Students looking to make an appointment with their advising office this summer may need to wake up earlier.

The upcoming budget reductions have led the university to adopt a new energy-saving plan effective Friday.

This plan includes a campuswide temperature standard of 78 degrees and special office hours for some university departments this summer.

Administrators have encouraged each department to change their office hours to coincide with cooler parts of the day. The hours suggested are 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Professor David Smith, department chair for the Finance Department, said the department was notified of the request last week, and they do plan on using these new office hours.

“We’re happy to do our part,” he said.

Smith said he doesn’t see these new office hours as an inconvenience to students.

“They will just have to get up earlier or plan better so they make appointments,” he said.

Although the new hours mean an earlier day for office employees, Smith said they don’t seem to mind. “They’re overjoyed” to leave earlier, he said.

According to Warren Madden, vice president of Business and Finance at Iowa State, the energy saving isn’t going to stop after the summer is over.

“The university is planning to implement a task force which will provide guidance to the university on how to save energy and save money,” Madden said. “The goal is to conserve energy in a way that’s not overly disruptive to university activities.”

There are some university offices that will not be able to change their hours this summer.

“It will vary upon the customers and people who use the services,” Madden said. “Food service functions will continue on their regular schedule.”

In the future, the university also plans to move locations for groups that meet after hours.

“We plan to concentrate activities in certain facilities to save energy,” Madden said.

Madden also said the university is looking into the possibility of a semester break shutdown during the upcoming school year.

This task force is expected to help Iowa State save $1.5 million over the next year.