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Business View Australia - September 2015 41
One of the prime objectives of the
EEC is to spread the message that
there is a need to conserve energy
so that emission of greenhouse
gases can be reduced. Towards
this end the EEC takes a number of
steps which are described by Luke
Menzel, “We engage with the media
to a certain degree where there is a
policy issue that is of interest to our
members.
“We are participants in policy
processes whether they be forums
or submissions which pertain to
our sector. The National Energy
Efficiency Conference is very
significant in our yearly calendar as
this allows us to bring together the
entire sector, including customers
and policy makers and really drive
the conversation around energy
efficiency and how we can work
together to save energy.
“There is also direct engagement
through one on one meetings
with members and prospective
members, which is really important
as well for us to have a sense of
what is going on in this space and
being able to translate that into
effective advocacy work on part of
people that are working on energy
efficiency.
“The aspiration of our members
is to make sure that Australians,
whether they be business owners
or householders, are making
investments in energy efficiency
across the board and that does not
mean spending every last penny
in your bank account on energy
efficiency.
“We talk about sensible energy
efficiency investments that I guess
make good economic sense and put
money in people’s pockets rather
than spending it unnecessarily on
an energy retailer. It is really an
education process before you get to
that point.
“As an organisation we want to
continue that work of putting that
information into the hands of
consumers so that they act on it.
It saves money and benefits the
environment at the same time.”
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