Campus Energy Reduction Plan Winter Intersession

Many buildings will be unoccupied or less occupied during the coming winter intersession. UMass Amherst Physical Plant is implementing a plan to reduce energy consumption from the end of the fall semester on Dec. 18, 2021 through Jan. 24, 2022, before spring semester starts.

Its success will require your individual cooperation to help reduce utility costs. This includes heating buildings and spaces during occupied hours, and lowering the heating temperature set points during unoccupied hours.

This Energy Reduction Plan will not be implemented in laboratory and research areas, the Campus Center Parking Garage, the police station and other buildings or spaces which require continuous operation.

The following practices are strongly encouraged while away from your offices:

• Shut off all electric equipment that does not need to be on while you are away.
• Turn off all the lights when you leave your office.
• Turn off your computer and monitor, and shut down other office equipment like copiers while away from your office.
• Turn the thermostat knob (where available and accessible) to 2 or 1, or reset the room thermostat (where available and accessible) to 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Keep windows and exterior doors closed.
• If the fume hood in the lab is not in use, close the sash completely.
• Turn off any other equipment that may use energy unnecessarily.
• Be aware of campus security; keep areas locked.

Call the 24/7 Facilities Solutions Center with any building issues at 413-545-6401.

For additional information, contact Ray Jackson, director of Physical Plant, at rjackson@facil.umass.edu.