Energise London aims to promote energy efficiency, use of renewable energy and water conservation across all 33 London Boroughs, piloting innovative behaviour change mechanisms with domestic and commercial consumers.
Learning from pilot projects is being shared through a range oftailored services for 'Learner Network' members. Members represent professionals promoting a range of pro-environmental behaviours across the capital.
Energise London is:
Running pilot projects, supporting the Mayor's Low Carbon Zones, in the London Borough's of Haringey, Lewisham and Richmond-upon-Thames. Using methods including social marketing we are building intelligence around practical ways to help householders and businesses make enduring changes.
Supporting business networks, housing associations and schools to engage their communities on sustainability and promote measures that reduce energy and water use.
Developing a toolkit for the third sector organisations to help them to reduce their environmental impacts.
Hosting a comprehensive series of events for our LearnerNetwork. In the last year we have held events on the following topics: behaviour change and social marketing, sustainable consumption and production, climate change and the public sector estates and sustainable schools.
Achievements:
To date, through our Wandsworth demonstration projects, we have engaged with 1,879 people and achieved 20% energy and 28% water savings. Previously we have pioneered new approaches, such as reaching Hindu and Muslim communities, influencing people at key life changes and engaged children as change agents.
Produced two toolkits: one for the Federation of Small Businesses and one for school governors to prepare them for the impact of the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme on schools across London. Watch this space or join the Learner Network.
LSx has been awarded a grant from London Councils to run Energise London from 2008 to 2012. London Councils is committed to fighting for more resources for London and getting the best possible deal for London's 33 councils. London Councils has a website about its grants service. To read about the grants funding and the work of some of the 300 groups they support please visit www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/grants.
To find out more about Energise London, contact: William McFarland, Behaviour Change Project Officer at LSx on 020 7234 9406 or w.mcfarland@lsx.org.uk
