Bill Weihl, Green Energy Czar at Google, suggests the following ways that will help reduce the energy used by your computer, such as:
- turn on the power management features. Virtually all computers today have the ability to switch into low-power modes automatically when they’re idle; very few computers have this capability enabled!
- turn off your monitor and computer when you’re not using them
- turn down the brightness on your monitor
- make sure your next computer meets the efficiency standards of Climate Savers Computing (an efficient computer uses up to 50% less energy than a conventional one)
- to find the most efficient PCs available today, look for the words “EnergyStar 4.0 compliant.” Link.
Turn Off the Computer Screen to Combat Global Warming [tags]globalwarming, climate changes, energy[/tags]