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Top 10 easy ways to reduce energy while computing
6/27/2008 | putersandnet.com
I came across a question on Yahoo Answer few days ago by Erica, The question topic was "Screen savers vs. Energy?" You can read the question and the answers Here
As i was about answering with the little i know about the question, i decided to dig more about the question and came across the following tips which i found very useful and used it for my answer to that question, and was as well voted as the best answer!.
Top 10 easy ways to reduce energy while computing
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1. Use computer and monitor power management. Doing so can save nearly half a ton of CO2 and more than $60 a year in energy costs.
2. Don’t use a screen saver. Screen savers are not necessary on modern monitors and studies show they actually consume more energy than allowing the monitor to dim when it’s not in use.
3. Buying a new computer? Make energy efficiency a priority while shopping for your PC and monitor. Look for the ENERGY STAR label or browse the Climate Savers Computing product catalog.
4. Turn down the brightness setting on your monitor. The brightest setting on a monitor consumes twice the power used by the dimmest setting.
5. Turn off peripherals such as printers, scanners and speakers when not in use.
6. Fight phantom power; plug all your electronics into one power strip and turn the strip off when you are finished using your computer.
7. Use a laptop instead of a desktop. Laptops typically consume less power than desktops.
8. Close unused applications and turn off your monitor when you’re
not using it.
9. Use a power meter to find out how much energy your computer actually consumes and to calculate your actual savings.
10. Establish multiple power schemes to address different usage models. For example, you can create a power scheme for playing music CDs that shuts off your hard drive and monitor immediately, but never puts your system into standby mode.
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The above tips is not only good for you alone, but for the whole world.
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