Devising To Ways f Conserve y- y P Fuel And t t J Power Fuel and power consumption at Salt Lake Community College has not yet reached even its 1979 level according to Jerry of the Utah Energy Office Yet the college has expanded by over 2500 students in inthe the past 7 years Paul Gundersen Utah Tech's director of facilities notes the tion of computer monitoring as well as reduction of exterior sodium vapor lamps from 1000 wattage to wattage and other savings are directly responsible for keeping costs down We are constantly on the lookout for more effective energy management Gunderson says For example we intend to hook up all our sprinkler systems to a comp computer ter this summer for better control of water usage With water currently costing the college around a year careful management can prudently curb excesses in this area Even though BTU consumption has increased since 1979 and a new building has been placed in use as aswell aswell aswell well as the addition of extensive exterior exter parking lot lighting the facilities division has been able to reduce expenditures in its energy account