How to Reduce your Energy Footprint

Put the computer to bed at night.

Turn off your computer, or put it in hibernate or system standby mode. When you power up from standby mode your system resumes right where you left it. The EPA debunked the old myth that powering off/on your PC reduces its life. "Modern computers are designed to handle 40,000 on-off cycles before failure, and you’re not likely to approach that number during the average computer’s five- to seven-year life span."(energystar.gov)

Buy a green power supply.

Buy a 80 PLUS® Certified power supply. 80 PLUS Certified is the green standard in power supply efficiency. It means at any load between 20%-100% the power supply is working at least 80% efficiency. Older models may acheive only 65% efficiency! Look for models boasting Active Power Factor Correction (PFC). (80plus.org)

Here are three top choices:

Antec Earthwatts 380 Watt Power Supply

Antec Earthwatts 430 Watt Power Supply

Antec EA500 ATX 12V 500 Watt Power Supply

All of Antec's products are produced to be compliant with the RoHS standard for reduced hazardous materials, making them even more environmentally friendly.

Get Powered by the Wind.

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100% of our energy consumption in the office is offset by the purchase of wind energy credits. By purchasing these credits, we are helping bring more renewable energy to market, and guaranteeing wind farms will pump more energy into the grid, which means less is generated from greenhouse gas emitting power plants.

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