Awareness

Awareness

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Turn off your computer & monitor when away for long periods

Print only that which must be printed

Enable Power Save features on laser printers

Buy Energy Star compliant devices

Awareness

What is Green Computing?
Simply said, Green Computing is the practice of efficiently using computer resources in an effort to conserve power and the protect our environment.

Prior to purchase
Before you purchase your next computer system, monitor, or other device Green Computing helps you to think about the purchase and consider both power usage during a product's life and disposal when end of a product's life comes.

	Consider only Energy Star compliant devices
	Consider less hardware (Virtualization)
	Purchase those items that are environment friendly and support those vendors who avoid filling landfills with not so friendly materials; i.e. if a package is shipped to you with biodegradable packing, continue purchasing from that vendor/supplier. If a vendor/supplier sends you a package using plastic, styrofoam or other unfriendly materials, find a different vendor/supplier.

After purchase
After purchasing a computing device, wisely implement power saving practices.

	Laser Printers: use power save features and turn completely off when not in use for long periods
	CRT monitors: replace with Energy Star compliant flat panel monitors
	Replace PCs with Thin Client devices whenever possible
	Enable power saving features on PCs and monitors
	Consider upgrading your Power Supply units (PSUs) with newer 80% efficient direct replacements
	Consider power shutdown software for devices that can and should be automatically shut down

Product End of Life
After a product has been determined that its usefulness is exhausted the product must be disposed of in such a way that it does not significantly impact the environment in a negative way. This can be thought of as Materials recycling or in our case "Computer Recycling".

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Energy Star

Definition: Energy Star is a United States government program created in 1992 by the US Environmental Protection Agency in an attempt to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission by power plants.

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