Comments on: Why In The World Do Businesses Leave Their Lights On At Night? http://thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Thu, 16 May 2013 17:44:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Business Energy Waste | Pays to Live Green http://thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1029 Business Energy Waste | Pays to Live Green Thu, 14 May 2009 11:53:11 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1029 [...] time, but why the need in office buildings?  Offices throughout America are losing approximately $5 - $10 billion every year because of this excess use of [...] [...] time, but why the need in office buildings?  Offices throughout America are losing approximately $5 – $10 billion every year because of this excess use of [...]

]]> By: Shop Light Fight! | Green Girls Global Blog http://thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1028 Shop Light Fight! | Green Girls Global Blog Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:01:44 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1028 [...] The Good Human asks “Why in the world do businesses leave their lights on?” [...] [...] The Good Human asks “Why in the world do businesses leave their lights on?” [...]

]]> By: nicomachus.net http://thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1027 nicomachus.net Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:04:38 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1027 <strong>Carnival of the Green...</strong> The air is thick this morning, my first day back to work since vacation. It”™s dense with water vapor and a stagnant quality that makes it hard to breathe. It feels like the air trapped by plastic wrapped tight over...... Carnival of the Green…

The air is thick this morning, my first day back to work since vacation. It”™s dense with water vapor and a stagnant quality that makes it hard to breathe. It feels like the air trapped by plastic wrapped tight over……

]]> By: Shop Light Fight! - Green Girls Global Blog http://thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1026 Shop Light Fight! - Green Girls Global Blog Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:57:40 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1026 [...] The Good Human asks “Why in the world do businesses leave their lights on?” [...] [...] The Good Human asks “Why in the world do businesses leave their lights on?” [...]

]]> By: David http://thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1025 David Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:21:43 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1025 Now thats a great idea, everyone should have this installed! Now thats a great idea, everyone should have this installed!

]]> By: KTHunter http://thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1024 KTHunter Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:10:15 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1024 There are also programs that companies can install that will shut down a computer after a certain hour. If a computer is on then, it will display a message informing any users that the computer will shut down if 'cancel' is not clicked in a certain amount of time. If no one is there to tell it to stay on, it will shut down automatically. That way, if someone leaves it on by accident, it can be shut down by the program. There are also programs that companies can install that will shut down a computer after a certain hour. If a computer is on then, it will display a message informing any users that the computer will shut down if ‘cancel’ is not clicked in a certain amount of time. If no one is there to tell it to stay on, it will shut down automatically. That way, if someone leaves it on by accident, it can be shut down by the program.

]]> By: David http://thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1023 David Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:48:26 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1023 Maybe that's what everyone needs! Maybe that’s what everyone needs!

]]> By: Fiona Lam http://thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1022 Fiona Lam Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:47:41 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1022 My university, which is a giant tower, automatically switches off lights in a room when it hasn't sensed any motion for 5-10 minutes I think. It's great! Means that even if someone forgets to switch the lights off after they leave, it'll do it automatically anyway. My university, which is a giant tower, automatically switches off lights in a room when it hasn’t sensed any motion for 5-10 minutes I think. It’s great! Means that even if someone forgets to switch the lights off after they leave, it’ll do it automatically anyway.

]]> By: david http://thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1021 david Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:10:18 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1021 While I can understand call centers, I am willing to bet that most lights left on in a building are not call centers nor 24 hour businesses. Take a city like NY with all the lights on...maybe 10% of those lights in the skyscrapers are on for work reasons. I am glad to hear that your company is trying to save energy...and it is so much easier to use a computer when it is a little dimmer! While I can understand call centers, I am willing to bet that most lights left on in a building are not call centers nor 24 hour businesses. Take a city like NY with all the lights on…maybe 10% of those lights in the skyscrapers are on for work reasons.

I am glad to hear that your company is trying to save energy…and it is so much easier to use a computer when it is a little dimmer!

]]> By: Shannon Barnes http://thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1020 Shannon Barnes Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:48:27 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/26/why-in-the-world-do-businesses-leave-their-lights-on-at-night/#comment-1020 My call center is open 24 hours, there are always people here. Two Friday's ago at about 2 pm, the lights in my building went lower. That will happen sporadically but usually they come right back up. This time they didn't, and it happened again last Friday. So it seems that the company has decided to save energy on the weekends. Actually the lower lights are great, since we are all on computers, but they won't keep them lower all the time. My call center is open 24 hours, there are always people here. Two Friday’s ago at about 2 pm, the lights in my building went lower. That will happen sporadically but usually they come right back up. This time they didn’t, and it happened again last Friday. So it seems that the company has decided to save energy on the weekends. Actually the lower lights are great, since we are all on computers, but they won’t keep them lower all the time.

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