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Energy Efficiency Tips for your business

There are many things you can do to save on energy costs. Use our energy tips and energy efficiency checklist to make your energy dollar go further.

Heating and cooling

  • Choose the right HVAC equipment for your office's needs. Don't oversize HVAC equipment; choose high-efficiency models. Too large a unit wastes energy, and too small a unit can't do the job.
  • Perform regular maintenance of your HVAC equipment. Replace or clean filters and coils and have an experienced professional tune up your equipment on a regular basis.
  • Use window coverings to your advantage: close them to keep out the winter cold on cloudy days; and open them for free heat on sunny days.
  • Eliminate heating and cooling system use in vestibules to create an airlock against outside temperatures.

General office equipment

  • Turn office equipment "off" when not in use.
  • You can control the run time of your equipment with automatic controls or occupancy sensors. Use energy-efficient office equipment that can enter a low-power "sleep" mode and awaken automatically when needed again.

Lighting

  • Replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents and consider high-intensity discharge (HID) lights for parking. The compact fluorescent lamp's miniature U-shaped fluorescent tube and ballast design is super energy-efficient and fits many of the fixtures where you already use incandescent bulbs.

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