“heatless Mondays” program

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The “heatless Mondays” program was a World War I-era U.S. conservation measure that restricted fuel use by closing businesses and reducing heating one day a week to save coal for the war effort.

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instanceOf World War I home front policy
energy conservation measure
fuel rationing program
aimsTo ensure adequate fuel supplies for military needs
appliesTo commercial buildings
factories
offices
dayDesignated Monday
hasAuthorityType federal regulation
hasCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
hasMethod closing businesses one day per week
reducing heating on designated days
hasPurpose to conserve coal
to reduce fuel consumption
to support the American war effort in World War I
hasSlogan heatless Mondays
hasTargetResource coal
hasTargetSector commercial sector
industrial sector
implementedBy United States Fuel Administration
implementedDuring World War I
implementedInYear 1918
motivatedBy coal shortages during World War I
partOf U.S. wartime conservation campaigns
regulates operation of nonessential businesses
use of coal for heating
relatedTo meatless Tuesdays
wheatless Wednesdays
temporalScope one day per week

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United States Fuel Administration introduced “heatless Mondays” program