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Install weather stripping around outer doors and windows, and also around doors between heated and unheated or cooled and uncooled rooms. |
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Insulate supply pipes, water heaters and install ceiling and wall insulation where appropriate. | |
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Install blinds, and shades to cool the office. | |
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Install time clocks or programmable thermostats to turn-off systems when the building is not occupied. | |
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Install motion detectors to control lighting in often unoccupied rooms, e.g. toilets. | |
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Use task lighting to illuminate the work areas instead of area lighting. | |
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If possible, use ink-jet printers - they consume 90% less energy than laser printers. | |
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Replace incandescent office signs, such as "EXIT", with LED signs. LEDs use about one-tenth the wattage and last up to 50 times longer than incandescent-lamp signs. |
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Encourage and educate employees to be conscious on energy and to offer ideas about how to save energy. | |