An Introduction to Energy Savings in the Workplace: What Can I Do? Guilford County Department Directors Meeting September 9, 2008

Program Development Establish Utility Baseline Facility Audits (Existing Conditions) Behavior ManagementLow Cost/No CostSystem Design Evaluate Results Reinvest Savings Develop Energy Conservation Measures (ECM) Plan Elements Implementation (Individualized School Plan) System Intervention Evaluate Results Implementation (Individualized School Plan) Reinvest Savings Evaluate Results Implementation (Individualized School Plan) Today’s Focus

Guilford County Department Directors Meeting Bring Your Green to Work with ENERGY STAR® Tips for Employees The places where we work, shop, play, and learn account for nearly half the nation’s energy use. Learn how you can make many of the same green choices at work as you make at home to save energy and fight global warming with help from EPA’s ENERGY STAR program. Give It a Rest Use the ENERGY STAR power management settings on your computer and monitor so they go into power save mode when not in use. Also use a power strip as a central “turn off” point when you are using equipment to completely disconnect the power supply. Unplug It Unplug electronics such as cell phones and laptops once they are charged. Adapters plugged into outlets use energy even if they are not charging. Light Up Your Work Life Replace the light bulb in your desk lamp with an ENERGY STAR qualified bulb. It will last up to 10 times longer and use about 75 percent less energy. Turn off the lights when you leave, especially at the end of the day. Let It Flow Keep air vents clear of paper, files, and office supplies. It takes as much as 25 percent more energy to pump air into the workspace if the vents are blocked. Team Up Create a Green Team with your co-workers, help build support for energy efficiency in your workplace, and reduce office waste. Set a goal to make your building an ENERGY STAR qualified building. Learn more at energystar.gov/work

Guilford County Department Directors Meeting Work Hour Thermostat Settings: Try and set your thermostats to 78 degrees and leave it there. An option is 78 degrees in the summer, 72 degrees in the winter. Adjust your clothing to suit that standardized temperature instead of adjusting the temperature to suit your clothing. Wearing layers is a good way to accomplish this. Also, the use of plug in, under the desk heaters is an energy hog, and in some places not allowed. Again, adjust your clothing. Night Time and Weekend Settings: Your facility managers have been advised, and the public supports, setting the unoccupied building thermostat settings to 85 degrees in the summer and 55 degrees in the. They will be able to get the building warmed up or cooled down in time before the work week begins. This means people working on weekends should either work from the home, if possible, or adjust clothing to these temperatures. Night Time Ventilation/Shut-Off: To ventilate a building with fresh outside air when the building is unoccupied is a drain on the environment and increases energy costs needlessly. Your facility managers have been advised to turn the ventilation fans off at night, and restart them in plenty of time in the morning before employees return to the office. Be INNOVATIVE!!!!!...we are all being asked to Support the “Energy Cultural Change”.

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Guilford County Department Directors Meeting Guilford County Electrician Aiding Installation of M&V DataLoggers

75 HP FAN SHUT DURING THE NIGHT

CHILLER FAN SHUT DURING THE NIGHT

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