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What do we think about inviting more people to participate in the Blackout Squad?

We've already generated discussion on the greenlist, the listserv to which I had sent the basic info, but not the press release


I don't know Cecil or Daniel, but there are, of course, other resources for energy saving at NYU that perhaps we could plug into.

Again, meeting tomorrow with recycled materials at noon in the Gallatin lobby.

~Annelle
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I've gone through Silver and outfitted all classrooms with occupancy sensors where it was straightforward to do so. We are now moving across campus doing the same in other buildings.

Second pass will be the "difficult" ones: dimmers, no clear line of sight from switch to occupied space, banks of switches, etc.

Let me know if you have any feedback or comments.

--Cecil Scheib
Director, Energy and Sustainability

Daniel Bowman Simon wrote:
Thanks.
Have you ever been in Room 701, Silver Center? The 6 light switches are about as far from the classroom exit as possible. They NEVER get turned off. I wonder how many classrooms have this problem. Also, that classroom is within kissing distance of the exterior windows, but for some reason, was totally walled in. So natural daylight is pretty much excluded. (The wall could probably be removed. And it is about the hottest classroom I've ever been in...exacerbated by the fact that it is entirely interior, so the heat generating lights must be on at all times.
It would be neat to have NYU survey students to determine if issues like this are symptomatic, or rather unique to 701 Silver.
dbs