Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy issued a fact sheet that can help you reduce electricity use and manage electricity prices more effectively. The fact sheet identifies no-cost, low-cost, moderate-cost, and high-cost options to increase your facility’s energy efficiency.

According to Focus on Energy, the following nine actions can help you manage rising electricity costs:

1. Turn off lights and equipment when not in use (no-cost action).
2. Make sure setback thermostats and energy management systems are programmed correctly (no-/low-cost actions).
3. Install the most energy-efficient lighting options available and incorporate control devices (low-/medium-cost actions).
4. Maintain heat, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment regularly (low-cost action).
5. Check other equipment regularly and ensure it is operating correctly (low-/moderate-/high-cost actions).
6. Install variable speed drives (moderate-cost action).
7. Purchase energy-efficient equipment (moderate-/high-cost action).
8. Monitor energy usage monthly (no-cost action).
9. Get employees involved in saving energy-ask them how to reduce energy use (no-cost action).

Focus on Energy is a public-private partnership offering energy information and services to residential, business, and industrial customers throughout Wisconsin.

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Friendship is a form of interpersonal relationship generally considered to be closer than association, although there is a range of degrees of intimacy in both friendships and associations. Friendship and association can be thought of as spanning across the same continuum. The study of friendship is included in the fields of sociology, social psychology, anthropology, philosophy, and zoology. Various academic theories of friendship have been proposed, among which are social exchange theory, equity theory, relational dialectics, and attachment styles.
Value that is found in friendships is often the result of a friend demonstrating the following on a consistent basis:
The tendency to desire what is best for the other
Sympathy and empathy
Honesty, perhaps in situations where it may be difficult for others to speak the truth, especially in terms of pointing out the perceived faults of one’s counterpart
Mutual understanding and compassion
Trust in one another (able to express feelings – including in relation to the other’s actions – without the fear of being judged); able to go to each other for emotional support
Positive reciprocity – a relationship is based on equal give and take between the two parties.