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Hold an energy awareness meeting, quiz or fun day and invite wider members of your organisation. For users with the GAIA system print off a copy of your energy data profile once a week and post on to a notice board with. Target the business to reduce kw consumption by 5%. Report back each week [...]

On the of the skills of any Energy Saving message is to ‘connect’ with your audience. The message has to say to the recipient what’s it for them and why they will benefit from adhering to the action required. To do this all Energy Saving Campaigns need to develop a business wide Compelling Message and [...]

In summer, use fans wherever possible instead of air conditioning and ventilate at night this way when practical. Using fans with air con allows you to raise the thermostat temperature, using less energy. In addition, fans cost far less to buy and run than air conditioning units.

Wow what a turn out to our Behaviour Change Session at Sustainability Live and thank you to so many of you who had to stand up to watch our talk. It is great to see Behaviour Change at the top of the Sustainability Agenda. As promised,  here are the presentation slides for you to read [...]

Martin Hickman the The Independent’s consumer affairs correspondent wrote on Saturday that he thinks M&S is the ‘greenest’ major retailer in the UK and I have to say I agree. Their ‘Plan A’ commitment, but most importantly the actions beneath it for staff shows M&S is keen to act and change towards a more sustainable [...]