In At The Bleep End

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Eco-friendly computing

"It's a myth that it takes more energy to start a computer than to keep it running. It doesn't. You'll always save energy by turning your computer off when you're not using it. If that's inconvenient you can always use the sleep or standby mode."
via http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/computers.html

Practical Tips to Make Your Computer Environmentally Friendly
http://www.greenbiz.com/toolbox/howto_third.cfm?LinkAdvID=35871

2007 Greenpeace survey rating different electronics manufacturers on their green-ness (Lenovo won)...
http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/guide-to-greener-electronics.pdf

The Green Technology Initiative (http://www.greentechnologyinitiative.org) aims to provide IT managers with information and resources to help improve energy efficiency. Not much there yet however.

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