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Green Computing
April 12, 2011
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Fact or Fiction?• Using a screen saver
saves my monitor and/or energy.
• Turning my computer off and on reduces the life of the hard drive.
• I can use blank sides of paper to print on for a draft copy.
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Green Computing?“Green computing is theenvironmentally responsibleuse of computers and relatedresources.”
Source: http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid80_gci1246959,00.html
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How Much Energy Does Your Computer System Use?
• 65 - 250 watts of electrical power
• 150 watts for CRT vs. 50 watts for an LCD display
• Laptop - 15 to 45 watts
• Laser printer - 100 watts or more when printing; much less if idling in a “sleep mode”
• Ink jet printers use as little as 12 watts while printing and 5 watts while idling
http://ecenter.colorado.edu/energy/projects/green_computing.htmlhttp://www.wisegeek.com/how-much-electricity-does-a-computer-use.htm
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How Much Can You Save?• Having a computer on
40 hours per week instead of all the time, uses $40 less annually in energy costs.
• Assumes 85 watts computer and $0.083/kWh
• http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_power_mgt_users
• http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/howmuch.html
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15%…Worldwide Percentage of money spent on powering your computer dedicated to computing; the rest of the money ($250 billion) is spent on energy wasted in idling.
Source: http://planetgreen.discovery.com/go-green/home-electronics/home-electronics-statistics.html
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Energy Efficient Computing
• When not in use, turn off the juice
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Switch Off the Strip
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Energy Efficient Computing
• Screen savers save no energy and do not save screens
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Energy Efficient Computing
• Screen savers save no energy but Power Schemes do
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_power_mgt_users
In Windows 7, search for “Choose Power Plan” and “Edit Power Plan”
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Old Computers• Repurpose, Reuse or
Donate• Recycle
– There may be a charge– Special days during the year– Households vs. companies– Sample: Best Buy
• Websites– M
ichigan’s Electronic Waste Takeback Program
• Example company: GEEP
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Computer Recycling Video
• Recycling video• Things to look out for
– Where are they taking your equipment?
– What are they doing with your equipment?
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Reduce Paper Waste
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Before You Print…• Do you really need to
print?• Did you proofread your
document?• Did you print preview to
ensure proper formatting?
• Do you need all the pages of the document printed?
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Reduce Paper Waste• Print as little as possible• Don’t printout emails• Try to email documents instead of
faxing• Smaller font sizes and margins on
large documents can save a good deal of paper
• Try circulating items instead of copying
• Use double-sided printing and copying
• Reuse paper only printed on once
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Reduce Paper Waste• Use Review features within
Microsoft Word such as Track Changes, Comments, and Ink—no need to print to edit documents
• Be careful where you print• Copy the minimum that you
need• Teach students these lessons• Accept work electronically
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Other Waste Reducing Steps
• Don’t print in color if you don’t need to
• Make laser prints over inkjet prints
• Make multiple copies on copiers
• Use 100% post consumer recycled paper
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Don’t Make PhotocopiesDon’t Make Photocopies• Scan it
– You can store it digitally• It’s already digital?
– Email it• Don’t want people to
change it?– Turn it into a PDF
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Going Paperless for Earth Day
• Pledge to refrain from using any paper or accepting any work on paper this Earth Day
http://teachpaperless.blogspot.com/
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Other Green Computing Practices
• Recycling– Recycle batteries, ink
cartridges and print toner
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Before You Buy• Can you upgrade
instead?• Buy only “Energy Star”
computers, monitors and printers
• Buy laptops not desktops• Buy ink jet printers, not
laser printers for home usehttp://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/how-the-companies-line-up
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IT’S NOT JUST COMPUTERS
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Green Your Electronics• Tree Hugger Info
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Digital Cameras & Rechargeable Batteries
http://www.steves-digicams.com/digi_accessories.html
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Cell Phones• Never throw a cell phone in the garbage• Recycle it!• You can get money for it.• www.cellforcash.com
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Lessen Your Impact• Offset Your Carbon
Footprint– Carbonfund.org– Carbonneutral.com
• www.ecobusinesslinks.com/carbon_offset_wind_credits_carbon_reduction.htm
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Green Computing Pledge• I will…
tool4learning.com/gc
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Some “Recycling” Videos• Hard drives:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQYPCPB1g3o
• Computer parts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1_uvM-5xKs&feature=user
• A car! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZDngpTmpzQ&feature=user
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Green Computing Resources• http://ecenter.colorado.edu/energy/
projects/green_computing.html • http://
www.energymanagement.umich.edu/utilities/energy_management/computing/
• http://www.facilities.ohiou.edu/greenpc• http://www.environment.columbia.edu/
docs-wycd/green_guide/Facts.html • http://wiki.williams.edu/display/docs/
Green+Computing • http://www.uoregon.edu/~recycle/
Conservation_computing_text.htm • http://www.ecofoot.msu.edu/
documents/green.computing.guide.pdf