27 No and low cost ways to green your IT

Just say No! 1.Don’t print!

– Use print preview to check what you are printing – Who’s doing the printing? – Go print friendly on web pages – Proof read on screen before hitting print – Do you need the whole document or just one page? Control the Urge 2.Only print what you really need

 Slim down  3.Use a narrow font – The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog 4.Drop a font size

Around the Edges 5.Reduce the margins

M i n d t h e G a p 6.Set line spacing to single

Better by half 7.Print double sided 8.Print two pages to a sheet

Hold the ink 9. Avoid the use of best quality printing 10. Don’t print the pictures 11. Print in black and white 12. Print PowerPoint slides as handouts

Power Rangers 13. Switch off when not in use 14. Enable the internal power save modes 15. Disable active screen savers 16. Turn down monitor brightness

Buy green 17. If it’s working - keep it 18. Check out energy consumption 19. Check out the manufacturers green credentials 20. Where does your paper come from? 21. Buy with minimal packaging

Clear the Clutter 22. Clean up days 23. Default reply to sender not reply to all

 Good Housekeeping  24. Do the dusting 25. Maintain printers and copiers 26. Do a server room health check

Time’s Up 27. Dispose of broken and obsolete items properly