Managing Energy Costs: A Behavioral and Non-Technical Approach

Description

Completely non-technical in its approach and focusing exclusively on managing the human element of energy consumption, this book demonstrates how to apply proven management techniques to significantly reduce these unnecessary energy expenses within an organization. It includes a broad array of examples of companies that have pioneered these efforts, actual savings, step-by-step methods, and typical energy-wasting pitfalls to avoid. The author communicates in an easy-to-understand and cohesive manner how to break the cycle of energy waste, making employees cooperative in saving energy and accountable for the energy they use.

Contents

Section 1: Linking Behavior and Energy Consumption
Chapter 1: Unique Characteristics of Electricity that Increase Energy Costs
Chapter 2: How Attitudes Influence Energy Consumption
Chapter 3: Common Electrical Myths that Increase Energy Costs
Chapter 4: Organizational Pitfalls that Increase Energy Consumption
Chapter 5: How Employee Behavior Affects other Common Energy Management Initiatives
Chapter 6: The Financial Impact of Managing the Behavioral Aspects of Energy Consumption
Chapter 7: The Environmental Impact of Energy Consumption
Chapter 8: Critical Success Factors Towards Heightened Energy Awareness
Chapter 9: Section Wrap-up

Section 2: Reference Section
Chapter 10: Low and No cost Actions
Chapter 11: Energy Awareness Facts, Quotes and Tidbits
Index

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