[Noisebridge-discuss] PG&E Bill

[jim]

+1 

On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 11:45 -0800, Jeffrey Malone wrote:
> Well, the space indeed does get cold these days.
> I suggest we do some weather proofing as a stopgap measure.
> 
> Either today or tomorrow I'll go on the roof and block off the vents
> that are open with some duct-tape and garbage bags.  If it gets stuffy
> in there, we can remove the cover from one or more vents...
> We should then look into that shrinkwrap that you can put on windows
> for faux-double-pane glass (I can personally attest to this stuff
> working extremely well).  I can't recall how expensive this stuff
> is... if it's cheap, I'll just buy some out of my pocket and do it,
> but I have a feeling it'd start to be a bit more than I want to
> personally spend for the all our windows...
> 
> For the lights... I think we should as an interim just look at how
> many we need and where, and just pull some bulbs down from the
> fixtures.  I'm betting each tube is 40-65w each, and that we can
> remove at least 10 without compromising light in the space..  even if
> we just end up offsetting some of what electric heaters will be using,
> it'll be better in the end.
> 
> Jeffrey
> 
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
> > Jonathan Foote wrote, On 20091207 131900:
> >> Purely out of my a**, the modest efficiency gains from going to
> >> solid-state ballasts are not worth it -- it will take a long time to
> >> recoup any costs. Even old-school transformer ballasts are not that
> >> bad (and miles better than incandescents).
> >
> > Kind of surprised no one has started an LED light project for the space yet.
> >
> >> Plus, the minute I bring in a little space heater so I can get
> >> something done in the chill I will blow any savings for decades. ;)
> >
> > We have two tiny space heaters in the space, I know one was getting used
> > fairly often the few days before I left for Chicago.
> >
> > Might I also recommend that Noisebridge should be treated as a server farm?
> >
> > --
> > Rubin Abdi
> > rubin at starset.net
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