The success of any office project is dependent on acceptance by staff. Good communication is the key to getting everyone on board, and maintaining it is the key to them staying on board. It is therefore important to appoint a member of staff as the co-ordinator for the project and someone who will communicate with management and staff on all aspects of the project.
You can't manage what you can't measure(John Thwaites, Victorian Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Cairns, 02 June 2007)
- Measure your carbon footprint to understand what the major emissions sources are;
- Design an emissions reduction strategy and set emissions reductions targets and annually benchmark your energy savings;
- Take action - bring staff and clients with you on the journey by providing good information about what initiatives are in place and creating incentives for staff and clients to reduce emissions that they are directly responsible for; buy certified Green Power for your office; buy carbon offsets to compensate for unavoidable emissions and continue to review ways of reducing emissions regularly;
- Review your energy reduction strategy, check emissions reductions every six months and communicate energy savings.
