Tricks and TipstoSave Energy"When Not In Use, Turn Off the Juice!"
Tips and Tricks to save energy in your home, inyour car and practically everywhere you go.
You do not have to do without to achieve energysavings. There is now an energy efficient alternative foralmost every kind of appliance or light fixture. That meansthat consumers have a real choice and the power to changetheir energy use on a revolutionary scale.
The average American produces about 40,000 poundsof CO2 emissions per year. Together we use nearly a million dollars’ worth of energy every minute, night and day, everyday of the year.
By exercising even a few of the tips below, you can cutyour annual emissions by thousands of pound and yourenergy bills by a significant amount!
Energy Saving Tips for Work:
Office equipment, such as desktop printers, copiers,and lights are often overlooked when faculty and staff leaveat the end of the day. Turning these items off at night andover weekends can save up to 75% of the energy theywould otherwise consume.
Office equipment, such as desktop printers, copiers,and lights are often overlooked when faculty and staff leaveat the end of the day. Turning these items off at night andover weekends can save up to 75% of the energy theywould otherwise consume.
Everyone has an opportunity to reduce energy on campus. Here are some ways to do it:
Computers:
Turn off all computer equipment unless in use,especially at night and on weekendsScreen savers do not save energy. Use powermanagement features so your computer monitor and harddrive will go into "sleep mode" when not in useTurn off your monitor when you leave your desk to goto lunch or to a meetingTurn off monitors on serversEnable power management features on laser printersand/or turn off laser printers when not printingBuy low wattage equipment certified by the EPA's"Energy Star" program and be sure to enable powermanagement features when setting up equipment.
Lights:
Use natural lighting instead of electric lightingwhenever possibleTurn off unused or unneeded lights
Try task lighting and reduce overhead lightingUse fluorescent bulbs in desk lampsHalogen floor lamps are very energy wasteful and maypose a safety risk.
Use natural lighting instead of electric lightingwhenever possibleTurn off unused or unneeded lights
Try task lighting and reduce overhead lightingUse fluorescent bulbs in desk lampsHalogen floor lamps are very energy wasteful and maypose a safety risk.
Heating and Cooling:
Dress for the season and keep thermostats set toachieve 68 - 70 degrees F in the winter and 74 - 76 degreesF for air-conditioned spaces in the summerDuring the cooling season close blinds, drapes andcurtains to block direct sunDuring the heating season, open blinds, drapes andcurtains to let sun in. If no sun, close them to keep the heatin especially at nightUse hot water sparingly.
Dress for the season and keep thermostats set toachieve 68 - 70 degrees F in the winter and 74 - 76 degreesF for air-conditioned spaces in the summerDuring the cooling season close blinds, drapes andcurtains to block direct sunDuring the heating season, open blinds, drapes andcurtains to let sun in. If no sun, close them to keep the heatin especially at nightUse hot water sparingly.
Equipment:
Purchase energy-efficient modelsTurn off all energy consuming office and researchequipment when not in use, e.g. copiers, refrigerators,environmental rooms, fume hood, etc.
Purchase energy-efficient modelsTurn off all energy consuming office and researchequipment when not in use, e.g. copiers, refrigerators,environmental rooms, fume hood, etc.
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