<p>SEC AF’s speech at the AF Energy Forum last week talked about the AF strategic vision to create a culture where energy is incorporated as a consideration in everything it does.</p>
<p>How energy conscious is the Academy?</p>
<p>Most every light bulb is fluorescent, from the 4 foot overhead tubes to the compact fluorescent light bulbs in lamps. No air conditioning (no need). I'm sure there are others, but those are big energy savers.</p>
<p>they also just talked about the typical "turn lights off when not necessary", "don't run water without using it", etc. trying to get ppl on the individual level to be more aware of how much they use</p>
<p>LOL. This would make a great study. Go to the Ivies, those bastions of preppy elites who like to inform the rest of us they know best. I would not be too surprised that Harvard, Yale, Princeton, uses more energy by far than any comparable school - yet will graduate a mindset driving the global warming train.</p>
<p>Don't get me wrong, I am not a neo-con that is denying global warming and the need to conserve. It's rather hard for me to listen to those who fly around in LearJets and have vacation homes in Aspen to suggest we should all go "green" and conserve more as they consume more.</p>
<p>LOL....Very nice put AFA007!!!</p>
<p>One thing that I noticed when I was there this summer was that in Fairchild hall, maybe only in the off-peak hours, the lights in the hallways were off, and would be activated by motion sensors on the cieling. This way, they were only on when needed.</p>
<p>ya, most lights in Fairchild are that way, classrooms included. But in Vandy and Sijan the hall lights are on 24/7.</p>