{"id":831,"date":"2016-12-06T09:05:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T09:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/priorclavena.com\/?p=831"},"modified":"2020-01-31T20:02:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T20:02:11","slug":"lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightbulbs Alone Aren\u2019t Going to Save Us 20% by 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Universities, like homeowners, are saving money on their energy bills by switching to LED bulbs. <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ljworld.com\/news\/2016\/oct\/17\/energy-efforts-add-ku-beats-energy-consumption-goa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kansas University recently replaced 4,500 bulbs across campus, an effort that\u2019s expected to net the institution an annual savings of more than $61,000.<\/a>\u00a0And that\u2019s just lightbulbs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailynorthwestern.com\/2016\/09\/21\/campus\/northwestern-joins-national-challenge-to-reduce-building-energy-consumption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northwestern University is taking part in the 90-day Energy Star challenge this autumn with an internal competition between five of its laboratory buildings to see who can save the most energy.<\/a>\u00a0Turning off lights and closing fume hoods are small steps toward the university\u2019s 2020 goal to reduce it\u2019s energy consumption by 20%.<\/p>\n<p>Identifying the big culprits and eliminating frivolous waste are easy first steps. Research labs can take it to the next level and start replacing aging equipment that sucks down energy, water, and money. This goes beyond LED bulbs in the offices and an Energy Star refrigerator for the break room. Old lab equipment\u2014like deep freezers, centrifuges, and autoclaves\u2014are the energy albatrosses dragging down research last. For example,<\/p>\n<p>In a recent energy audit <a href=\"http:\/\/sustainable.stanford.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/resource-attachments\/Plug%20Load%20White%20Paper%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stanford University<\/a>\u00a0showed that research lab equipment consumes more energy than all other categories of campus equipment combined. As just one example: their campus\u2019 167 autoclaves were using as much energy as their 19,205 computer monitors\u2014and it\u2019s a lot easier to begin swapping out autoclaves than to replace hundreds of monitors at a go.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rubberdragon\/27488107091\/in\/photolist-HT2JyT-DHSA4y-oo8gVB-77jm6V-68xy7f-4AGMAc-4uwJq5-aVt8H4-gmMFuK-EQSRVo-7LdtUz-6rzMEZ-66KLFn-cdN2mL-oPh519-ooo9xS-7ztan1-mZkATm-cdN1QG-pp5sap-rt3L2H-nqMSUK-9mLZf4-7Hhs8o-bWqF9x-bav64t-jYLwxE-2x1YYU-agzX3k-FWwxrh-8miGNo-nQjD6M-it7Skd-i8n5nv-6T52aM-h6ADdB-gmKTRz-ijMxzW-ocWnQ8-6XYeUD-5ARFWB-eKZg1w-9bXRG4-a14HYY-iJbyso-iZDTWg-7bvpXK-iLb9Fk-dRfNNh-4uwKLu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris RubberDragon, CC BY 2.0<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universities, like homeowners, are saving money on their energy bills by switching to LED bulbs. Kansas University recently replaced 4,500 bulbs across campus, an effort that\u2019s expected to net the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[35,89,41,190,45,218],"class_list":["post-831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-autoclaves","tag-energy-conservation","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-paris-agreement","tag-research-grade-autoclave","tag-sustainable-labs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lightbulbs Alone Aren\u2019t Going to Save Us 20% by 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lightbulbs Alone Aren\u2019t Going to Save Us 20% by 2020\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Universities, like homeowners, are saving money on their energy bills by switching to LED bulbs. Kansas University recently replaced 4,500 bulbs across campus, an effort that\u2019s expected to net the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Priorclave - International (en)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-06T09:05:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-31T20:02:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/LEDbulb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Priorclave Limited\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Priorclave Limited\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en-us\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/06\\\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/06\\\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Priorclave Limited\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e543de74428494416e80d9d0255e0b26\"},\"headline\":\"Lightbulbs Alone Aren\u2019t Going to Save Us 20% by 2020\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-06T09:05:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-31T20:02:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/06\\\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":238,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en-us\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/06\\\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/LEDbulb.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"autoclaves\",\"energy conservation\",\"energy efficiency\",\"Paris Agreement\",\"research grade autoclave\",\"sustainable labs\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/06\\\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en-us\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/06\\\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lightbulbs Alone Aren\u2019t Going to Save Us 20% by 2020\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en-us\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/06\\\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en-us\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/06\\\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/LEDbulb.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-06T09:05:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-31T20:02:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e543de74428494416e80d9d0255e0b26\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en-us\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/06\\\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en-us\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/06\\\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en-us\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/06\\\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/LEDbulb.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/LEDbulb.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Photo of an LED bulb\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en-us\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/06\\\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lightbulbs Alone Aren\u2019t Going to Save Us 20% by 2020\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Priorclave - International (en)\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e543de74428494416e80d9d0255e0b26\",\"name\":\"Priorclave Limited\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b8629dac8910c7d75113bfb1b734f46586bbbdbabc6c8b659540307e9fdb2c90?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b8629dac8910c7d75113bfb1b734f46586bbbdbabc6c8b659540307e9fdb2c90?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b8629dac8910c7d75113bfb1b734f46586bbbdbabc6c8b659540307e9fdb2c90?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Priorclave Limited\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/priorclaveintl.wpengine.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.priorclave.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/priorclaveintl\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lightbulbs Alone Aren\u2019t Going to Save Us 20% by 2020","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lightbulbs Alone Aren\u2019t Going to Save Us 20% by 2020","og_description":"Universities, like homeowners, are saving money on their energy bills by switching to LED bulbs. Kansas University recently replaced 4,500 bulbs across campus, an effort that\u2019s expected to net the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/","og_site_name":"Priorclave - International (en)","article_published_time":"2016-12-06T09:05:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-31T20:02:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/LEDbulb.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Priorclave Limited","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Priorclave Limited","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/"},"author":{"name":"Priorclave Limited","@id":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e543de74428494416e80d9d0255e0b26"},"headline":"Lightbulbs Alone Aren\u2019t Going to Save Us 20% by 2020","datePublished":"2016-12-06T09:05:57+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-31T20:02:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/"},"wordCount":238,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/LEDbulb.jpg","keywords":["autoclaves","energy conservation","energy efficiency","Paris Agreement","research grade autoclave","sustainable labs"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/","url":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/","name":"Lightbulbs Alone Aren\u2019t Going to Save Us 20% by 2020","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/LEDbulb.jpg","datePublished":"2016-12-06T09:05:57+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-31T20:02:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e543de74428494416e80d9d0255e0b26"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/LEDbulb.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/LEDbulb.jpg","width":700,"height":500,"caption":"Photo of an LED bulb"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en-us\/2016\/12\/06\/lightbulbs-alone-arent-going-save-us-20-2020\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lightbulbs Alone Aren\u2019t Going to Save Us 20% by 2020"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/","name":"Priorclave - International (en)","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e543de74428494416e80d9d0255e0b26","name":"Priorclave Limited","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b8629dac8910c7d75113bfb1b734f46586bbbdbabc6c8b659540307e9fdb2c90?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b8629dac8910c7d75113bfb1b734f46586bbbdbabc6c8b659540307e9fdb2c90?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b8629dac8910c7d75113bfb1b734f46586bbbdbabc6c8b659540307e9fdb2c90?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Priorclave Limited"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/priorclaveintl.wpengine.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/author\/priorclaveintl\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.priorclave.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}