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Buildings are routinely over-air conditioned in the summer, lights are left on at night, computers hum all weekend long.
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Investigators are trying to determine whether some of the runway lights were left on, which could have given the impression that it was open.
CNN: After the Crash
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The GE team began its energy treasure hunt at Weidmann by shutting down everything at the factory and searching for things like lights unnecessarily left on, compressed air leaks and running water.
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Put another way, residential heating and air conditioning constitute 11.88 percent of the U.S. energy budget: cars only account for 8.9 percent. (see spread sheets 2.2 and 2.6) Worse, a good portion of that energy is wasted: lights get left on, air conditioners churn when you are on vacation, sleeping notebooks suck vampire power.
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She had opened the door and gone down the steps just once since Rich had died, to see that no lights had been left on, and to assure herself that the fuse switches were there, with labels written beside them to tell her which controlled what.
NEWYORKER: Free Radicals
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New traffic lights and a new dedicated left hand turn slip lane on the Longman Roundabout.
BBC: Kessock Bridge roadworks: ?1.8m plan to ease disruption
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Yellow lights came on, the car lilted to the left, and we heard that awful, thump, thump, thump sound.
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The 1993 Nissan Pathfinder was left with its engine running and hazard lights flashing in Times Square on Saturday evening - when the square was packed with tourists and theatregoers.
BBC: US tightens security after Times Square bomb plot
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He pointed to a recent move to allow greater use of so-called "Trixi mirrors" - which are fitted to traffic lights to give lorry drivers a better view of cyclists on their left side at road junctions - as evidence of how serious the issue of safety was viewed.
BBC: MPs urge safety drive for UK's cyclists
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The convoy was moving in the left lane of the highway at speeds in excess of 90 mph, with their overhead emergency lights on.
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