Energy Conservation Steps To Avoiding Japan Summer Time Rolling Blackouts

Steps to reduce peak electricity demand for home and office - The following are recommended steps to reduce peak electricity demand for home and office. Most of you probably know these, but at times you are busy and can easily forget. Post this on your refrigerator and in a handy location at your office. All of us who live both on base and off base are on the same team and in the same situation and need to do our part to help avoid summer time blackouts.

- Do not run washer, dryer or dishwasher between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. on weekdays. Using them on weekends during the day is fine.

- Use specific task lighting rather than lighting a whole room, or use natural daylight when you can. This will save power, and unnecessary extra lights just add extra heat to your home or office.

- Run your air conditioner (A/C) only at the Navy mandated set point of 78°F (25.5°C) or warmer temperature for self-controlled units which have thermostats. If this feels insufficient, using a fan to circulate air will help you feel cooler.

- Close all drapes or blinds on any sun-facing exposures to conserve the cooler air in your home and office so your A/C unit will not need to work even harder and consume more electricity.

- Close the door to any rooms in your quarters or space that you are not using or use only sparingly. Do waste electricity cooling a space that you aren't using.

- When leaving your quarters, turn off all lights and appliances. Turn A/C to higher temperature setting of 84°F (29°C) when you leave the house.

- Open any windows at night and early morning, and any time outside air is cooler. Let nature help you cool your space for free.

- Please use caution not to operate too many large power-consuming appliances at the same time. Turn off what you can while you aren't using it. Peak demand is the highest total amount of power we use at the same time.

- Turn your computer and monitor off when leaving the home or office for long periods. ONE-Net can turn your office computer on remotely to run any security patches at night when they need to. If leaving for lunch or a long meeting, turn off your monitor.

- Unplug any mobile phone chargers or appliances when not using them. Even if turned off, any items that are plugged in will consume electricity - we refer to these as phantom loads. Any appliances with a remote control - such as televisions, game players, stereos and et cetera really consume extra power, without you noticing.

- Make sure your freezer is defrosted. A frosted-up freezer requires more energy to operate.

- Clean any grime and dust from the coils on the back of your refrigerator. This will allow your refrigerator to operate more efficiently, using less electricity.

- This would be a great time for a summer barbecue. Cooking inside with your electric stove uses a lot of electricity and it creates extra heat inside your house.

- Let your leftovers cool on your counter before putting them in the refrigerator or freezer. Your refrigerator will need to work harder if you put away food that is still hot. Similarly, thaw frozen foods before cooking to save energy.

We all must do our part to avoid summer blackouts and to assist our host country Japan in its road to recovery.

Energy Tip of the Day:

Use specific task lighting (rather than lighting a whole room), or use natural daylight when you can.

This will save power, and unnecessary extra lights just add extra heat to your home or office!

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Yokosuka: Energy Conservation Key to Avoiding Rolling Blackouts
http://www.japanbases.com/news/view/entryid/1868/yokosuka-energy-conservation-key-to-avoiding-rolling-blackouts.aspx

Energy Conservation Critical Requirements
http://www.japanbases.com/news/view/entryid/873/energy-conservation-critical-requirements.aspx

CFAY community is doing a great job of remaining at least 25% below the peak energy demand from last summer.

Last week was cooler with the typhoon, so we were able to average approximately 38% below.

This week will be much warmer, but we are off to a good start.

Thank you for all of your efforts so far on conserving energy, and please ensure that you keep it up as we move into the hottest month of August.

Energy conservation tips to avoiding rolling blackouts
By Thomas Bawden,

CFAY Energy Manager, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Far East The following are recommended steps to reduce peak electricity demand for home and office.

Most of us probably know these, but at times we are busy and can easily forget. Post this on the refrigerator and in a handy location at the office.

All of us who live both on base and off base are on the same team in the same situation and need to do our part to help avoid summer time blackouts.

• Do not run washer, dryer or dishwasher between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. on weekdays.
Using them on weekends during the day is fine.

• Use specific task lighting rather than lighting a whole room, or use natural daylight when you can. This will save power, and unnecessary extra lights just add extra heat to your home or office.

• Run your air conditioner (A/C) only at the Navy mandated set point of 78°F (25.5°C) or warmer temperature for self-controlled units which have thermostats. If this feels insufficient, using a fan to circulate air will help you feel cooler.

• Close all drapes or blinds on any sun-facing exposures to conserve the cooler air in your home and office so your A/C unit will not need to work even harder and consume more electricity.

• Close the door to any rooms in your quarters or space that you are not using or use only sparingly. Do waste electricity cooling a space that you aren’t using.

• When leaving your quarters, turn off all lights and appliances. Turn A/C to higher temperature setting of 84°F (29°C) when you leave the house.

• Open any windows at night and early morning, and any time outside air is cooler. Let nature help you cool your space for free.

• Use caution not to operate too many large power-consuming appliances at the same time. Turn off what you can while you aren’t using them. Peak demand is the highest total amount of power we use at the same time.

• Turn your computer and monitor off when leaving the home or office for long periods. ONE-Net can turn your office computer on remotely to run any security patches at night when they need to. If leaving for lunch or a long meeting, turn off your monitor.

• Unplug any mobile phone chargers or appliances when not using them. Even if turned off, any items that are plugged in will consume electricity - we refer to these as phantom loads. Any appliances with a remote control
- such as televisions, game players, stereos and et cetera really consume extra power, without you noticing.

• Make sure your freezer is defrosted. A frosted-up freezer requires more energy to operate.

• Clean any grime and dust from the coils on the back of your refrigerator. This will allow your refrigerator to operate more efficiently, using less electricity.

• This would be a great time for a summer barbecue. Cooking inside with your electric stove uses a lot of electricity and it creates extra heat inside your house.

• Let your leftovers cool on your counter before putting them in the refrigerator or freezer. Your refrigerator will need to work harder if you put away food that is still hot. Similarly, thaw frozen foods before cooking to save energy.

We all must do our part to avoid summer time rolling blackouts and to assist our host country Japan on its road to recovery.

Everyone is doing a great job in maintaining and managing our energy consumption.

We will maintain current energy reduction levels and initiatives (.e. street lights off, surplus elevators secured, etc) until 30 Sept as directed by higher headquarters.

Schools are back, ships are in, and CFAY population is back to normal levels, and as reported, we are seeing our daily peak demand at higher levels, typically high green or into the yellow zone each day.

This is still very good, in that we have not approached the red zone, but we need to maintain our current demand reduction measures in place, and be cognizant of the situation.

Remember it’s the small actions from everyone that helps us reach and maintain our goal.