Comments on: Why Are All The (beep’n) Lights On In Here? http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/06/05/why-are-all-the-beepn-lights-on-in-here/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Being Green. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:16:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/06/05/why-are-all-the-beepn-lights-on-in-here/comment-page-1/#comment-15722 David Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:59:13 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=1728#comment-15722 Lynn- I do understand why some computers need to be left on, but I cannot imagine why monitors need to be left on 24/7. And unfortunately, the building has it's offices on all outside walls, meaning all those lights are in the offices that are left on, not just in the hallways. I wish it was just the hallways though! Agreed Lavardera, it makes perfect sense for big areas like that! Lynn- I do understand why some computers need to be left on, but I cannot imagine why monitors need to be left on 24/7. And unfortunately, the building has it’s offices on all outside walls, meaning all those lights are in the offices that are left on, not just in the hallways. I wish it was just the hallways though!

Agreed Lavardera, it makes perfect sense for big areas like that!

]]> By: lavardera http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/06/05/why-are-all-the-beepn-lights-on-in-here/comment-page-1/#comment-15719 lavardera Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:28:17 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=1728#comment-15719 This is why occupancy sensors make so much sense. If somebody is there the lights come on. These are readily available too - perhaps not the commodity that an ordinary light switch is, but they are not rocked science either. This is why occupancy sensors make so much sense. If somebody is there the lights come on. These are readily available too – perhaps not the commodity that an ordinary light switch is, but they are not rocked science either.

]]> By: Lynn http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/06/05/why-are-all-the-beepn-lights-on-in-here/comment-page-1/#comment-15718 Lynn Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:06:45 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=1728#comment-15718 I run a municipal office at the local wastewater treatment facility. I leave my computer on 24/7 because all of the computers in the offices are networked through my computer to the printer. No one can print without my computer being turned on. To fully turn on my computer, it is password protected, so only I can turn it on. We leave hallway lights on 24/7 so that police can see into the building during security drivebys. I would think that your multistory office building with all of the lights on has all of its passageways on the outside of the building. Hallways/passageways normally remain lit as a safety precaution. I agree that some of these practices should be rethought, but under the old resource saturated way of thinking, the energy useage was considered practical. I run a municipal office at the local wastewater treatment facility. I leave my computer on 24/7 because all of the computers in the offices are networked through my computer to the printer. No one can print without my computer being turned on. To fully turn on my computer, it is password protected, so only I can turn it on.

We leave hallway lights on 24/7 so that police can see into the building during security drivebys. I would think that your multistory office building with all of the lights on has all of its passageways on the outside of the building. Hallways/passageways normally remain lit as a safety precaution.

I agree that some of these practices should be rethought, but under the old resource saturated way of thinking, the energy useage was considered practical.

]]> By: David http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/06/05/why-are-all-the-beepn-lights-on-in-here/comment-page-1/#comment-15714 David Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:42:55 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=1728#comment-15714 That's great FB, eventually people do start to listen! That’s great FB, eventually people do start to listen!

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