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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Higher-than-normal temperature
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">for the next several days</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> for the central New York region. The weather condition
is forecasted to require increased cooling and electrical demand. To help mitigate the impact to our institution we need to look for opportunities for reducing cooling and electrical consumption. This will greatly help our system keep up with the load and
keep our critical environments safe and people comfortable.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Raise your thermostat up 2 degrees, seems like it will do little to help, but if many areas do this it will reduce the cooling demand on the main air conditioning units.</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Shut off lights not in use and or reduce light levels in your areas, this will help by reducing both electrical usage and reducing heat load on the cooling system.</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Shutting off electrical appliances/devices not being used or required for emergency standby </span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Closing window shades and blinds will help by reducing direct sun light heat load .</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">The most important is to ensure windows are closed to prevent the heat and humidity from entering the building envelope.</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b><i>The size of our campuses is very large, and one person or department cannot do this alone, with everyone’s help these simple steps can make a huge impact .</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Thank you for your support with this request.</span></p>
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