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Optimizing Office Plug Loads: A Facilities Manager’s Guide to Energy Efficiency

The 3 kEys  Phantom power consumption is particularly problematic with printers, microwaves, and chargers, which can collectively account for up to 10% of an office’s total electricity usage.  For computers and monitors, enabling automatic sleep mode can cut energy use by 30–60% during periods of inactivity.    Printers, copiers, and multifunction devices also consume substantial power, […]

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Optimizing Lighting Systems for Energy Efficiency and Effectiveness

LED technology is more energy efficient than HID, incandescent, and fluorescent by at least 50%.  Higher output LEDs enable the Facilities Manager to install fewer of them, reducing installation cost.  LED light quality is far superior to older lighting technologies, available in Color Rendering Index packages very close to pure sunlight. In today’s world, lighting

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