Communication

Make sure management supports your plans. Not merely in word, but also in deed. Time, resources and manpower. This will reflect whether management is serious about the plans. Make sure that management is kept well informed so that it is always clear what the time, resources and manpower are being used for. Make sure you have a signed project proposal.

Make sure the individuals to be involved are involved in your plans at an early stage. Make sure they know what the plans mean, what is expected of them and how their daily activities will be affected.

Let them make suggestions. They know their working environment best. Utilize them to identify energy aspects and possibilities for more efficient energy consumption. Give them the recognition they deserve when they make useful suggestions. Even if you had already thought up the solution. As a result, you can be certain at an early stage of the support that is vital for continuous energy management.

Make sure your early efforts focus on quick results. A brief period from the time the plans are announced until the first results are achieved will instill faith among the people involved and keep the skeptics quiet. You should therefore include measures in the AP and the project proposal that will have quick, visible results.