LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Local branch offices of Fidelity National Title are reimagining how they can impact the local energy-grid in a positive manner.

Encouraging employees to rethink energy-wasting habits is a simple path to a healthier bottom-line and a cleaner environment.

Add some spirited competition amongst local offices and you’re left with the ability to positively impact your company, employees and local energy-grid.

Fidelity National Title partnered with GreenTraks to implement the Kill-a-Watt Quest, an energy reduction competition.

For three months, eight branch offices of Fidelity National Title in Napa, Sonoma and Lake counties competed against each other to see who could reduce their energy usage the most by implementing just simple employee behavior changes.

The offices were encouraged to have fun with the competition by creating team names, making theme days (e.g. Tight-Watt Tuesday), wearing “green” attire, and taunting each other to get the competitive juices flowing.

The winning branch office reduced its energy consumption by an impressive 24 percent over the three-month period, just by paying attention to daily habits.

As an added benefit, employees were able to take their new energy-saving habits home to help reduce their own family’s utility bills.

To insure the competition was fair and accurate, GreenTraks monitored and measured the branches energy data using analytics that made sure reductions were real and not due to weather or other anomalies.

“We are proud of our Fidelity Green Branch certification, which recognizes Fidelity operations making a difference for the environment, but we wanted to do something even bigger, to show other local businesses that they can make a difference too. Imagine if every local business engaged in a Kill-a-Watt Quest type campaign; collectively we could reduce a lot of demand from our local power-grid,” said John Hilvka, county manager for Fidelity National Title Company.

“We provided the education and data management, but the Fidelity employees really brought their “A” game and gave it their all. We have never seen results quite this high before and we were really proud to work with such a great organization as Fidelity National Title,” said Russell Marsan, National Sales Manager for GreenTraks.

With some healthy competition, offices like those of Fidelity National Title can make a significant positive impact on their local energy grid.

To find out more about this program and how energy management helps reduce energy usage and costs, please contact GreenTraks at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .