You're facing pushback from colleagues on energy efficiency. How can you overcome their resistance?

La motivation et l'implication de tout le personnel dans la sobriété et l'efficacité énergétique est un point clé si on veut considérablement impacter sa diminution de consommation. Dans ce domaine, hormis les communications régulières et diférentes participations à des groupes de travail, je conseille d'utiliser un logiciel de management de l'énergie, comme "Energiency" qui va vous aider à mettre en lumière les potentiels gains et par là servir d'outil de communication et de motivation pour le personnel. Vous pouvez après l'action, mesurer les gains et féliciter et motiver tout le personnel.

1. Understand Concerns: Identify the root causes of hesitance, such as lack of awareness or fear of increased complexity. 2. Engage in Dialogue: Have open conversations to uncover and address their concerns. 3. Show Empathy: Listen actively and demonstrate that you value their input. 4. Build Constructive Relationships: Use this understanding to foster constructive discussions and collaboratively address issues.

You will see different reactions to any new activity in every group of people, but generally there is an inertia resisting to any change. Therefore, realizing and understanding this fact, you should prepare your colleagues in advance for new initiatives for higher efficiency, and ensure them of little or no effect of these activities on their daily working routines. In addition, by explaining the dangers of climate changes to mother Earth, buy their more active enrollments in energy efficiency activities.

If your company shares the energy cost reductions with its staff, it works the best! However, this may be done after implementation of energy efficiency and cost savings thereafter. To do that, company managers should buy your words about savings, and promise staff on sharing these savings, and once achieved, stand on their promise!

1. Start Small: Initiate a low-investment project with quick, visible results, such as installing LED bulbs in a common area. 2. Show Proof: Use the successful pilot as evidence of the benefits and effectiveness of energy-saving measures. 3. Build Confidence: Demonstrate tangible results to address doubts and gain support. 4. Create a Blueprint: Use insights from the pilot to develop a scalable plan for broader implementation.

This is very important, indeed! First of all you and your team should realize that energy efficiency activities are continuous, and not one shut, only! Then, the management should realize this fact as well, and make it an everyday practice in the company. Rewarding staff on savings involved, are crucial in making it as a culture in the company.