Energy Saving Office Tips and Tricks. Reviews

Energy Saving Office is very important, they are very influential at a cost that is covered by the company each month. you also know that excessive use may be very detrimental. The following I will give a few tips to make your company the power saving.

Office Equipment

• Turn off PCs, monitors, printers and copiers nightly and on weekends. If unable to switch off the entire computer, turn off the monitor and printer. Don't use screen savers.


• When buying PCs, monitors, printers, fadx machines and copiers, consider buying Energy Star® models that can switch to a power-saving mode when not in use.


• Use a laptop computer instead of a desktop computer. The laptop will consume 90 percent less energy.


• An ink-jet printer consumes 90 percent less energy than a laser printer.

Lighting

• Turn off non-essential and decorative lighting, especially in unoccupied areas.


• Replace flickering, dim and burned out lamps.


• Clean fixtures and diffusers as often as necessary.


• Color-code or mark light switches and circuit breakers that can be turned off when not needed.


• Use task lighting to directly illuminate work areas.


• Lower the height of light fixtures if possible to increase usable light.


• Replace burned out lamps with lower wattage lamps or energy-saving lamps.


• Replace T12 lighting systems with T8 energy efficient fixtures.


• Install high-pressure sodium fixtures in parking lots.


• Install time clocks or photoelectric cells to control exterior lighting, advertising sign lighting and some interior lighting.


• Paint dark walls and ceilings with lighter colors to maximize the effect of existing light sources.


• Use natural lighting when possible.


• Install dimmer or occupancy switches where appropriate to lower energy use in stairwells, copy rooms and restrooms.


• Schedule janitorial services during the day, or use a minimum number of lights when cleaning.


• Color-code switches that should remain off when crews are cleaning.


• Trim bushes and trees away from outdoor lighting to maximize illumination and prevent shadows.


• Implement a group re-lamping schedule, and re-lamp at 70 percent of rated lamp life. Lamps that run longer than 70 percent of their rated life actually cost more in terms of energy use.

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Posted by Unknown at 13:27 | Tuesday, 30 July 2013 | 0 comments