Why should your organisation invest in energy efficiency training?
For more and more organisations, energy efficiency and sustainability are being put front and centre of their business plans. Committing to becoming a green business requires a lot of strategy and planning. However, it is easy to get lost in the planning and data management of sustainability and overlook that your biggest advocates could be your workforce.
Energy efficiency training is a vital part of building an organisation’s staff engagement strategy, helping to implement new ideas and approaches to reduce energy use and consumption across an entire business.
To support organisations in better managing both their energy efficiency and their carbon emissions, we have a selection of bespoke energy efficiency training and programmes to support organisations in putting their employees at the centre of their sustainability changes.
Whether you would like your employees to understand the essentials of energy efficiency or you are looking to engage in an initiative that will support your energy and carbon strategy in the long run, our training courses can help.
Our energy efficiency training options:
Why should your organisation invest in energy efficiency training?
For more and more organisations, energy efficiency and sustainability are being put front and centre of their business plans. Committing to becoming a green business requires a lot of strategy and planning. However, it is easy to get lost in the planning and data management of sustainability and overlook that your biggest advocates could be your workforce.
Energy efficiency training is a vital part of building an organisation’s staff engagement strategy, helping to implement new ideas and approaches to reduce energy use and consumption across an entire business.
To support organisations in better managing both their energy efficiency and their carbon emissions, we have a selection of bespoke energy efficiency training and programmes to support organisations in putting their employees at the centre of their sustainability changes.
Whether you would like your employees to understand the essentials of energy efficiency or you are looking to engage in an initiative that will support your energy and carbon strategy in the long run, our training courses can help.
Discover which energy efficiency training service will best suit your organisation:
Help your team get started with the basics of energy efficiency with our Energy Efficiency Essentials training sessions. With two levels available, you can choose training sessions that best support your organisation’s goals.
These sessions are a great way to start your initial steps into employee engagement, helping your team understand the principles of energy and sustainability.
Level 1 – Energy Efficiency: The Basics
This course provides a fundamental understanding of energy use for those who are unfamiliar with the subject. It serves as an excellent starting point for energy efficiency training.
- What is energy use?
- Different types of energy generation
- How is energy delivered?
- What uses energy?
- How is energy measured? Understanding metering and how to read meters
- How is energy charged? Billing and how to understand a bill
- The impact of energy use on carbon emissions
- A Q&A session.
Level 2 – The importance of Energy Efficiency in the workplace
This course is perfect for those with basic knowledge of energy use or who have completed “The Basics” training.
- Understanding the impact of energy use in the workplace
- What sustainability means to organisations and individuals
- How energy efficiency is perceived by customers and investors
- The impact of energy use on carbon emissions
- The important role employees can play in sustainable practices, supporting an organisation’s positive impact on the environment as well as reducing energy costs.
Customisable Additions:
- Energy awareness site survey
- Branded training materials tailored to an organisation
- Additional energy efficiency awareness materials.
This half-day programme which is available online or in-person delivers a step-by-step plan to drive your organisation’s energy awareness strategy. The two-part training can be delivered to a newly established Green Team, your Energy Management team, or Energy Champions across the business.
By training key members in your organisation to understand the importance of energy efficiency in the workplace and how to engage employees, you can spread the information learnt throughout your business and train more of your workforce internally.
What will this cover?
Part 1 – The importance of Energy Efficiency in the workplace
- Understanding the impact of energy use in the workplace
- What sustainability means to organisations and individuals
- How energy efficiency is perceived by customers and investors
- The impact of energy use on carbon emissions
- The important role employees can play in sustainable practices, supporting an organisation’s positive impact on the environment as well as reducing energy costs.
Part 2 – Energy Efficiency Engagement: Train the trainer
- Demonstrating the effect that changing behaviours to be more energy and sustainability focused can have on an organisation
- A guide through how to build a plan of action, this will include:
- A best practice energy policy
- A communications campaign
- Engaging with a business’ senior team and key stakeholders to ensure top-level buy in.
- Access to information and training packages to support your in-house energy efficiency training.
Customisable Additions:
- Energy awareness site survey
- Branded training materials tailored to an organisation
- Additional energy efficiency awareness materials.
This training package gives organisations the ability to plan the delivery of a number of courses that are best suited to their business requirements.
A longer-term training plan setup to cover multiple different stakeholders within your organisation. These sessions can be delivered both online and in-person supporting organisations in communicating their long-term energy efficiency strategy across the business with a set number of sessions over a timescale.
This includes taking training sessions from our Energy Efficiency Essentials: The Basics and The Importance of Energy Efficiency in the workplace, to create a suitable training package for your workforce.
This style of training would benefit organisations that wanted to train all of their employees, as sessions can be in smaller groups to encourage more informed engagement.
