Sensible Defaults to Save Energy
Our new office building has dimmable lights that each person can control for their own cubicle. Originally, you could set the dim level anywhere from 30% to 100%. Every morning, the lights would be reset to 100% brightness.
But recently they changed the defaults. Now you can set the dim level from 0% (off) to 100%. And the default (which the lights reset to every morning) is 0%. So now when someone is out of the office for the day, the lights above their cubicle are off instead of on. Which is already a win.
But lots of people have either not noticed the change (and are using the default “off” setting) or (like me) prefer the lower light levels. I wonder how much electricity such a simple change is saving…
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