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money savings

Posted By: Deb Whited meta_seperate Date Posted: March 5th, 2010 meta_seperate Category:

When I pass by several of the BJC hospitals & facilities late at night, there are a lot of lights on in the doctor’s buildings and ancillary buildings. The hospital I work in has lights on continually in empty rooms & offices that are unoccupied. I think if we were more diligent about turning off these lights, we could save a pretty significant amount of money and also energy – since we are trying to go “green”.


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Comment By: Kate Marsh meta_seperate Date & Time: March 9, 2010 at 7:35 pm

Totally agree, Deb. Isn't there such a thing as a motion detector that could be installed in rooms? After a certain amount of time that there has been no movement, the lights automatically turn off. Not sure how much that kind of system costs though.