GreenHouse Games Challenge 2010

Who is behind GreenHouse Games?

Sustainability Victoria is an agency of the Victorian Government which facilitates and promotes the sustainable use of resources

LESS (Low Energy Supplies and Services ) is an environmental company that has been delivering energy and water saving programs and products since 2001.

LESS is delivering the GreenHouse Games on behalf of Sustainability Victoria

What is the Challenge?

A fun, free, fully supported online program for

workplaces to engage employees and their

families to take sustainable actions at home to become

GreenHouse Heroes

What is the Challenge?The Challenge aims to

promote sustainable

behaviour to benefit

employees, their families,

their workplace and the

environment. Employees

work in teams of up to 5,

working together to

achieve GreenHouse glory

What is the Challenge?Each participating employee family earns points for their workplace

and team for every Superhero action taken at home. The workplace

and team with the most points wins!

What is the Challenge?It’s all about

helping the

environment,

saving money on

utility bills and

having fun while

doing it!

Why get involved?

shows leadership on climate change contributes to the voluntary carbon sector become an employee of choice a no cost off the shelf program team buildingfun, easy and makes a difference!

Last year’s participants

Challenge Process

Sign up your workplace.Employees then join a team or start their own (max 5 people).

Households register and then take actions by changing your habits and creating a greener home.

You have 8 weeks to earn points and contribute to your workplace total. Report weekly.

Daily prizes, weekly theme prizes and a grand prize will be delivered to active participants.

Continue to live a greener life and become a GreenHouse superhero.

The role of the workplace

• Appoint a coordinator • Endorsement from the senior management is

important• Recruit employees who form teams • Involve internal communications team to help

promote the Challenge and celebrate achievements • Set up recruitment and celebratory events?• Compete against other workplaces for GreenHouse

glory!

The role of LESS

• Provide support materials and tools for coordinators• Project team available to provide individual

coordinator support and answer queries• Report to all workplaces (via coordinators) on overall

Challenge progress and scores• Help Desk (email and 1300 number) to support

households to take sustainable actions• Make the Challenge as easy for workplaces and

households as possible!

The role of the coordinator

• Can be up to 3 coordinators• Be the communicator between the workplace and LESS • Promote the Challenge to employees and facilitate the

formation of workplace teams• Encourage households to register• Distribute household recruitment packs (zip up bag and

magnet) • Encourage households to complete the Challenge for the

full 8 weeks• Report back to workplace about progress and results

The role of the team

• Each workplace can have several teams, with up to 5 members

• A team captain should be appointed to motivate the team and liaise with the coordinator

• There are team prizes to be won (across all workplaces)

• Your workplace might like to run a competition between departments or states

The role of households

Learn how to reduce your environmental footprint – take actions and save on utility bills!

The role of households

Easy/user-friendly website, easy to register

Weekly entry of actions taken

A choice of 66 different actions

Receive weekly advice and support on actions taken

HelpDesk available Become a GreenHouse

Superhero Household saving the planet

Types of actions households can take

Lots of actions to choose from to reduce electricity, water, waste and transport fuel, eg:

• Adjust the thermostat on heaters

• Switch to GreenPower• Reduce the use of the clothes

dryer• Reduce car usage• Start a vegetable garden • Install a rainwater tank • Fix leaking taps• Put a ‘no junk mail’ sticker on

your letterbox• Recycle electronic goods you no

longer need

Prizes and awards

• Workplace, greatest abatement overall • Workplace, greatest abatement per team• Certificate of participation • Coordinators prizes• Team prizes (1st, 2nd & 3rd)• Householders daily

and theme week prizes• Prizes for coordinators to give

away

Timing

• Register your workplace by 6th August 2010• Recruit households by 3rd September 2010• Challenge start date is 6th September 2010• The Challenge lasts 8 weeks• Challenge finish date is 5th November 2010• Main prizes presented in December 2010

Next steps to get involved

• Select coordinator (up to 3)• Senior management involved?• Register your workplace by 6th August 2010 at

www.greenhousegames.vic.gov.au • Promote Challenge using in-house comms

(you’ll be provided with tools and ideas)• Recruit households and form teams –register

by 3rd September 2010

More information?

Should you have any further enquiries please contact us on:

1300 174 101ghg@sustainability.vic.gov.au

www.greenhousegames.vic.gov.au