Solution:  Prenova’s You’ve Got the Power to be Green! is designed to create efficiencies, eliminate waste and promote employee conservation habits.  Conservation is more than good corporate policy; it’s critical for the future of our environment.  It is important that employees have the knowledge, awareness and motivation to do their part to conserve – from the moment they walk into their workplace until lights out at the end of the day. Employees are encouraged via specially designed programs and specific actions to exercise energy efficient routines. The Program challenges employees to find additional ways to reduce usage with other workplace consumables. Recycling of consumables products such as paper, printer and toner cartridges, CDs, plastic, glass and aluminum, for example, is highlighted and strongly encouraged.

You’ve Got the Power to be Green! program consists of the following three levels:

You’ve Got the Power to be Green!SM Program Levels
	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Program Components	Planting the Seed	Nourishing the Leaf	Sustaining the Tree
Train-the-Trainer launch kit	X	X	X
Employee information sheet	X	X	X
Internal awareness posters, promotional items guide, and other materials with periodic new releases to maintain material freshness	X	X	X
Window decals to be placed where visible to customers publicizing conservation efforts	X	X	X
Tent cards and Point of Sale brochures in retail locations providing ideas to customers on how to conserve and protect the environment	X	X	X
Standard progress reports on PreVue® and quarterly reviews to discuss results and generate new ideas		X	X
Periodic email communications to be sent to all employees to keep conservation top of mind		X	X
Annual corporate competition to build communications and commitment company wide			X
Web blog access for ongoing idea sharing and Q&A			X

Outcome:  The purpose is two-fold:

• make employees knowledgeable of conservation issues and opportunities; and,
• act to sustain and improve those savings achieved on a continuous basis. 

A properly implemented and managed You’ve Got the Power to Be Green! program can reduce energy usage by 5 to 10 percent and help an organization to start on a path to a lower carbon footprint.  Actions taken from this program are an effective way to find solutions for environmental problems, and the employees’ role of environmental steward may be one of the most important ever held.