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Some Light Relief—The Motion Sensor Solution

A while back I moved into a new office building at Sun Microsystems. This was good in that it gave me an excuse to discard all the flotsam and jetsam I had not yet unpacked from the previous such move. You should move your office every three years for that reason alone. Not me, you. But my move was bad in that there were a few things about the new office that didn't suit me.

Number one on the list was the motion sensor connected to the lights. All modern U.S. office buildings have power-saving features in the lighting, heating, and ventilation. These building services are usually installed in a false floor at the top of a building, but that's another storey^[4] . Improving the energy efficiency ...