Re: OT: SETI Shutdown

In article <vfrdo1192gh4ca74c22enp3dugm0qkrlcs@xxxxxxx>, Mike
<nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> writes
>On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:16:25 +0000, Norman Wells <norman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>
>>In article <1h6k4im.ctield1sm9iayN%me5@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Wayne Stuart
>><me5@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>>>
>>>So assuming each of these PCs use 100 watts when not being used, which
>>>will be at least 16 hours a day, and each kilowatt-hour is 7.7 pence, my
>>>organisation alone wastes nearly £300,000 every single year for this
>>>minor convenience.
>>
>>>You all okay with this?
>>>
>>Well, yes actually.
>>
>>It cuts nearly £300,000 every single year off the heating bill.
>>
>>Where else does the 'wasted' energy go?
>
>No, it could simply add £300,000 to the electricity bill, the heating
>bill could be totally irrelevant - the place might be intentionally
>designed to be heated purely by solar gain and occupation gain (from
>humans), with top up during the coldest periods by gas for just
>£20,000 per year.

Pah! You ignored the other statement in Wayne's post that "this
organisation is a small government department".

> For a building such as a call centre operating to a
>worldwide coverage and hence occupied 24 hours a day, the occupation
>gain may even intentionally assume a 100W per seat contribution FROM a
>computer.
>
>But in a different climate, or with other assumptions like the
>building is super insulated, cooling costs by electricity could be
>£750,000, or with the PC's left on this could rise to £1,000,000.

Then the building is ridiculously designed. What sort of architect
would deliberately make a building too hot so that more has to be spent
on cooling it than would ever have to be spent on heating it?

I am assuming a typical small government department office in Britain,
where heating is required for most of the year.
>
>Quite simply without knowing the building design, occupation rates,
>and precise energy consumption EVERYTHING is just a guess.

But not a random guess. You can approximate the truth by making
reasonable assumptions. Which is what I've done.

--
Norman Wells
.

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