SEATTLE, WA-Wright Runstad & Co. is lobbying the tenants of its 1.1-million-sf Washington Mutual Tower here to conserve power in light of the West Coast’s Power predicament. “Turn it off. Save some juice” is the slogan for the company’s campaign, which launches tomorrow.

The Seattle-based company has already set a pretty good example in the energy efficiency arena. Wright Runstad says the 55-story office tower’s energy use in 1989 was nearly 16.5 million kilowatt hours. In 1994 it began implementing energy-saving measures in the building, which resulted in saving more than 7.5 million kWh.

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