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Some simple tips to help reduce your companies carbon foot print.

Switch off

Encourage your staff to:

• Switch off monitors when not in use
• Switch off printers, faxes and photocopiers
• Shut down or at least hibernate/sleep their computer* before leaving for the night.

* A typical desktop computer will use 75-150 watts of electricity, if left on 24x7 that is approximately £75-150 per year. With multiple machines the potential savings are significant!

Buy Green

• Check the power consumption figures of the hardware you buy.
• Buy to last, look at the warrantee - if it is supplied with a free extended warrantee, that is a good sign that it is expected to last.

These are just a couple of tips, VfmIT is here to ensure you get Value for Money from your IT spend contact us to arrange a free Systems Health Check.

Links

 

Green IT

The 80 Plus Program

Carbon Trust

 

General IT News

ZDNet

Computer Weekly

vnunet

The Register

Tom's Hardware

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