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Your chief complaints (eco friendly everything in new construction, AC restrictions) are likely due to compliance with local laws. I would suggest to choose wisely when electing your political leaders. In fact California has a requirement for half the cubicle outlets in new offices to be on timers that shut off during "non-working" hours.

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Your chief complaints (eco friendly everything in new construction, AC restrictions) are likely due to compliance with local laws.

More likely that these are cost-cutting measures being labeled as "eco-friendly" to avoid push back.

Where I live this was mostly a voluntary thing. I do not have a problem with it happening, I have a problem with the implementation. The lights thing is just nonsensical. Having them completely off during the day would have been better on both counts, but nobody thought about it.

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