Working in the Dark and Saving Energy
Employees are used to doing more with less — but working in the dark is something new!
On June 19, the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and the Building Energy Exchange asked NYCHA to join in Daylight Hour 2015. This event called for buildings all over the world to turn off the lights from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. to save energy and reduce costs.
Always ready for a good story, NYCHA’s Department of Communications asked employees to send in photos of work locations with lights off.
Taking a photo in the dark might seem like another crazy request from central office, but employees at Van Dyke Houses responded with typical NYCHA ingenuity, providing an alternate light source for the photo.
Many other creative photos were also received. Thanks to everyone for responding to requests to participate in this worthy exercise and to help DOC document it.
By the way, in case you weren’t told, it’s okay to turn the lights back on.
