One third or more of energy used on a PC and monitor is wasted energy!
This wasted energy can cost you around £50 or more a year.
This wasted energy can cost you around £50 or more a year.
Did you know?
Computers and monitors can account for half of the electricity used in a typical office. A single monitor left switched on overnight can use the same energy as a laser printer producing 800 A4 printed copies, - and don't be fooled by a screensaver - the computer is still working at full power to run this!
There are some 10 million office PC's in Britain and 1.8 million are reguarly left on overnight or all weekend, accrording to a recent study on energy wasteage. This means that around 1.5 billion kWh of energy is wasted by computers and monitors being left on - that's approximately £115 million wasted in the UK every year! Convert this into carbon and we waste around 7000,000 tonnes of carbon because of workers not switching off computers and monitors in the UK (that's 10% of the UK climate change levy target)!
Computers and monitors can account for half of the electricity used in a typical office. A single monitor left switched on overnight can use the same energy as a laser printer producing 800 A4 printed copies, - and don't be fooled by a screensaver - the computer is still working at full power to run this!
There are some 10 million office PC's in Britain and 1.8 million are reguarly left on overnight or all weekend, accrording to a recent study on energy wasteage. This means that around 1.5 billion kWh of energy is wasted by computers and monitors being left on - that's approximately £115 million wasted in the UK every year! Convert this into carbon and we waste around 7000,000 tonnes of carbon because of workers not switching off computers and monitors in the UK (that's 10% of the UK climate change levy target)!
How Does the ecobutton work?
The ecobutton is an illuminating USB devise that acts as a reminder and a prompt for the user to press the ecobutton at every opportunity whenever the computer is going to be left idle. This could be from taking a phone call or break, to doing paperwork or going to lunch and meetings where otherwise the computer would normally be left on. This is because people generally do not like turning off their computers because of the time it often takes to restart.
The ecobutton is an illuminating USB devise that acts as a reminder and a prompt for the user to press the ecobutton at every opportunity whenever the computer is going to be left idle. This could be from taking a phone call or break, to doing paperwork or going to lunch and meetings where otherwise the computer would normally be left on. This is because people generally do not like turning off their computers because of the time it often takes to restart.
When the ecobutton is pressed it engages the computer into energy saving ecomode. This ensures that both the computer and monitor are set to operate in the most efficient, lowest power mode available. which actually draws only the same nominal power as when the computer and monitor are turned off!
When you need to use the computer again, simply press any key to instantly return to where you left off!
When you need to use the computer again, simply press any key to instantly return to where you left off!
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