'Watts in your Wires'
A Lightning Guide to cutting electricity costs in the office

With the aid of computer generated imagery, workshop demonstrations, anecdotes and a few balloons - Alan Owen shows how electricity is wasted, where consumption can be reduced and why we need to monitor it.

This package comes complete with a simple energy meter that plugs into a standard 13-amp socket and displays the consumption of equipment in watts or pounds. It's an ideal training aid as it allows staff to see actual consumption figures in real time!

Use this new resource to introduce an energy reduction programme or revive a flagging initiative that is running out of steam. You know the problem - everyone is enthusiastic for the first few months and the consumption figures drop dramatically only to slowly creep back again as the subject goes off the boil . . . and the 'Hawthorne effect'* begins to wane.

*Hawthorne effect: when performance improves temporarily, simply because management has taken an obvious interest in an activity and not because of any changes to the process or working conditions.

Merely telling staff to switch off can be a real turn off, if you don't explain why. This video is designed to motivate staff by making the invisible visible - illustrating the financial and environmental costs of everyday office equipment.

In an easy to follow, jargon free style, 'Watts in Your Wires' shows the actual consumption rates and equivalent CO2 emissions of typical pieces of office equipment, compared side by side.

The final section of the programme demonstrates the actions that can be taken by individuals to reduce consumption without compromising their daily routines.

A short cameo appearance by an 'office cynic' is designed to help the trainer manage any negative attitudes in the audience pro-actively. Every office has its cynics but they won't want to identify with this one!

Unit may differ from one illustrated

Running time: 15 minutes
Price: £140 + VAT

Contents:

Energy consumption and climate change
How, when and where electricity is wasted in the office
Why and where it should be monitored
The office cynic - why intuition is not enough
The consumption rates of typical office equipment
The relationship between usage and CO2 emissions
How to reduce consumption without tears

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