Greener computing

You have a desktop computer. I loved it for strength and speed. And the purchase price was very good. And become insufficient to meet my needs when I began to travel more.

How to travel with your desktop computer? I opted for a few years to keep the laptop open to travel. Before each trip I I need files from desktop to laptop. Oh, is that the old objective!

When we moved from Boulder, Colorado, the Ridgeway, Colorado, where we live in a yurt for nine months while being built our House, I realized one of the ways I can save on space is just using my laptop, and not bother with the desktop. When living and working in 300 feet tour ", each cubic inches.

And when it's time to get a new laptop, I got one capable of handling everything I needed to do, and always used-I can get rid of my desktop, there is one computer instead of two. This is very clear that more environmental. Travel less frustrating because I didn't have to move files anymore. It was just as comfortable working with your laptop as a desktop.

The unexpected bonus energy savings. Desktop computer and the monitor consumes more power from your laptop. In summer we greatly reduced heat load. Of course, there are some winter nights where everything from overheating will be appreciated. But overall, what wonderful Green actions taken!

The amount of electricity your computer uses? If you want to know exactly how your computer uses, you can get m Watts and measure usual 24 hours. And multiplying the number of days that year computer running so deep sleep, and divide this product at 1,000, will tell you how many kilowatt-hours (kWh) uses your computer Setup.

Or hit rating and have your computer (number can be found on the back of your computer) with the number of hours per day, and dividing the product by 1,000 to get your daily consumption kWh. Multiply that number of days in the year your computer get your annual consumption kWh.

If you just want to know the overall consumption of computer list here.
-Typical desktop computer: 60-250w
Model: 85w-CRT
Model: LCD-35w
-45w laptop: 15

Modern computers, especially those that are "Energy Star" rating, consume less electricity than older computers.

According to one source, is the second highest computers from consumers energy in Office, after lighting, consume 40-60 per cent of the electricity used. You can save an enormous amount of power off your computer at night and on weekends, those parts of calculating week 75 percent in the week. Additional savings can enjoy putting your computer to idle, sleep mode, low-power mode when not used during the day.

A laptop is providing energy one step I take, but hibernate during the night and stop additional control, another step to take. Feels good to take easy steps, such as this.

If you want to be really conservative power that can have the computer plugged into a power strip that you can turn off at the end of the day and week; the phantom load reductions which directs electricity even when it wasn't a "run". I take this step when the traveler (my computer always go with me) "phantom load pieces of monitor and other peripherals.

When the time comes to buy my next computer will be more interested in energy efficiency, load management and then closely monitored daily.

The kasingham Kit Green most of her life, even after the degree in "environmental preservation". Editorial sharing lessons learned and successes and failures. Food, cleaning, travel, and energy and water conservation, waste reduction, and home improvement projects, etc.-This is all part of green living, you can follow at http://www.wegetgreener.com/

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