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Energy Tips |
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Save Energy At Your Apartment
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Become aware of the costs for air conditioning, heating, appliances and other equipment. |
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Use a portable fan when you are warm during the cooling months. |
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Do not use a portable space heater when you are cool. Space heaters are considered a fire hazard and may cause problems with adjacent computer equipment. |
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Turn off lights, computers, printers, coffee makers, television, VCR, DVD, radios and other equipment when not in use. |
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Wear heavier clothes in the winter and lighter clothes in the summer. |
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Set thermostats to comfortable settings and not to extremes. |
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Turn everything off while you are gone for the evening, holidays, weekends, and winter/spring/summer breaks. |
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Conserve water by taking short showers, by not leaving water running while brushing your teeth, by rinsing your razor in a sink filled with a few inches of water. |
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Report leaky faucets and running toilets to PPD Help Desk at 2015. |
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Energy Do's and Don'ts At The Office
Do's:
Metabolism: We are not all equal when it comes to how our body respond to the environment around us; dress appropriately to take the chill or access heat off.
Thermostats: Set temperatures to 76 F and 86 F during summer occupied and unoccupied periods, respectively, and 70 F and 60 F during winter occupied and unoccupied periods, respectively
Doors & Windows: Keep outside doors and windows closed to maintain proper indoor design temperature conditions. Open doors and windows to take advantage of outdoor weather conditions only after the cooling/heating systems in the space have been switched off.
Lights & Office Equipment: Turn lights and equipment off when not in use.
Last Out, Lights Off: The last one out should turn lights off to common spaces; laboratories, lecture rooms, meeting rooms, conference rooms, corridors, etc.
Open & Close Shades: In the winter, open window shades to increase heat gain through the windows and reverse that in the summer to keep the heat out.
Equipment: Keep fume hood sash closed and turn off lab equipment when not in use.
Double Side It: When copying or printing try to use the double sided feature; you save energy and trees. Also encourage the use of black and white versus color; you save a lot of money on printer/copier cartridges. Do not forget to recycle paper, and use inter-office envelops.
E-Mail It: If possible send an e-mail versus a hard copy.
Water: Conserve water and report leaky faucets and running toilets to PPD Help Desk at Ext. 2015.
Call For Help: Report any abnormal building and equipment conditions to PPD Help Desk at Ext. 2015.
Don'ts:
Do not temper with thermostats.
Fans & Space Heaters: Allowed only in emergency.
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