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Continue Reading Businesses Should Stop Wasting Energy by Leaving Lights on at Night
I wonder how much gas and oil is wasted each year generating electricity just due to businesses leaving lights on at night?
David
Only to have all the people at the bottom of the pile having to pay for their pure greed.
The most effective way of ‘instantly’ reducing electricity output is this.
Turn the street lights on 5 mins later and turn them off 5 mins earlier.
Simplz ;D
Also, having motion sensor lights in buildings not only saves energy but also BLATANTLY alerts security as to the location of a possible intruder.
Thx
SJ
I couldn’t agree more. I have recently moved to the US from India, and was shocked to see this blatant misuse and waste of electricity. I can’t even imagine what purpose it serves. There’s gotta be a way to spread awareness about this.
This is true. Even for an hour that you turn off all electricity, it has a huge effect and it allows you to save a lot of power. We also have lots of business establishments that leaves their lights as well as other electronic device turned on even at night. Meaning, its on 24 hours daily. I really hate it when I see these things. It pulls as closer to the edge. If were planning to save the environment, we should also include this.
Thanks
I guess there’s no problem if you open that issue up to the government. You’re just concern with the energy and definitely it affects the town when you waste it. First, the consumption is higher than what it should be and it may cause often brownouts later on. To save it, I think you first must convince the government who controlled the town and let them implement a policy regarding that issue. It will be a big help to the citizens, for sure.
I can understand the upset and irritation.
Having owned businesses, I will say that many do it for safety reasons. Some businesses will turn off half the light banks, which uses less electricity. I think that is a better way to go in this situation than leaving them all on.
The idea of using motion sensors sounds good as well. Then lights could go off at night or just leave a few key ones on.
In the businesses that my family has owned and managed, we all have turned the lights out at night.
David Crabtree