Power Down on October 4

October 3, 2017

Hello HSU community and welcome new and returning students!

Green Campus announces that our first Power Down Event will be held on Wednesday October 4th from 8am to 5pm. Power Down is an innovative approach to energy conservation that promotes the idea that relatively small systemic changes and individual actions make a difference in energy consumption, and that as a collective whole we can reduce our carbon footprint.

During past years, Power Down HSU helped show that sustainability can be incorporated into the workplace and classroom with minimal effort and discomfort. Participation in Power Down was traditionally a two-part process:

  1. Engineers in Facilities Management initiate building systems reductions (e.g., heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, HVAC) similar to a PG&E demand response event over a four-hour period.
  2. The campus community actively participates in choosing to make additional energy use behavior changes to boost electricity reductions.

In order to promote and emphasize positive actions of individual campus stakeholders, moving forward, Green Campus will only be implementing the second part of the process: active participation in behavior change. Given this change, Green Campus asks the campus community to reduce their energy consumption on Wednesday October 4th by taking actions including but not limited to:

  • turning off lights when not in use,
  • turning off computers when not in use,
  • turning off audiovisual equipment when not in use,
  • using ambient lighting in classrooms,
  • taking class outside,
  • unplugging and/or removing unnecessary appliances, decorative lighting, and personal heating/cooling devices,
  • turning down temperature set-points on HVAC systems where applicable,
  • making sure doors and windows are closed when HVAC units are on,
  • ensuring that heating and cooling vents are not blocked or obstructed by bookshelves, desks, posters, or other barriers,
  • cleaning out department refrigerators

Power Down events will proceed from 8am- 5pm during Fall Semester on the following dates:

  • Oct. 4
  • Oct. 18
  • Nov. 1
  • Nov. 15
  • Dec. 6

Email greencampus@humboldt.edu with questions, concerns, or for more information!

 

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