When I was the manager of Integrated Systems at Lockheed I would go into my office, pull the blinds down, turn off the lights and work on my computer in the dim room. It was cozy and comfortable. I never like the harsh florescent lights of the typical office. When I went to work for IBM they crowded Jingdong and myself in a little closet, and when one by one the florescent tubes went out we never told anyone. It was nice to work on our computers in the dim light.

The maintenance crew just went around taking two out of the three lights out of every light fixture on the floor. I like it and I much prefer it to the perpetual glare. I figure that in the whole building they are removing about 2,000 40 watt light bulbs and saving as much as 500,000 kwh of power per year. This will save about $100,000 a year. It doesn’t seem like much, but it is something.