For the benefit of librarians who help our students in chat reference, I’m reposting Arthur Downing’s email here:
CUNY is participating in Daylight Hour, which the University’s Director of Sustainability describes as, “a global campaign to increase awareness about the benefits of using daylighting techniques to brighten workspaces and avoid unnecessary lighting. The campaign was launched last year by Building Energy Exchange and Mayor de Blasio has agreed to participate. Daylighting is a recognized tool used by designers to take advantage of natural light wherever possible and offset power consumption.”
As part of this event, the lights in the north and south window reading areas of the Library will be off for one hour (12:00 – 1:00 p.m.) on Friday, June 19.
Please let staff and library users know so that we do not report a power outage, lighting failures, or burned out light bulbs, etc.