Good morning Faculty and Staff,

Facilities and Campus Services continues to develop plans for the upcoming newly extended
Winter break period. We will continue to use the guidance from CDC and ASHRAE (American
Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers) to operate our facilities while
adjusting to the reduced occupancies of the Academic & Administrative buildings.
Our Winter break and temperature setback program will begin the night of Friday, December
17th 2021 and end the morning of Tuesday, January 4th 2022. The program will maintain building temperatures at
no less than 55 degrees (F) during the holiday period.  Beginning at 2:00 am on January 4th the
heating systems will gradually return the buildings to more comfortable conditions even as they
continue to be mostly un-occupied. We intend for all buildings to be at 70 degrees (F) by the
time employees arrive at work. Facilities technicians will arrive early on that date to
ensure building heating systems have reactivated as scheduled.
Similar to past holiday breaks, we are also working with our Residence Life Housing partners to
identify un-occupied areas in our Residence Halls as they become vacant.

Our energy reduction efforts through previous un-occupied setbacks have created significant
cost savings through reduced energy consumption and have conservatively avoided over 1.5
million dollars in utility costs.

As in previous breaks, staff or faculty who intend to visit or work on campus during the holiday
period are advised to wear appropriate clothing and consider bringing a light jacket or sweater
to work. For departments that would like an exemption or have received exemptions in the past,
please contact Tim Mitchell at mitchetw@wfu.edu and state your exemption needs as soon as
possible.

Thank you for supporting this effort to save energy during the holiday period.

Mike Draughn
AVP – Facilities Operations
Wake Forest University

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