Customisable Additions:
- Energy awareness site survey
- Branded training materials tailored to an organisation
- Additional energy efficiency awareness materials
- Monitoring and collecting feedback on energy awareness and engagement levels of employees.
We understand that every organisation’s energy management is different. A bespoke energy efficiency awareness training course designed for your business and employees will ensure your workforce benefit the most and has the biggest impact on your energy and carbon management strategy.
This Bespoke Energy Efficiency Training can be completely customised based on your business’ unique goals and requirements. Our expert energy consultant will spend time understanding your needs and what you are aiming to get out of these engagement sessions, so we can design a course tailored to you.
Customisable Additions:
- Energy awareness site survey
- Branded training materials tailored to an organisation
- Additional energy efficiency awareness materials
- Energy awareness monitoring and feedback on engagement levels of employees
- An energy efficiency action plan developed for your organisation
- Progress reporting on your energy efficiency action plan to support your organisation’s energy management success.
These additions can be added to your chosen training packages to create a more tailored service designed specifically to your organisation’s unique needs.
A fully customised long-term service that is completely tailored to your organisation, this initiative can provide the support needed to enhance your organisation’s approach to energy efficiency. Helping you to gain the advocacy of your employees as you bring them on your energy efficiency journey ensuring you meet your energy and sustainability goals.
What will this cover?
- A minimum of one year of monthly training sessions tailored to your business and its energy efficiency goals.
- Our expert energy consultant will work with you to build a detailed energy efficiency engagement initiative that will work for you and your employees as you transition to an energy efficient business.
- Our Energy Efficiency Engagement Initiative is completely flexible to support your business in managing its energy efficiency strategy and employee engagement to ensure you meet your energy management and sustainability targets.
Customisable Additions:
- All customisable additions available in previous tiers
- EnCO (Energy Conscious Organisation) assessment, monitoring and progress updates so your organisation can be verified as EnCO
- Detailed annual reporting on your business’ progress
- Establishing energy data monitoring protocols
- Benchmarking site performances for your business
- Recognition of achievement and award submissions for employees who are committed to energy efficiency and sustainability within your organisation.
Introducing the Energy Efficiency Training widget, a tool designed to help you determine the appropriate level of training you need.
What type of Energy Efficiency Training could best suit your organisation?
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Learn moreCustomisable services:
Once you have chosen your preferred tier of training, you can pick from our customisable additional options to create a fully tailored service suited to your energy efficiency and carbon reduction needs. These services include:
- Energy awareness overview site survey: A survey to gain an understanding of the main areas of energy use across your site, how your employees influence energy use and current energy consumption awareness.
- Branded materials tailored to your organisation: We will provide access to comprehensive training materials to support the delivery of your energy efficiency training. This will include, your logo, brand imagery and colours so it will feel more tailored to your employees in the style they are familiar with.
- Energy efficiency action plan development and progress reporting: Our expert energy consultants will build an action plan following the delivery of your energy efficiency training and will continue to support you in improving your energy efficiency with a regular review.
What are the benefits of implementing energy efficiency and sustainability training into your organisation?
By introducing energy efficiency training into your energy and carbon management strategy, you are putting the people most passionate about the business at the heart of its transition. By giving employees responsibility, a common goal and knowledge, you can help them make a positive change for both the organisation and the planet.
- By fostering a culture of energy efficiency, you can improve your organisation’s energy use and deliver long term sustainability
- Build your organisation into a leader of sustainability, and become a more attractive investment to customers, stakeholders, and future employee talent
- Achieve operational cost-savings and reduce your energy bills through increased awareness of energy use and efficiency
- Establish a team of energy champions to encourage colleagues to be mindful of their energy habits, supporting successful transformation
- Help your teams to bond through working towards a common goal
- Sustained best practices set by your workforce can contribute to the improved use of building controls, prolonging the lifespan and reliability of your organisation’s building assets
- Demonstrate year-on-year improvement in business emissions and in your environmental reporting
- Increased company-wide understanding, knowledge, and support for your compliance obligations
- Long-term improvement of the conditions of your buildings supports staff physical and mental wellbeing
- Elevate your organisation’s reputation through your contribution to achieving net zero, positive environmental change and investment in future generations
- The adoption of sustainable behaviours and positive organisational values contribute to the mental wellbeing of staff.
Energy Efficiency Training FAQs
Energy efficiency training educates employees on how to use energy more effectively and reduce waste, leading to cost savings and environmental benefits.
Investing in energy efficiency training helps businesses reduce operational costs, improve sustainability, and enhance their reputation as environmentally responsible organisations.
Employees gain valuable skills and knowledge that can improve their job performance, increase their awareness of environmental issues, and contribute to a healthier workplace.
Training aligns employees with the organisation’s sustainability initiatives, helping to achieve environmental targets and improve corporate social responsibility.
Contact us
Learn which Energy Efficiency Training service would be best for your organisation by calling 01908 690018