Kelowna Yacht Club's Energy Conservation Campaign
Energy Campaign Details
TOTA’s Energy Analyst recently worked with Biosphere Committed Company, Kelowna Yacht Club in partnership with BC Hydro and FortisBC, in creating an energy conservation campaign to encourage their staff to reduce consumption through simple and effective actions. From September 16th to October 7th, energy conservation posters were placed around different areas of the Yacht Club and encouraged staff to use provided checklists to complete energy conservation tasks such as:
Turning off the lights when not required
Utilizing daylight whenever and wherever possible instead of turning on lights inside the building
Closing the windows when the heating or air conditioning system is running
Running the dishwashers only on full loads and turning off the internal tank heaters in the dishwashers overnight
Brenda Cortes, Kelowna Yacht Club’s Environmental Manager, helped coordinate all of the campaign activities with their staff members. In recognition of three staff members that actively participated in the energy conservation campaign local gift cards were awarded to Brenda Cortes, Emily Wallich, and Mario Arango.
“Running this campaign brought great participation even though there were actions we already did, it brought conscious awareness back among our staff about energy usage and generated a healthy conversation.”
- Brenda Cortes
Emily Wallich, Watersports & Education Administrator
Brenda Cortes, Environmental Manager
Mario Arango, Front of House Manager
To learn more or receive advice on what sustainable practices you can implement at your place of employment or at home contact TOTA’s Biosphere Commitment team at biosphere@totabc.com.
