Fines for forgetful residents over-using lifts

Is this energy conservation gone mad?  A high-rise building in Sydney has just announced what amounts to fines for residents who forget things in their flats and then have to go back for them.

“This is an incredible waste of electricity,” said Mr Olaf Pirlo, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Dardanelle Towers in the city’s Eastern Suburbs.  “People wander out of their apartments, get the lift down to the lobby then remember they have forgotten their papers or wallet or something.  So they go back, get their things, and come back down again.  They are using three times the…