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Energy Awareness for Success
Presented by Leeanne Timony MSc
Environmental Engineer
Nypro Healthcare Ireland
•  COMMUNICATION
•  ENCOURAGEMENT
•  ENGAGEMENT
•  LISTENING
•  SUPPORT
Effective Awareness Campaign
•  Senior Management Commitment. At Nypro there is a
Corporate directive (called the Energy Blitz) for energy
reduction at all Nypro sites so the commitment comes
from a very high level,
•  Awareness from the beginning – induction training,
•  Employee Involvement – suggestions and feedback
options,
•  Effective communication within the site and with
international sites (sharing success stories between sites),
•  Energy Management Team with a person from every
department,
•  Resources; time, money, people,
•  Communicating objectives, targets and progress,
•  Positive feedback when targets are met.
Ineffective Awareness Campaign
•  Lack of Senior Management commitment,
•  Failure to act/acknowledge employee suggestions,
•  Not understanding the target audience motivation triggers
(cost saving versus environmental improvement), Nypro
target audience is motivated by costs savings.
•  Not communicating progress on a regular basis,
•  Failing to acknowledge where improvements have been
made,
•  Using awareness posters and material that are too general
(site specific material is best),
•  Lack of follow up by the company. i.e. no
investment in energy efficient equipment etc
Energy Management Team
•  Managers from each department are on the
team and bring updates to their departments
on issues discussed at the EMT meetings
•  Without the support of the Management
Team Energy Awareness would be a much
more difficult job. Several people highlighting
the importance of a topic is always more
powerful than one person working in isolation
•  Department managers are useful in not
only highlighting energy to employees but
also in ensuring new strategies (WI’s etc)
are followed.
NYPRO IRELAND EMT
- Monthly meetings: progress updates on
energy related projects (eg. Compressed
air surveys, energy efficient lighting),
action items for ISO 50001
implementation, register of opportunities
ideas, greater control of energy (new
WI’s, procedures, training).
Team includes:
-  General Manager
•  Engineering Manager
•  Environmental Manager
•  Quality Manager
•  Facilities Manager
•  Maintenance Manager
Nypro Corporate
Energy Awareness Campaign
•  Intranet:
- All sites report energy and water consumption and cost on
a monthly basis,
-  Energy Performance statistics across the different Nypro
sectors (Consumer and Electronics, Healthcare and
Packaging) are available on the intranet so all sites know
where they are in relation to the rest of the sites,
-  Comparisons of Nypro Ireland to world wide sites can be
very interesting to employees.
Corporate Energy Blitz
Supporting Materials
•  Technical Implementation Guides
–  What is the technology
–  Why is it being suggested – the
benefit
–  How to do/use it
–  Checklist
–  Case Studies
•  Supporting Documents – Load Mapping
& Audits
•  Incentives Document
Nypro Corporate
Energy Blitz Materials
Energy Campaign Benefits
Reduced kWh leads to:
•  Increased profitability
•  Increased growth capacity
• Employee benefits
-Profit Sharing & Stock
Valuations
•  Reduced environmental impact
-Greenhouse Gas Emissions
•  Greater customer satisfaction
-Green Supply Chain Partner
-Product Carbon Footprint
Notice boards and
employee involvement
•  It is necessary to have a specific point where regular energy
statistics are available for all employees to view.
•  Notice boards should be located in well lit areas where all
employees will pass. Preferably where there is room to stop
and read the information presented. There is a notice board
in each building in Nypro,
•  On our E&EHS notice board I update the monthly EPI for the
site as a whole as well as progress updates on objectives
and targets,
•  Comparing the efficiency of different areas can generate a
healthy competitive interest,
•  Suggestion forms in reception allow employees
to be part of the energy improvement process
and can often be a great source of new ideas.
SEAI have a range
of awareness posters
Reception – information leaflet for visitors and
contractors
MOTIVATION
•  Target audience motivator– cost savings/environmental
benefits or both?
•  Give credit where credit is due otherwise employees will
become de-motivated,
•  Senior management commitment helps with motivating
employees also, having the General Manager state that
Energy reduction is high on the company agenda carries a
lot of weight,
•  Money talks! Nypro is a profit share company so reminding
employees at profit share meetings and on notice boards
that
kWh savings = € savings = increased profits, is an effective
motivator,
•  In non-profit share companies competition between
the different areas of the factory with incentives for
the most efficient at the end of the year generates
interest, healthy competition and achieves results.
ISO 50001
Energy Management Standard
Company must make employees aware of:
-  conformity with the energy policy,
procedures and with the requirements of
EnMS,
-  roles, responsibilities and authorities in
achieving the requirements of the EnMS,
-  the benefits of improved energy
performance,
-  the impact, actual or potential, with
respect to energy use and consumption,
of their activities and how their activities
and behaviour contribute to the
achievement of energy objectives and
targets, and the potential consequences
of departure from specified procedures.
Suggestions and Feedback
•  Give a number to each suggestion and add them to the
Register of Opportunities,
•  Discuss suggestions with the person making the
suggestion. If the suggestion is not feasible then explain
why it’s not. Communicate, communicate, communicate
– don’t leave anyone with the impression that their
suggestion/feedback is not valued.
•  If the suggestion is feasible then enlist the help of the
person who’s suggestion it is in implementing the action
– or if possible delegate the responsibility for completing
the action to them completely,
•  Welcome feedback from all employees at every
level in the organisation.
Feedback Form
Nypro
Results
•  During FY2011 (Financial Year period is July 2010 – June 2011)
Nypro Ireland reduced it’s energy consumption by 3.71%
compared to FY2010,
•  So far for FY2012, the EPI is below the baseline (an average of
the EPI from FY2011 and FY2010.
•  Employees are actively engaged in adding to the Register of
Opportunities,
•  Going forward into FY 2012 - new methods of energy awareness
to maintain and continually improve awareness levels.
•  Accreditation audit to ISO 50001 is our aim for December 2011,
gap analysis is complete and the outcome was very positive.
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Other Awareness Campaign Ideas
•  Energy Awareness Day
•  Charities donation linked to energy savings
•  Competitions for ‘most efficient area’ in the plant
with prize for people working in the winning area
•  ‘Did you know’ regular interesting facts on
climate change on notice boards (e.g * Energy
saving light bulbs (CFLs) will use only 20% of the
energy as normal light bulbs but will last 10 times
as long),
•  Information sessions in canteens.
Information Displays/Workshops
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Home energy efficiency workshop
Home utility bill workshop
Energy efficient lighting display
Demonstration of energy efficient renewable
technologies
•  Energy efficient self build presentations
•  SEAI Home Grant Schemes
In Summary
•  Communicating at all stages,
•  Encouraging employee participation, involving people
from every department in the EMT,
•  Being aware of target audience motivators,
•  Taking suggestions seriously,
•  Positive feedback when objectives are met,
•  Senior Management demonstrating commitment by
providing resources and investing in energy
efficiency,
•  Using fresh ideas to spread awareness, not the same
method all the time.