Still Wasting Electricity at the “Green” City Hall
Posted by the Kenmore Crow | Filed under Photo/Video
Lest you believe that the photos I posted here last week do not represent the regular goings-on at our nearly-open new City Hall, I present a brand new set of photos, taken last night (Tuesday) at 11:00 PM.
Zero cars in the parking lot, zero sign of anyone anywhere inside the building. Roughly 90% of the interior and exterior lights (including in the underground parking garage) were turned on.
Here’s a close-up of the front again:
And another one of the room that I thought was going to be a meeting room. Now that it’s full of desks, I’m thinking it’s probably just some sort of mass office? Either way, I don’t see why they need to leave all the lights on throughout the night.
Here’s the back door…
…and what’s this just across the driveway, in basically the only dark spot on the lot?
According to the sign on the right there, that would be the generator and fuel tank—totally unlocked and wide open to whoever wants to stroll on by. That seems safe.
I wonder how much electricity our new green city hall will have pointlessly wasted before it is even open for business?
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4 Responses to “Still Wasting Electricity at the “Green” City Hall”
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The only reason I can see is to avoid breakins or vandalim. I know a lot of businesses that are empty and up for lease leave the lights on so there are no dark corners. But I am sure the new city hall has a new alarm system….. So I see no reason for the lights.
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RE: Paul – That could be a reason maybe, except that I loitered around there for about 20 minutes last night and didn’t at any time feel like I was likely to be “caught,” especially around the back side.
Also I did notice a number of security camera globes, which I would hope are already online, and should negate any need to leave every light in the building turned on (including on the second floor).
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I thought crows roosted at night? :-)
The $64k question is who owns the jobsite?
Graham Contracting or the City of Kenmore.
Has an official turn over occurred?
I see the lighting as a security precaution. The security
system may not yet be commissioned or working.In construction we often say you send 80% of your time
closing out the last 20% of details (the punch list). -
As far as i know the city received C of O last week, the lights are left on for burn in period and security purposes. Cameras are on and functioning, lights are energy efficient.
Tim Says:
May 5th, 2010 at 5:22 PM