Doing It The Spanish Way

At the Embassy in Madrid, computers are automatically shut down between 7 pm and 6 am. The thermostats on heat have been lowered and the water temperature for cooling raised, with timers being used to regulate the equipment at night. OBO funding has been requested for the purchase of new electronic ballast and motion sensors.

Embassy London Goes Zonal

In January 2009, the building Energy Saving Project was completed, having reached its energy and money saving targets. All floors are now divided into zones, which are lit between 6.15 am and 7 pm. During nights and weekends, lights are turned off. Each zone has a light switch, in the event that someone has to work at hours when the lights are turned off. Pressing the button will light the zone for 6 hours and when leaving, a reset button can be used to turn off the lights. As of 2008, IT has also implemented Wake on LAN or WOL for all OpenNet work stations, implying energy saving computer shutdowns between 8 pm and 7 am.

Missions in Germany Save Energy and Dollars

An agreement with Vattenfall has been initiated to include Berlin residential buildings on the commercial utility contract for non-residential buildings, which has a lower kWh-rate and allows for real time utility metering in residential units. A photovoltaic system has been installed on the roof of the residence on Goldfinkweg 14. Energy savings have been achieved through the Munich strategy of overnight computer shutdowns and extraneous water heaters have been turned off in four restrooms at COB in Düsseldorf.