Four successful rounds of Gossip have given some solid energy savings, and changes in the office culture. CarbonetiX has collected feedback, and we have included some of this feedback for your consideration.

Realistic Results:

Savings on lighting of 20-35%

Savings on computers and office equipment of 20-40%

One organisation has discovered that their motion sensors controlling lights had been switched off in the daytime – this will save them close to 20% of their lighting costs.

One government department has saved $50,000 /year in one building after they corrected an equipment timing malfunction. This amount was multiplied as they discovered the malfunction applied to many buildings.

Recently a large corporation has estimated that reducing the time before multi function printers went into standby mode will save them $100,000 per year.

• "I felt encouraged, equipped, inspired and motivated at the end of the program."

• "Very well run program, that gave actual results and raised awareness of all participants."

On the tools provided:

• "The very fact that I was using new 'toys' promoted lots of enquiry and interest."
• The thermo loggers were a winner. We couldn’t have known how slow the building was to heat up and how we could manage the heating better.
• "The temperature logger was fantastic and enabled us to see how our system was operating and what we could do to improve its efficiency."
• "The lighting timers helped reduce the night time usage"

On the program details and background information:

• "Material was well focussed and provided the background required to do our weekly tasks"

On the weekly conference calls:

• "Great, couldn't have done this program without it."
• "Good, made one feel part of a committed group, and that help was at hand if needed."
• "Good way to keep in touch with others to see how they were going and to discuss common issues."

On support from CarbonetiX staff:

• "Assistance was always available and the fact that there was no pressure to achieve "the impossible" was very appreciated."
• "Carbonetix staff very helpful."