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You’ve probably heard the energy-saving message to turn off any equipment that isn’t going to be used over the Christmas and New Year vacation, including desktop machines and monitors. Using the University’s energy monitoring system, we’ll be able to see … Continue reading →

A number of people have commented that there is a certain irony in the touchscreens being on late at night, displaying messages asking us to turn off screens. I passed on these comments to Ian Durkacz, who looks after the … Continue reading →

There are loads of pads in the photocopy room of Level2 – they are all made of paper that I find around the forum (which is single-sided and, of course, not confidential) and then cut up to make a pad! … Continue reading →

With the help of the  Energy office I’ve been investigating how much electricity is used in the Forum. Electricity powers everything in the Forum apart from cooling for the server rooms and heating, which are supplied from the Central Area … Continue reading →

We are probably all aware of the issues with lighting in the Forum, in particular lights that don’t come on when they should, or lights that are on permanently when they needn’t be. The good news is that following Dave … Continue reading →

Welcome to the Informatics Energy blog. As might be guessed from the title, this blog is about energy use in the School of Informatics and finding ways of reducing it. It’s managed by David Sterratt, who’s the Energy Coordinator for … Continue reading →