Facilities Services will conduct a test next week of the university’s ability to respond to emergency demand response events that may occur this summer.
Case Western Reserve University participates in voluntary electricity-reduction program to help prevent massive electrical shutdowns, or “blackouts,” across the regional electric grid.
The one-hour test will take place on Tuesday, June 23, from 1-2 p.m.
During the test event, CWRU Facilities Services requests members of the university community reduce demand by turning off (or not using) non-essential equipment ahead of the scheduled time by:
- Turning off lights or window air conditioners in unoccupied spaces,
- Turning off desk lamps, or turn on desk lamps and turn off overhead lights,
- Running laptop computers on battery power,
- Unplugging all chargers that are not in use (for example: cell phones, laptops, iPads, etc.),
- Powering down computers, copiers and other electronic devices during lunch, and shutting off power strips.
There will be a minimal impact on the campus as a whole, as the facilities department will launch campus emergency generators and use the central energy-management system to turn off portions of lighting and public areas.