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Guest Post by Davinder from Techno Life @ tothepc.com
"Save your planet", you must have heard this many times. With so many people using computers, adopting green computing habits can for sure render help to this cause. Green computing does not involve any rocket science or use of premium software.
For starters, switch off or put your computer to sleep mode when not needed. Majority of us leave computer awake while we relish dreams at night. Not right? Allow your computer to have pleasure of little sleep!
Using a small utility Amp WinOFF you can configure computer to shut down automatically. Now this should help green cause big time. You can also configure power management settings on computer to optimize power consumption of the computer.
LocalCooling is one great piece of software to provide exhaustive information about power consumption of different components on computer. Next step involves eco-friendly way of dumping old computer. Checking out recycle options provided by computer vendor is best bet.
"Free is Good" endeavor by Yahoo is nice way to get rid of techno stuff that is still in working condition. Get cool stuff free while reducing waste and helping our planet! [Photo credit MeFind under CC]
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wrote, on July 15th, 2008
Nice, Have you heard of Cherrypal? I plan on checking it out when they are released. It is a very green cloud computer. You can learn more at http://technologycurrent.com/cherrypal-computer
wrote, on July 15th, 2008
cool..liked it…thanks
wrote, on July 15th, 2008
My firm used to throw away our old PCs but they are now either giving them away to charity or for specialist recycling. Every little bit helps.
PS - Nice to see a guest post, good work!
wrote, on July 15th, 2008
The recycling of old computer hardware (and cellphones & their batteries) is something which is of major concern to me. It would be cool if the major manufacturers would offer a small rebate / trade in of old equipment when upgrading.
wrote, on July 15th, 2008
All these are good ideas in the current energy shortage situation.
wrote, on July 16th, 2008
Hello Davinder. I never leave the computer on at night, not just because of the green issue, but also I have found that friends who leave their computers on all the time end up with their computers having problems more than I do.
Seems like there would be a connection there.
Some other ways to go green when computing (which I do) is:
- Try not to have to print anything. Instead, do as much as you can electronically.
- Print on both sides of paper when you do have to print.
- If you print something on one side but don’t need it after a day or two, put it back in the printer and print on the opposite side when you can.
- Turn your printer and speakers off so as to not waste power.
- Put your computer in a well lit area so you don’t need to use power to light up the room.
wrote, on July 16th, 2008
thats a nice article to save planet and avoid warming.
Nice drive, i support it
wrote, on July 16th, 2008
In our company we already made some big steps for switching to green computing.
As a part of this we implemented scriptlogic’s desktop management tool called desktop authority.
This tool includes very powerful power management abilities that can help in shutting down unused desktops and monitors saving thousands of dollars in energy costs.