If you are top management, then the purpose of this first meeting is to get the commitment of company middle managers, staff and/or external facilitators to carry out a pre-assessment and write a proposal for a detailed energy assessment.
If you are a company middle manager or external facilitator then the purpose of this first meeting is to get top management’s approval for a pre-assessment and writing of a proposal for a detailed energy assessment.
At this 1-2 hour meeting discuss the following:
- If and/or why top management is interested in improving the company’s energy efficiency (see Worksheet 1 for a list of possible reasons)
- Any energy areas of interest or concern
- Where the company is right now with energy management (fill out the Energy Management Matrix in Worksheet 2)
- Other factors that will influence the approach to improving energy efficiency (see Worksheet 3)
- The amount of time needed to conduct a pre-assessment (normally 1-3 days) and write a proposal (normally 2-3 days) and deadlines
- Who should be in the Team and who from top management will be the main contact for the Team (see task 1b)
- How staff will be informed to ensure their assistance during the pre-assessment (see task 1b)
See Company examples for examples of companies that participated in the GERIAP project on how they addressed the meeting with top management.
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