I am work on a British project to obtain energy efficiency and demand reduction in domestic situations. The project involves us trailing various measures, technical and behavioural to elicit and sustain a reduction in energy use. One of the areas we are looking to trial is the use of 'commitments', obtaining a pledge from customers to reducte their consumption. I have read widely on the subject of the use of commitments but have yet to find actual examples of what a commitment might 'look' like. Therefore I would be grateful if anyone could share such information with me.
With thanks.
Obtaining Domestic Energy Efficiency and Demand Reduction Through the Use of 'Commitments'
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Morning Anne,
Check www.voxbandicoot.com.au and go to the Sustainability Street page and you will find a framework that gains commitment for households to commit to reducing energy, water and waste in a practical and gradual way. There a good number of Streets in Victoria and NSW here and now several in China and one or two in UK.
Kind regards,
Paul Payten
GEENI - Global Ecology & Educational Networking Interface
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Hi Anna
The Mount Alexander Sustainability Group ran an invitation only screening of An Inconvenient Truth in which people/businesses/organisations had the opportunity to place a business card, or fill in one of our pledge cards, into an urn and commit to reducing their energy and greenhouse footprint by 30% by 2010. We collated those cards and followed up the people to see how we could assist, and are now running a series of workshops and programs with those people/organisations to assist them fulfill their commitment. I think the public nature of the commitment, the sense of undertaking it with others and crucially, the thought that support is available (and someone is checking up on their efforts) is important.
Cheers
Dean Carolyn
Neilson and Dean Bridgfoot Project Coordinators
Mount Alexander Sustainability Group
233 Barker St, PO Box 1043
Castlemaine VIC 3450
Tel: 5470 6978 or 0448 327 791
Email: [email protected]
http://www.masg.org.au