{"id":17490,"date":"2009-07-29T10:44:53","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T17:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=17490"},"modified":"2015-08-17T14:55:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T21:55:46","slug":"be-bright-about-your-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/be-bright-about-your-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Be bright about your lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lighting accounts for about\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eia.doe.gov\/emeu\/consumptionbriefs\/cbecs\/pbawebsite\/office\/office_howuseelec.htm\" target=\"_blank\">44 percent of the electricity use<\/a>\u00a0in an office building. Here\u2019s how you can reduce that energy impact:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turn off the lights any time you will be out of your office for more than 15 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Use efficient light bulbs in your office. Free compact fluorescent lights, or CFLs, are available from Campus Supply for use in your office by calling (928) 523-4227 and placing a work order. These bulbs use 75 percent less energy than their incandescent counterparts.<\/li>\n<li>Use natural light as much as possible by opening window shades and utilizing desk lamps instead of overhead lights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Turning out the lights seems simple enough, but the truth is it\u2019s not a habit for most people on campus. Make the change and help NAU save more than just dollars.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sustainability tips are provided by Heather Farley, program coordinator for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.nau.edu\/sustain\/\" target=\"_blank\">Office of Sustainability<\/a>.<br \/>\nSend questions or comments to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Heather.Farley@nau.edu\">Heather.Farley@nau.edu<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/be-bright-about-your-lights\/\">Lighting accounts for about\u00a044 percent of the electricity use\u00a0in an office building. Here\u2019s how you can reduce that energy impact: Turn off the lights any time you will be out of your office for more than 15 minutes. Use efficient light bulbs in your office. Free compact fluorescent lights, or CFLs, are available from Campus&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":17491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}