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Employee engagement is critical to SEM success and the achievement of long-term savings. This curated collection includes a variety of tools and resources for engaging and motivating an organization's team members in identifying operational enhancements and energy efficiency upgrades that result in continuous energy improvement.

Best Practices for Running Effective, Virtual Meetings

Regularly scheduled Energy Team meetings are a critical component of ensuring the longevity and effectiveness of your SEM program. And with an increase in teams and meetings turning to virtual solutions, clear direction, transparency, and accountability are more important than ever.

Industrial Energy Talk Cards

The BetterBricks Industrial Energy Talk Cards make it easier than ever to stimulate energy efficiency conversation and learning among facility staff. Outlining a variety of SEM tools, approaches and methods, the Energy Talk Cards can be printed or easily viewed on display boards, smart phones and tablets.

Commercial Energy Talk Cards

The BetterBricks Commercial Energy Talk Cards provide key learning points and discussion topics on energy efficiency to engage facility teams and provide the information needed to pursue energy efficiency in commercial buildings.

How to Create Energy Awareness and Support

This course will teach you how to develop strategies for creating energy awareness and support within an organization, including identifying examples of awareness strategies for new and existing staff, and creating awareness outside of your business.

How to Form an Energy Team

Understand the benefits of forming an energy team, including diversified knowledge and building enthusiasm. This course will help energy managers learn who should be on the team.

Compressed Air Employee Engagement Toolkit

For most sectors, compressed air is among the largest consumers of energy in the industrial space and can have a payback of well under a year.

Presentation: The Power to Save Energy

Energy use is a cost of doing business, but it can also be a strategic asset that can be managed to boost profits. Energy Trust of Oregon developed this presentation and accompanying handout, to help businesses and their staff think about how we use energy and steps we can take to use less of it.

Stay on the Cutting-Edge of SEM

Members unlock access to new publications, roundtable meetings, working groups, and receive monthly updates from the field. 

Employee Training Matrix

This matrix helps the advisor and facility determine which energy-related training an employee should attend based on the employees role within the organization and what trainings they have attended.