Energy-Saving Office Tips That’ll Score You Points With The Boss
Looking for the road to your boss’s heart? We’ll tell you a shortcut: the budget. These energy-saving tips save power and company money. By lowering business overhead, your company will gain a competitive edge. It’s not difficult, and even older buildings can reduce energy use by as much as 30%.
Here’s How:
Use Efficient Overhead Lighting: Get rid of those old T12 bulbs and use T8s. These new bulbs provide better light quality, are cooler (save on A/C costs, too), and have fewer toxic chemicals.
Switch Your Bulbs: Replace regular bulbs with energy-saving CFLs (compact fluorescent light bulbs). They last ten times longer than incandescent ones and the company can save more than $100 over the lifetime of the bulb.
Use Only What You Need: Lighting accounts for 30-50% of the total energy use in offices. Reduce lighting bills by using only what you need. Your best bet: install occupancy sensors, and turn off lights at night.
Shut Down Computers At Night: Your company can save up to $40 per computer, per year, just by turning them off at the end of the day.
Set Up Sleep Mode: Save between $25 and $75 per desktop a year.
Use Laptops: These great energy savers use as much as 90% less energy than desktops.
Pull The Plug On Phantom Loads: A phantom load is the energy consumed by a device when it is turned off. Save more energy by plugging all electronics into power strips and then switch them off each night with one flick of the finger.
Upgrade To A Programmable Thermostat: Fight global warming and lower your energy bills with one simple action. Don’t want to make the purchase? It pays for itself in less than a year; after that, it’s all money in your pocket.
Take The Stairs: Firm up flab and conserve elevator energy use.
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