Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:01 am Post subject: Ideas for saving power communally, not individually
Jellycat made me think about powersaving this morning.
I wonder how many ways we can think of of saving power on behalf of everyone, (saving the planet type stuff) not just our own utilities bills.
Not using lifts in shops and offices for example. Escalators are on all the time, so we can't do much about them, but once I am fit again, I will try not to use lifts for less than three flights of stairs. Not much I know, but every little helps, surely.
Any other ideas for saving power?
n _________________ The Yarn Yard
Ooh what a good topic! I'm afraid that office green-ness is one of my bugbears and I'm getting quite a reputation at work for it! Understandably I think, being green isn't always at the forefront of everyone's minds during the working day but I am trying to encourage them all to get into the habit. We're not too bad though, for a computer company:
we recycle everything we can
we (usually!) switch off monitors when we're away from our desks
we switch off our machines at the end of day
we have low-energy bulbs in all our lights, and we don't usually have any lights on during the day (one whole wall of our office is north-facing windows so we get plenty of daylight)
we don't put the heating on (at the moment.....the computers generate plenty of heat for this time of year)
we car-share as much as possible - our office isn't within walking distance of anyone's house and the bus service is appalling (and expensive). We have 14 people working here and there's usually 8 cars in the car park (could do better I think....)
some of us work at home a couple of times a week, which saves petrol.
Even small things can help, like remembering to get some milk on the way to work rather than making a special trip to town, and refusing a carrier bag for it (which seems to offend a surprisingly large number of shop assistants )
Like I said, it IS a bit of a bugbear for me and sometime, when I get more than 5 minutes to myself, I'm going to do some more research and see what else we can do. Luckily, our bosses are very receptive to green issues so I'm sure they'd be happy with any not-too-radical suggestions!
I hadn't even thought of not using the lift as saving energy - I just think of it as me using my energy and not getting stuck in a little box!
I'm always turning the light off in the loos at work. Even on a bright sunny day, I always find it left on. I wonder if people do that at home. I must put a notice on the back of the door.
I shall do my bit and do a few posters and things (or is that wasting paper?) I'm already the recycling lady and I buy stuff for the office, which I make sure is environmentally friendly/recycled.
Only trouble is it gets unbearably hot in the office, so we have to have the air con on (I know it's bad!) But what annoys me then is those people that get cold and then put their own electric heaters on. grr.
I'm not in a office as such but where I work they do have big signs up saying switch off lights.
We don't use the lift apart from sending rails down in it because if we get stuck there is no one to get us out
Can't carry rails down the stairs I'm afraid.
I don't think they are trying to save energy, I think it's a money thing for them _________________ The Card Bee
I turn loo lights off too... wherever I am, restaurants, shops, staff loos in the hospital... but not patient loos, don't want anyone falling over in the dark.
n _________________ The Yarn Yard
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