[4eyes] "Off hours" in Elings

[Steffen Gauglitz]

The measure sounds reasonable to me.
We do have a thermostat in the lab, but to my understanding (I discussed 
this with Bob when we had a problem with the AC once) the influence of 
that thing is rather limited, since all of the heating/AC is more or 
less central.

-Steffen

On 12/14/2010 11:11 AM, Matthew Turk wrote:
> Foglab denizens: please see the note below from Bob Hanson, and let Tobias
> and me know if you see any problems/issues for the lab. I'm not sure what
> dampers and re-heat valves are, and I don't know if we have a thermostat in
> the lab. But if this means the lab will be freezing when there are people
> working late at night, we should speak up.
>
> 	Matthew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Hanson [mailto:bhanson at cnsi.ucsb.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:49 AM
> To: Laura Crowley; Sean Fraer; Holly Woo; Mark Cornish; Jerry Hu; Youli Li;
> Susanne Meyer; Dave Bothman; Peter Duda; Brian Stahl; Hongjun Zhou; Jayna
> Jones; Nelly Traitcheva; Mary Baum; Mingfeng Wang; Daniel Morse; Tom Soh;
> Claudia Gottstein; Craig Hawker; Megan Valentine; Jamie Thomson; Luke
> Theogarajan; Michael Chabinyc; Chris Palmstrom; Fred Wudl; David Awschalom;
> Holly Woo; George Legrady; Marcos Novak; JoAnn Kuchera-Morin; Matthew Turk;
> Marko Peljhan; Curtis Roads; Frank Doyle; Scott Grafton
> Subject: Energy Efficiency Measure
>
>    As some of have no doubt heard over the years, Elings Hall consumes a
> tremendous amount of energy - one of the top three or four on campus.
> One energy reduction idea is to reduce the present 24/7 programming that
> maintains the buildings HVAC conditions - more than a third of the
> current energy budget for the building is in HVAC. The proposal is to
> shift to an "unoccupied mode" in general use and office spaces during
> off hours - off hours being tentatively defined as starting around 10pm
> to midnight, and ending around 5am to 7am. And, Unoccupied Mode being
> defined as closing dampers and re-heat valves.
>
> Our observation is that such spaces are rarely occupied during these
> times. Most laboratories are not being considered due to the nature of
> those activities. However, if you are responsible for a lab which you
> know to not require open dampers or re-heat valves on a 24/7 basis,
> please let me know as soon as possible.
>
> No changes are scheduled at this time, but preparations are being made.
> Please let me know your thoughts, pro or con, regarding this proposal at
> your earliest convenience.
>
> Regards,
> Bob
>