Building an Energy Culture5 / 12
Culture Shift & Behaviour Change
From compliance to commitment; employee engagement in energy programmes.
10 min read · Jacob Willis, Net Zero Lead · Last reviewed July 2026
Technology and projects deliver one-off savings; culture delivers savings that persist and grow. An organisation where energy-conscious thinking is simply "how we do things" achieves far more than one relying on a lone energy manager pushing initiatives uphill.
In this lesson
- 01From compliance to commitment
- 02What an energy culture looks like
- 03The ingredients of culture change
- 04The role of the energy leader
- 05Patience and persistence
- 06Sources and further reading