HLS Holiday Shutdown Results
While Harvard Law School students, faculty and staff enjoyed the holiday break, their thermostats and electronic devices took a break, too. During winter break, the HLS community saved energy by turning off their electronics and setting back their thermostats before leaving their offices and dorm rooms.
For the third straight year, the Facilities and custodial team surveyed campus offices to measure participation in these holiday energy shutdowns and setbacks and the results were impressive: 98% of offices turned off electronics and 74% set back thermostats.
See how your building performed:
% Offices who turned off Electronics:
Gannett – 90%
Griswold – 100%
Langdell – 98%
Areeda – 90%
Lewis – 98%
Hauser – 100%
23 Everett – 100%
125 Mt Auburn – 100%
WCC – 100%
% Offices who turned back Thermostats:
Gannett – 85%
Griswold – 49%
Langdell – 88%
Areeda – 83%
Lewis – 51%
Hauser – 58%
23 Everett – 93%
125 Mt Auburn – 96%
WCC – 89%
If our community continues to take these simple steps to save energy before each break and long weekend, HLS will save over 12 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents each year – equivalent to almost 30 barrels of oil.
The simple actions you and your peers take really add up! Save energy – during long breaks, and every night and weekend – by taking these steps when you leave the office:
- Turn off all office electronics (computers, printers, copiers, water coolers, microwaves etc.)
- Switch off power strips and unplug large appliances not in power strips
- Set back thermostats – find tips for using your thermostat on the Harvard Law School Energy and Facilities webpage
- Close all windows
If our community continues to take these simple steps to save energy, HLS will save over 12 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents each year – equivalent to almost 30 barrels of oil.
