SMART WAYS TO USE YOUR COMPUTER FOR MORE SAVE ELECTRICITY

1.     Use Blackle, the more efficient Google

Searching with Google is a ritual that can not be released from routine work, especially for you who work in the creative or media. Well, so far, we know Google is a search site with a white background and a combination of 6 different colors in the writing of "Google". However, do you know if in fact by accessing Google, we consume more electricity? That is why, created Blackle, Google's site-saving versions that are deliberately created by the Google. Why can be more efficient? Because, Blackle is shown by the dominance of dark colors, so that when you access this site, the contrast of computer monitors require less power and when totalized able to save up to 750 Megawatts per year and millions of watts when more and more people are doing this. The amount of savings, it would be more useful if applied in other fields.
2.     CO2 Saver makes your computer so much better
 
Using a computer or laptop for hours has meant that the numbers do not consume less electricity. But, there are clever ways to maximize your device without contributing to environmental damage. Snap CO2 Saver production applications are lightweight applications that can operate on the Windows operating system. By installing a CO2 Saver on your computer or laptop, Windows adjusts the power settings so that the computers / laptops, monitors, and hard drives, consume less power when the device is not actively used. At first glance this application is the same as the adjustment of power options in Windows, but certainly a step penghematanmu will be much easier to use CO2 Saver toolbar that shaped it. After successfully saving electricity consumption, CO2 Saver will calculate and notify the carbon dioxide emissions savings that you've done, so that when more and more savings you can make, will surely spur to save even more. This environmentally friendly applications can be downloaded free of charge and easily, so there's no reason to not install it on your computer / your laptop.
3.     Energy Star
 
In various electronic products, often find the logo reading "Energy Star". Do not mind the logo, because it meant a great deal to save the environment. Energy Star is the international standard that was originally made ​​by government austerity programs the United States in the late '90s, but over time also adopted by Australia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Taiwan, to the European Union. We will buy electronic goods, it would be very nice if you choose this logo, because it is definitely tested and guaranteed to consume electricity more efficiently than a similar product without this logo.
4.     Prefer LCD monitor to CRT
Fortunately this was not his time monitor Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) or which can be called by the monitor tube, because the old monitor type is shown to consume 25% more electricity than an LCD monitor with the same size. So, in addition to over look nicer on the table, the LCD monitor is the smartest way to cut electricity bills as well as save energy.
5. It's true that your computer settings?
Regardless of the brand computer / your laptop, or using any operating system either Mac OSX or Windows, not a hindrance to save electricity. All it really depends on the setting of your computer / laptop, due to the adjustment, then the system will turn off the power while the computer is not in use or in idle status. For the Mac operating system, adjustment done in System Preferences, then to the Energy Saver pane, and select the option Sleep. For Windows, set in the Control Panel, Power Options and then select the option. Here you can select a setting to turn off the computer monitor and hard disk or just switch to standby mode, when you leave your computer / laptop.

Good luck, Ladies!