Tools to Engage Residents in Green & Healthy Living
Resident engagement is crucial to delivering on the expected benefits from your green development. It helps to:
- Support healthy living
- Lower utility and maintenance costs
- Maximize the environmental benefits of green affordable housing
Resident Engagement Results
See how residents, young and old, have used these tools in their communities.
Resident Engagement Training in a Box
Designed for property owners, resident services staff members and property managers, these tools help you work with residents to increase their knowledge about and practice of green and healthy living. It offers four resident educational workshops, each including presentations, exercises and instructional videos to engage residents in:
- Energy conservation
- Water conservation
- Healthy living
- Waste reduction and recycling
Trainer Notes and Workshop Resources
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Trainer Notes Download and review this information prior to planning your first workshop.
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Energy Conservation |
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Water Conservation |
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Healthy Living |
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Waste Reduction and Recycling |
Resident Engagement Cards
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Customizable Resident Engagement Card Templates are pre-populated PowerPoint slides with images and simple tips, including suggestions on how to customize the cards for different audiences and locations. |
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Resident Engagement Card Tip Sheet explains the purpose of the cards, customization suggestions and ideas for different formats for the cards (such as signage, presentations, etc.) and fun resident engagement activities. |
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Download an Image Library of more than 30 lively illustrations in JPEG format to bring actions to life in your customized cards. |
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Sample Customized Cards show you how LINC Housing used these templates to help residents at their Pepperwood Apartments remember key tips for living a green and healthy lifestyle. |
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This short Customization Tutorial video shows you how to customize the cards in PowerPoint. |
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Green Resident Engagement Sample Quiz, is an easy-to-modify document with sample questions that can be delivered to residents in a variety of fun ways to reinforce the learning. |
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This six-minute "Going Green" Resident Engagement Video highlights some of the easy-to-implement actions listed on the cards. |
Green Leader Toolkit
This toolkit was created to maximize the benefits of green building by identifying and empowering a resident or group of residents. The Green Leaders will inform their neighbors through a series of educational workshops and events that address: energy, water, recycling and healthy living, called the “Green & Healthy Living” program. This toolkit provides easy step-by-step instructions for a series of fun workshops and events on green living and the proper care and maintenance of homes in order to fully benefit from the health, energy efficiency, water conservation and environmental measures included in them. This program is designed to be interactive and easygoing; encouraging the adaptation of the events and ideas in the toolkit to better serve your community.|
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Green Leader Resident Recruitment The document explains how to identify a resident or group of residents willing to take on the role of Green Leader in your building to address: energy, water, recycling and healthy living. |
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Green Leader Toolkit The “Green Leader Toolkit” provides guidance on how to educate neighbors on green living and proper care and maintenance of their living environments in order to fully benefit from the health, energy efficiency, water conservation and environmental measures included in their homes. |
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Training Resources |