How to motivate communities (homeowners and renters) to make their dwellings energy efficient.
Sarah Griffith
Communications Director
Consortium for Energy Efficiency
United States
Energy Efficient Homes
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Green Light on a Better Environment (GLOBE) has a training program called The Community Champion Program. This program is designed to train a resident community champion on how to engage other residents on how to change their habits around energy use in their homes. There are over 30 communities in the Toronto area participating in the program. We are in the process of repurposing our training materials into modules covering recycling, green office, water conservation among others.
Residents in the communities participating in the program have most definitely made changes in their behaviours once they were engaged and educated on why it is important to conserve. They also realize the benefits to the future of our planet and reduction in costs.
Elsie Harvey
Stakeholder Relations Consultant
GLOBE (Green Light on a Better Environment )
Canada