| Series Title | European Voice |
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| Series Details | 27/03/97, Volume 3, Number 12 |
| Publication Date | 27/03/1997 |
| Content Type | News |
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Date: 27/03/1997 The Council of Ministers has decided it is not safe to leave the last one in the building to turn out the lights. In a model of energy-saving efficiency, the offices in the Justus Lipsius building are rigged to a central computer which switches off the lights at pre-determined times of day: 9am, after the cleaners have left; 1pm, when everyone nips out for lunch; and 6pm, when people start going home. Just to be sure, the computer triggers the off switch every hour thereafter in case someone working late forgot to do so. This means that anyone staying at the office during the evening has to get up and switch the lights on again every hour. Such a system can be unnerving for visitors, but with 17 kilometres of corridors in the building, the cost savings are significant. |
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| Subject Categories | Energy, Politics and International Relations |
