April 12, 2011

Using a screen saver saves my monitor and/or energy. Turning my computer off and on reduces the life of the hard drive. I can use blank sides of paper to print on for a draft copy.

“Green computing is the environmentally responsible use of computers and related resources.” Source:

watts of electrical power 150 watts for CRT vs. 50 watts for an LCD display Laptop - 15 to 45 watts Laser printer watts or more when printing; much less if idling in a “sleep mode” Ink jet printers use as little as 12 watts while printing and 5 watts while idling

Having a computer on 40 hours per week instead of all the time, uses $40 less annually in energy costs. Assumes 85 watts computer and $0.083/kWh =power_mgt.pr_power_mgt_users =power_mgt.pr_power_mgt_users wmuch.html wmuch.html

Worldwide Percentage of money spent on powering your computer dedicated to computing; the rest of the money ($250 billion) is spent on energy wasted in idling. Source: electronics/home-electronics-statistics.htmlhttp://planetgreen.discovery.com/go-green/home- electronics/home-electronics-statistics.html

When not in use, turn off the juice

Screen savers save no energy and do not save screens

Screen savers save no energy but Power Schemes do In Windows 7, search for “Choose Power Plan” and “Edit Power Plan”

Repurpose, Reuse or Donate Recycle – There may be a charge – Special days during the year – Households vs. companies – Sample: Best BuyBest Buy Websites – M ichigan’s Electronic Waste Takeback Program M ichigan’s Electronic Waste Takeback Program Example company: GEEPGEEP

Recycling video Things to look out for – Where are they taking your equipment? – What are they doing with your equipment?

Do you really need to print? Did you proofread your document? Did you print preview to ensure proper formatting? Do you need all the pages of the document printed?

Print as little as possible Don’t printout s Try to documents instead of faxing Smaller font sizes and margins on large documents can save a good deal of paper Try circulating items instead of copying Use double-sided printing and copying Reuse paper only printed on once

Use Review features within Microsoft Word such as Track Changes, Comments, and Ink—no need to print to edit documents Be careful where you print Copy the minimum that you need Teach students these lessons Accept work electronically

Don’t print in color if you don’t need to Make laser prints over inkjet prints Make multiple copies on copiers Use 100% post consumer recycled paper

Scan it – You can store it digitally It’s already digital? – it Don’t want people to change it? – Turn it into a PDF

Pledge to refrain from using any paper or accepting any work on paper this Earth Day

Recycling – Recycle batteries, ink cartridges and print toner

Can you upgrade instead? Buy only “Energy Star” computers, monitors and printers Buy laptops not desktops Buy ink jet printers, not laser printers for home use ns/toxics/electronics/how-the-companies-line-up

Tree Hugger Info

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Never throw a cell phone in the garbage Recycle it! You can get money for it.

Offset Your Carbon Footprint – Carbonfund.org Carbonfund.org – Carbonneutral.com Carbonneutral.com wind_credits_carbon_reduction.htm wind_credits_carbon_reduction.htm

I will… tool4learning.com/gc

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