Tips To Reduce Energy Used By Computers
By admin on Aug 19, 2007 in Environment
There are a number of tips that can be used to reduced the amount of energy used by your computer. These tips will not only help to reduce your electricity bill, they will also help you to reduce your carbon footprint.
Upgrade your monitor
If you have an old CRT monitor, this will use significantly more energy than the newer LCD flat-screen monitors. It is estimated that a standard 17″ CRT monitor will use approximately 80 watts of energy, whereas an LCD screen of the same size will use approximately 35 watts of energy.
Turn off unused peripherals
If you have a printer, scanner or any other peripheral attached to your computer, make sure these are switched off when not in use. Even if not being used, simply being attached to the computer and in standby mode will consume energy.
Enable energy saving settings
Although there are a number of different operating systems about, the majority of them will have some form of “Energy Saving” setting for adjusting the power. As the screenshot below shows, this can include settings for putting your computer on standby or turning off your monitor if left idle for a specified amount of time.
Jason Pereira | Oct 2, 2007 | Reply
Great article, and a bit of an eye opener. I leave my computer on all the time, and it is plugged in all day and left to de-charge in the night.
My peripherals are always on too, so will turn them off every once in a while