March is monitors off month in our Vancouver office as Bentall launches the Great Monitor Shutdown Challenge. Through this campaign the Forever Green Tenant Team is encouraging all Bentall tenants to turn off their computer monitors every evening and when leaving the office for periods of time.

The Great Monitor Shutdown Challenge is a simple initiative that can save a great deal of energy. For every LCD monitor that isn’t turned off, approximately 22kWh per month (or $29 per year) is wasted. For every CRT monitor that isn’t turned off, approximately 67kWh per month (or $90 per year) is wasted.

Part of this campaign is a series of head to head challenges between like-sized Bentall tenants. Omicron has boldly stepped up to accept this challenge and has been paired with Cisco Systems. On a random night in the month the Chief Custodian will be counting the number of monitors left on in each tenant space. The tenant with the fewest amount of monitors on will be declared champion!

So, how can you help?

• Turn off your monitor every night before you leave (just the monitor, not the computer!)
• Turn off your monitor if you are stepping into a meeting or leaving the office for a period of time
• If you have a laptop and you leave it in the office at night, please take no action as the screen will automatically switch into off mode after a period of inactivity

While victory will surely be sweet, the real prize is the amount of power that we will be saving if we adopt this practice at all times. In our ongoing efforts to reduce our energy consumption and thereby our footprint, Omicron is excited and ready to take on this challenge for the month of March and beyond!

We hope that you’ll help by doing your small part!