Employees may be working from home and your business doors may be temporarily closed.
No need to spend more on unnecessary utility costs.
Consider these tips for the unoccupied building:
- Set Building Automated Systems (BAS) to unoccupied (especially in schools and buildings that are completely empty)
- Turn down thermostats in unoccupied rooms
- Unplug idle equipment (computers, monitors, electronics, microwaves, coffeemakers, etc.)
- Put 24/7 lighting on vacancy sensors
- Turn off heat tape at all breakers
- Turn off snowmelt systems
- Turn off breakers on items such as walk-in coolers that are empty (but keep the cooler door open to prevent mold from building)
- Turn off the animation (are exterior speakers playing music? are neon signs still plugged in and turned on?)
Year-round energy efficiency tips:
- Check out NREL’s resources to maximize your energy savings
- Change out lighting to LEDs
- Check economizers on HVAC equipment to ensure they are working properly
- Replace filters, clean HVAC and refrigeration coils
- Swap out non-programmable thermostats with programmable or smart thermostats
- Put plug loads (computers, monitors, printers, electronics, microwaves, coffeemakers, etc.) on advanced power strips and turn off the power strip when not in use
- Prioritize purchasing ENERGY STAR electronics (computers, monitors, printers, microwaves, refrigerators, dishwashers)
- Install Building Automation Systems to enable unoccupied areas to turn off automatically
- Educate and engage your employees on your energy efficiency goals
- Sign-up for an energy site visit to learn more ways to save
- Download this Energy Savings Guide from Touchstone Energy
After the “great pause” might your business…
- Allow employees to work from home (even just one day a week) to lessen emissions
- Use Zoom (or other online meeting platforms) for more “in-person” meetings to lessen car/air travel (and the resulting emissions)
- Commit to buying products locally, again to lessen emissions on delivery
Click on your utility provider to view additional energy efficiency tips recommended by your utility company.
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