Green Technology In The News

We hear or see news every day about global warming, reducing our "carbon footprint" or saving energy. Whether you believe in global warming or not, look at your utility bill and you will find an incentive to save energy.

We use a lot of electricity keeping our technology running, here are some tips on how companies are reducing power consumption.   

Becky Waring in PC World offers these power saving tips in her article, Power-Saving Tips: Save Money by Putting Your PC on a Power Diet.

Here she states "Refrigerators and washing machines aren't the only energy-guzzling appliances living in your house. Your PC and its peripherals account for a good chunk of your electric bill, too. When you consider that just one computer and monitor can suck up nearly as much power in a year as a new refrigerator, the benefits of a desktop energy audit become clear."

She suggest using the power savings features found in Windows Control Panel.

You can also read Ed Bott's article "How green is your PC?" on ZDnet.

Jeremy Faludi in his 4 part article "Green Computing Update" for WorldChanging.Com reports in depth on this topic. Green Computing Update

He points out many energy savings tips and sees savings in:

• Telecommuting
• Teleconferencing
• E-Commerce
• The Paperless Office

Heather Clancy and Harry Fuller on their ZD Net GreenTech Pastures Blog report on some power saving tips:

• Increase your RAM to reduce disk usage
• If you’ve set your computer to go into sleep mode when it’s inactive, make sure of the following: close down on Web pages, since animated banners or other content might keep the system’s sleep mode from activating, show down any games or applications that will keep the computer “active”
• Unplug peripherals that are plugged directly into the computer
• Disconnect any virtual private networks
• Unplug power supplies that aren’t being used, since they will still draw power
• Use wired mice and keyboards instead of wireless ones

Cara Garetson Reports for Network World reports on new technology that saves power in her article Green Storage Means Money Saved on Power that talks about new energy saving storage devices.

To learn about saving energy in your computer system you can contact Matt Hahn at SWK Technologies 973-758-6117 www.swktech.com