I used to have on the desktop. I loved him for his power and speed. And the purchase price was good. This was not enough for my needs when I started to surf more.
How can I travel with my computer? For several years I decided to keep the laptop for travel. Before each trip I transferred files have to be from the desktop to the laptop. Yes indeed, got old!
When we moved from Boulder, Colorado, in Ridgeway, Colorado, where we lived in the House for nine months, while our home is built, I realized that one of the ways I could save space is to simply use my laptop and not bother with the desktop. When you live and work in the round 300 feet, every cubic inch.
When it's time to get a new laptop, I got one that was able to handle all that I needed to do and have used it all the time-I could get rid of my desktop computer and one computer, two. This is clearly more than the environment. The trip was less frustrating, because I don't have to do file transfers anymore. Work was just as handy with a laptop as desktop.
Unexpected bonus was to conserve energy. Desktop computer and the monitor consumes more energy than a laptop. In summer we also enjoy reduced heat load. Of course there are some winter nights, where each bit of additional heat would be greatly appreciated. But overall, what a wonderful Green measures have had!
How much electricity your computer uses? If you would like to know exactly how many uses your computer, you can get a power meter and measures usually 24 hours. Multiply the number of days per year, the computer is turned on, even slept and dividing the product by 1000, will tell you how many kilowatt-hours (kWh) on your computer, Setup uses.
Or multiply Watt rating, your computer has (the number is found on the back of your computer) to the number of hours per day, so at and divide the product by 1000 to get your daily consumption of kW. To multiply by the number of days per year, you are on a get your annual consumption kWh
If you just want to know about computer use in General, here is a list.
-A typical desktop computer: 60-250W
-Typical CRT: 85 W
-A typical LCD: 35 W
-laptop: 15-45 W
And new computers, especially those that are Energy Star rated, consume less power than the old computers.
According to one source, computers are the second highest consumer of energy in the Office, after lighting, consuming 40-60% of the electricity office, is used. You can save a huge amount of electricity, if you turn off your computer at night and on weekends; those parts of the week, accounting for 75 per cent of the week. Further savings can enjoy putting your computer to idle or sleeping, low-power mode when you don't use it during the day.
Having a laptop is one step, I use energy-saving measures, but disappears during the night and also disabling the secondary monitor is another step that I take. It feels good, easy steps.
If you want to be truly energy saving you can have your computer is connected to a power strip that you turn off at the end of the day and week; This reduction, draws electricity even if the device does not run as "Phantom load. I take that step when I'm traveling (my computer always goes with me) to reduce the phantom load my monitor and other peripherals.
When it came time to buy my next computer I be more attentive to its energy efficiency and manage daily load closely.
Kit Cassingham was greenie spent most of his life, even with a degree in environmental protection. Her articles, lessons learned, both failures and successes. Catering, cleaning, travel, electricity and water, reduce waste, home improvement projects, and so on--it's all part of life, green color, which you can follow at http://www.wegetgreener.com/
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