Nominations are now open for 2025. Looking for programs in building energy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and sustainable transportation. Deadline: June 6, 2025.
We posted six newly designated Landmark case studies, four new non-designated case studies, and 93 new Topic Resources in 2024.
This past year's five new Landmark case studies and three finalists have now been posted. Access them through our Landmark page or through the three relevant Topic Resources pages: climate change, energy, and transportation. We've also posted 91 new Topic Resources in 2023.
If you have been working on or have seen a particularly effective or innovative approach for changing energy, transportation, or other climate-change-related behaviours, please consider nominating it for Landmark Designation by June 3, 2024. Click here for details.
Six new case studies have been designated Landmark by our three peer review and selection panels. Their summaries are now posted in our case studies section, and also on the Topic Resources page for Climate Change, Energy, and Transportation. The full case studies are currently under review and will be published in early 2023. Managers from two of these programs are presenting their experiences at a free BECC webinar on Feb. 23.
We've verified and updated all of our site links and Topic Resource listings, and are preparing our PDF of the listings, "Web-Based Social Marketing Resources (2021)".
Tools of Change is soliciting nominations for its 2021 Landmark behavior change case studies in two topic areas - (1) energy conservation and (2) sustainable transportation. If you have been working on a particularly effective or innovative approach for changing energy or transportation behaviours, please consider nominating yourself. All nominations must include measured impact results.
Nominated programs get frank, confidential program review comments and suggestions from selection panel members, who are experts in a range of related disciplines. All nominations that are presented to our selection panels receive a complete list of unattributed panel comments. For many nominees, this is the most valuable benefit.
Designation as a Landmark (best practice) case study through this peer selection process recognizes behavior change programs and approaches considered to be among the most successful, innovative, replicable and adaptable in the world.
Designated programs gain exposure, credibility and free, on-line program case study materials, which may make it easier for them to attract customers and investors, and to maintain or increase program funding. Nominations are screened by Tools of Change staff and then the most promising are rated by peer selection panels based on a standard scoring grid. Designated programs are highlighted in our webinars, transcripts and video recordings from the webinars, and written case studies. They also get a Landmark designation logo for use on websites and in electronic newsletters, providing click-through access to the program's case study materials.
The nomination form, which can be downloaded from www.toolsofchange.com/en/landmark, must be submitted by July 3, 2021. Designations will be announced in the fall.
To view Landmark case studies designated in past years, go to www.toolsofchange.com/en/landmark
The City of Austin's Leave Time Travel Incentive and Seattle's Just One Trip Phase II have both been designated Landmark by our transportation peer-selection panel. Heat Loss Images, Norm Appeals Raise Impacts in Medicine Hat and California's Energy Conservation Competition have been designated Landmark by our Building Energy peer-selection panel. Landmark designation recognizes behavior change approaches and programs considered to be among the most successful, innovative, replicable and adaptable in the world. Four runners-up in these topic areas have also been added to our case bank - BART Perks II , Way To Go Durham , the Energy Cat Game , and London Hydro's Price Plan Pilot Cuts Peak Use.
Here's a great example of a fear appeal that was appropriately used and hugely successful. Our most recently posted case study is Day Zero: Cape Town Uses Fear Appeal to Avoid Running Out of Water.
RE100 and Europe's Energy Neighborhoods were both awarded a Landmark designation in 2019. These two case study and summary video for RE100 have now been added to our case study bank.
Energy Connect was designated a Landmark case study in 2018. Its revised and full case study has now been posted at http://www.toolsofchange.com/en/case-studies/detail/718.
Ready for an inspiration break? Need to convince or inspire a room-full of decision-makers? Each video summarizes one Landmark case study in under five minutes ... short enough for a break or to show to others at Board, Council and other planning meetings. This year's new-format videos feature more live action videos of the programs-in-action and of the Program Managers sharing their perspectives. Energy | Transportation cases
We've been working on seven new Landmark case studies that were designated in the past two years by peer selection:
We've added eight additional case studies:
We've also recently updated Shower Feedback in Swizerland and Playa Vista Ability2Change with full materials, including handouts.
Access webinar videos and handouts.
The 2016 deadline for nominations has passed. The next deadline will be the end of May, 2017. More
To read our September 2015 newsletter, with information on new case studies and other resources added over the past year, go to http://myemail.constantcontact.com/New-Resources---Case-Studies--Most-env-t--health-and-safety-topics-.html?soid=1011333490061&aid=oNVlnZsHllc
