Introduction to Company Commitment

For long term success energy management a company commitment is essential. You have to find someone at the highest level of your organisation (for example, a board member or the managing director), whose signature on the company commitment will demonstrate the importance of the programme. Support of highest level personnel will assist the managers who will be actively involved in implementing the strategy.

The commitment can be provided by assisting the senior management to clearly understand the level of energy management in the company. For this purpose the pre-self assessment checklist can be used. In second stage, the current situation should be presented to senior management with clear indication of trends of energy costs and energy issues. Specific emphasis must be given to the presentation of the benefits that might be achieved. The benefits can be estimated based on figures from the business case and in a later stage by cross checking several other sources, e.g. horizontal and sector specific measure list, benchmarking data or many other case studies which describe the energy management achievements in large and small organisations.

Use your preliminary research to compile a short list of the actions that your campaign might involve. In particular, highlight no-cost and low-cost measures that will bring immediate savings (e.g. switching off lights that are not being used; repairing dripping hot-water taps). If possible, give an estimate of how much these actions might save.

The ‘commitment’ is more than a statement of support – it should establish accountability among managers involved in the implementation of the strategy, and should require regular reporting on progress. In addition to top-level commitment, staff from all levels of the organisation need to be encouraged to join the process of implementing energy management in your organization.

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