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Campus Energy Saving Tips

  1. Turn off the lights in your office whenever you leave it.
  2. If you are the last one out of a classroom or living area, turn off the lights.
  3. Before you leave your office for the day or leave your residence hall turn off your computer, monitor and printers. (Please note: CITS will send out additional information about when your computer should be left ON in order to receive critical updates.)
  4. The last person out of an office suite should turn the power off to copiers, scanners or other such equipment.
  5. Keep windows and exterior doors closed in classrooms. Notify Facilities @ ext. 8100 of areas that are too hot or too cold.
  6. Close windows in your residence halls. Contact your RA if your room or suite is too warm.
  7. If you have control of a thermostat turn it down to 68 degrees.
  8. Come prepared for cooler building temperatures with sweaters or layered clothing.
  9. Keep blinds and curtains closed in your office windows during the evening and weekends. This will make a marked difference in the comfort level of your office, especially if you are in one of the overhang offices.
  10. If you have control over a thermostat keep it set between 65 and 68 degrees.
  11. Turn off your computer when you leave for the day.
  12. Turn off your monitor and peripherals.
  13. Eliminate point of use printers if you have access to a network printer.
  14. Leave windows closed. If you do open them take the responsibility to close them when you leave the room.
  15. Shut the lights off when you leave your office.
  16. Turn off all office equipment at the end of the day.
  17. With our goal of maintaining office and classroom temperatures of 66 to 68 degrees you must come prepared for cool temperatures. Your internal thermostat will need time to adjust to cooler ambient conditions if your work space and/or classrooms have been in the high seventies in the past. Even if you are still experiencing temperatures on the warm side we are working diligently to reduce those temperatures.
  18. Remove or relocate any objects that are blocking heating registers from fan driven units.
  19. For areas with baseboard heat there must be a clear path for air flow through the fin tube. Baseboard heat works on the principle of a convection current. When the air is heated the hot or warm air rises creating an air flow from the colder air at the floor level up through the fin tube. If this path is blocked with boxes, computers, desks, file cabinets, etc., the baseboard heat will not be effective.

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