Five Ways to Get Staff Involved i n Making Your Office Energy Efficient

BES Utilities is devoted to sharing top energy saving tips for businesses, so you can streamline your outgoings and save money. One way to achieve this goal is to make your office equipment energy efficient. Another is to enlist your employees to help you reduce company’s energy usage. Here are five ways you can get your staff involved in making your work space more energy efficient.

Reward good behaviour

People like it when their hard work is recognised. A survey commissioned by Letter Days for Business found that 80% of ‘highly engaged staff’ receive rewards or recognition for good work. You may want to provide treats to employees and teams that make the biggest strides in energy saving every month. This could give your workers the motivation to look at how they can lower their own energy usage!

Turn it into a competition

Human beings can be very competitive given half the chance. Turn this to your advantage by making office energy saving a friendly competition! Pit them against each other so they will battle it out to see which member of staff can be the most energy efficient. Make sure the employees who are best at reducing their energy usage get a reward, so they have an additional reason to take part!

Share the load

It can be hard to persuade employees to make major behavioural changes. But people are often more willing to make smaller changes which require little effort to implement. You may find that implementing measures that share the work load among your employees, while reducing energy usage at the same time, prove really popular in your office.

Take the simple act of making tea. If everyone brews their own cup, they will boil a lot of water they do not need, wasting a significant amount of energy. However, you could always convince employees to draw up a tea rota. You can all share the task of making hot drinks, making life easier for everyone at work, while ensuring your employees do not fritter away valuable energy.

Give them the facts

Employees are invested in your success. They do not want your company to fail, because then they would be out of a job. This is why if you are looking to save energy in the office, you should seriously think about showing staff how much the company spends on energy per month. They may be inspired to start thinking of how they can lower their energy usage to serve their own best interests!

Set clear goals

Giving somebody a goal to work towards can help them focus. If you outline energy saving targets for your staff, they will have a clear idea of how to be more energy efficient. It is also a good idea to set up an energy wastage jar. Ask anybody who forgets to follow their goals to contribute some money to the jar, so staff have an extra reason to get involved in the company energy saving drive!

But what if implementing these strategies is not enough to help your company with its outgoings? If you are really struggling to pay your energy bills and you are a BES Utilities customer, we would be happy to help you get back on track. Our team can connect you with Business Debtline, a free debt advice service for UK small businesses. They will give you support to get your firm’s finances in order!

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