing> 20 years

Floor insulation2 years

Draught proofing8 years

Benefit: score well on Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)

For all homes being constructed, sold or rented out

Rated on energy efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions

From January 2009

Information on FISH

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• Make it relevant

• Gauge opinion in the room

– Mandate, Motivators and Norms

• Identify and recognise barriers

• Empower to realise benefits

• Focus for action

Tools for change

Advice and supportEnergy Saving Scotland advice centre

Act NOW for free, impartial advice

Information on grants and typical costs

Available from FISH

Personalised home energy report

Credit union for low cost loans

0800 512 012

Writing a Personal Energy Plan:

HOME

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• Two hour session (2.5 hrs for people managers)

• Up to three sessions per day

• Over 5,000 staff trained in the last 18 months

• Pre and post training questionnaire via e-mail

Logistics

Qu1: How would you describe the energy awareness training (managers)?

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Qu3: The training has increased my commitment to reduce energy use in the office?

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Qu 9: Would you recommend the training to one of your colleagues?

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Trainee response: Office

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Turn ofyour

computerscreen

when notusing it

Turn offyour PC

when youleave at

the end ofthe day

Turn ofprinters andphotocopiersat the end of

the day

Turn lightsoff whenthey are

not needed

Print/copydouble-sidedwhere

possible

Recycle yourwaste

(paper,plasticetc)

Fill thekettle withonly the

amount ofwater you

need

Shut thefridge doorpromptly

Encourageyour

colleaguesto do the

above

not applicable

always

often

some times

never

Trainee response: Home

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Fill the kettleonly with the

amount ofwater you need

Turn offappliancescompletely

when they arenot being used

Close doorsand curtains tokeep the heat

in

Wash clothesat lower

temperatures(e.g. instead of

40 degrees)

Line dryclothes instead

of tumbledrying

Turn lights offin empty rooms

Average

n/a

always

often

sometimes

never

Trainee response: general

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Training onenergy

awareness is agood use of

Councilresources

Attending thetraining hashelped mechange my

energy habits inthe office

I haveinfluenced otherstaff to changetheir habits in

the office

Attending thetraining hashelped mechange my

energy habits inthe home

I haveinfluenced othermembers of my

household tochange their

energybehaviour

I would havechanged my

energy habitswithout the

training

I haverecommendedthe training to

other staff

Don't know

Disagree strongly

Disagree slightly

Agree slightly

Agree strongly

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• More training

• Work with wider range of staff groups

• Embed training within wider behaviour change programme

• Five building specific behaviour change pilots

• Informed by cross Council Climate Change Survey of staff awareness and behaviours

What happens next

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• Make it relevant

• Gauge opinion in the room

– Mandate, Motivators and Norms

• Identify and recognise barriers

• Empower to realise benefits

• Focus for action

This is what I know works

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Martha FyffeEnergy Promotion & Development OfficerFife Council08451 55 55 55 Ext. 440427martha.fyffe@fife.gov.uk

Ian SmithHead of Waste Prevention and Changeworks LearningWaste Prevention TeamChangeworks T: 0131 538 7949E: ismith@changeworks.org.uk

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