energy conservation...
Enhance employee awareness of energy efficiency
through training and less formal methods. Provide mandatory and
voluntary training opportunities on smart energy practices so that
employees can practice energy efficiency during emergency periods and
year-round. In addition to training, send periodic e-mail messages about
turning off lights and computers and implementing other efficiency
practices; post signs or billboards near light switches or communal
printers; and consider holding annual energy fairs prior to seasonal
emergency periods to provide additional information for employees about
how to manage energy use in the work place and in their homes.
Turn off lights when leaving an area for more than
a few minutes, and in areas with sufficient daylight.
Use task lighting and turn off general lighting,
where it is feasible to maintain sufficient lighting levels for safety
and productivity.
Turn off computers, monitors and printers when not
in use. Ensure their ENERGY STAR-type "low power
stand-by" mode features are set and activated. If they do not have ENERGY STAR features
available, turn them off when leaving the office for more than an hour.
Turn off personal appliances, such as coffee pots
and radios.
Where feasible, schedule high electrical
energy-use processes during off-peak periods. (Peak periods are 5 PM to
7 PM in winter, 2 PM to 6 PM in summer.)
Install motion sensors and separate lighting
circuits, where feasible, to allow turning off unneeded lights.
Consider long-term energy efficiency and
conservation improvements for both cold- and hot-weather conditions.
These will pay for themselves due to lowered utility costs, and will
provide a net cost savings thereafter! If energy costs rise, these
energy and conservation measures will pay for themselves even more
quickly.
Also see Five
Fast Ways to Conserve Energy in Just a Few Hours and the
South Coast Energy Parnership.
for more information:
Download Energy
Conservation Brochure (a PDF file) from the Renewable Energy
project of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
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