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Practical Tips from the Green Guru
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Below are easy changes that be made by individuals in their own workspace to help reduce their carbon footprint.
Office Equipment
Leaving a computer monitor on at night wastes enough power to microwave three dinners. A PC left on for a year uses 25% of the energy of an average household.
- Turn off computers, monitors, printers, copiers, coffee makers, radios and lights every night and when they are not being used. If you can't turn off the whole computer, turn off the monitor and printers.
- If you can, use laptop computers — they consume 90% less energy than desktop computers.
- If you can, use ink-jet printers — they consume 90% less energy than laser printers.
- Make it easy on yourself. Plug this equipment into a power strip and just turn off the power strip at night. (Some appliances still consume electricity when you think they are off!)
- Adjust your computer settings to “sleep” or turn off, when not used. See "Enabling the Power Management Feature" below!
- Print double sided or reuse the clean side of a one-sided paper.
As a Group
- Adopt a “last-person-out” policy — The last person leaving labs, lecture rooms, offices and meeting rooms should be responsible for turning off lights and equipment.
- Remind your co-workers about turning things off.
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle still applies (in that order!)
Helpful How-tos
Enabling the Power Management Feature On PCs Running Windows
1. Right click on your desktop. A dialog box appears.
2. Select Properties
3. Select Screen Saver tab.
4. Select Energy Saving Features or Power.
5. Select Settings.
6. Select the number of minutes after which you want your screen (and your CPU) to power down. We recommend something between 5-15 minutes. Not all computers let you install Power Mgmt features.
Enabling the Power Management Feature On Macs
1. Go to the Apple icon.
2. Select Control Panels.
3. Select Energy Saver.
4. Select Show Details.
5. Check Separate timing for Display Sleep.
6. Select the number of minutes after which you want you screen and your CPU to power down. We recommend something between 5-15 minutes.
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