Green Tips

• Turn off desktop computers and peripheral devices, including monitors and storage media devices, at night and on weekends or vacation time. Turning off the equipment at night can cut the annual energy costs from 100 to 400 kWh per computer.
• Reduce power consumption by using the computers Power Management to turn the monitor off after 10 minutes and your hard drives after 20 minutes.
• Reduce Screen-saver Use. Screen savers do NOT save energy, in fact, they can draw more power as they keep the hard drive from shutting down. Set the computer to go into sleep mode instead of to the screen-saver.
• Purchase flat-screen monitors. They use significantly less energy and are not as hard on the eyes. When Printing – print double sided to save on paper. Or better still ask yourself if you need to print the document.
• When Printing – print double sided to save on paper. Or better still ask yourself if you need to print the document.