Developing A Workplace Sustainability Policy For Library On Energy Conservation

Policy Statement

The policy statement for the commitment of the library towards energy conservation would be

Workplace conduct

Unnecessary usage or the wastage of lights will not be entertained at any cost. There will be a proper conservation of emery and reduction in the costs of saving electricity costs.

Conservation of energy

No need for overly lit rooms. In other words, using the bulbs and lights that use a huge amount of energy must be saved. There must be proper tests of the lights done and then the right model has to be selected. T8 LED lights can be used which are really very effective in saving the energy (Magno et al., 2015).

Workers and students must

Not engage in the unnecessary use of power.

Not keep lights open for long hours even after the purpose has been served.

Application

This policy statement applies to all the staffs and also them who have a direct access to the library including the permanent, casual, contractual, temporary and others (Rejmanek & Simberloff, 2017).

There are many ways for checking the reduction in a low cost or a very reasonable way. They are as follows

• Making the staffs get used to the habit of switching off the lights whenever they are done working with.
• One must also follow the practice of checking the old lights and changing them with the new LED lights. In other words, the LED lights or the LED fittings must be used so that they can contribute towards the conservation of the lights(Allcott & Rogers, 2014).
• Reducing and properly managing the duration for which the AC or the air conditioning is run within the organization.
• Conducting proper campaigns that will help in educating the employees and the students accessing the library about the ways of conserving the energy
• The library must keep some funds aside so that they can spend it in buying some of the energy conserving or energy efficient products.
• There must be the installation of the lights and light detectors in all the stack areas as well. This will help in checking whether only these lights that are needed are being kept or not(Kumar, 2017).

Key activities

The key activities of this project will be to make sure that there is no unnecessary wastage of energy. The libraries must be conducting many campaigns and awareness programs that will be enlightening the staffs in using the lights efficiently (Pawson & Bader, 2014). They must not keep the lights unnecessarily switched on after using it. Moreover, libraries are places that are very different from the normal offices and they have a long working hour. So, it is the prime responsibility of the members to make sure that they are taking care of all their responsibilities in saving the light energy. Motion detectors are to be used so that one can keep a track on the lights that are actually kept switched on. There can be light detectors located at the entrance or the door of the large reading rooms of the libraries which will be very useful (Larcher & Tarascon 2015).

Responsibilities

It is the responsibility of the library staff like the office manager to look over this entire aspect. He is supervising the maintenance staffs. The prime responsibility is to train one of their officials as the environment conservation officer. This will help in using the lights effectively so that there is no unnecessary wastage of the lights.  It is re responsibility of not only the library staff but also the students and others who are using the services of the library (Coulthard et al., 2017).

Timelines

What do I want to learn?	What do I have to do?	What support and resources will I need?	How will I measure my success?	The target date for review of results.
learn to reduce the wastage of overconsumption of light in the library	The library employees will have to be trained	The expert advice of the environmental specialists.	Success will be measured through the light bills of the library	jan 2018 to March 2018
To train and appoint an employee as environment conservation manager	Conduct training sessions	Good trainers and cooperative employees	Behavior and responsibility of the employees towards conserving the light energy	Aug 2018 to Dec 2018

The resources that will be needed are expertise and also the energy saving devices as well. Expertise is one of the most important aspects that one needs in this field as light energy conservation is one of the aspects that needs proper expert advice. The library must be using the other smart devices like the Smart LED lighting system. This will be very helpful as it helps in conserving the high cost that is otherwise involved in the lighting of the libraries. The halogen and the fluorescent lights do not really hold good in this context as there is a fear that the mercury content among them can make some accidents. This will be very dangerous as there are so many people sitting in the library all the time (Hassan et al., 2015).

Training

All the staffs of the library have to be properly trained in the different ways of using the light conserving products in the proper way. As there are many new gadgets and a special training that is needed for using the light conserving system so all the people must also be properly trained in the same.

Reporting requirements

The reporting must be done in a way so that the usage of the light conserving system can be used and then the staffs can see whether the implementation is being done properly.

Consulting with relevant stakeholders

To consult with the suppliers who would be providing the energy-saving equipment. To communicate with the office manager and maintenance staffs. They will be looking into this matter and looking after the installation and the usage of all these light conserving resources (Rejmanek & Simberloff, 2017).

Promoting energy saving initiatives

The initial initiative must be to conduct campaigns on the importance of the light conservation. Appointing one employee as the environment conservation officer so that he can look after the implementation of the light conservation systems in the library

Reporting on progress and final outcomes

The final outcomes can be seen over a span of roughly a year to see if they have been able to work on this are and conserve the unnecessary wastage of light energy.

In order to monitor towards the target, I would make the arrangements for the remote control system as well that will let the library staffs witch off the lights whenever the need is over.

I will also be using the energy management control system that will help to control the total consumption of light in the whole library through the means of the remote control system. This will be connected to the phone through an app.

References

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Kumar, R. (2017). U.S. Patent No. 9,671,526. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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