The Century Times

Fast Facts :

• A standard Computer (including monitor) contributes over half a ton of Carbon-di-oxide into our atmosphere every year.
• This means Carbon emissions by a small office with about 15 PCs is equivalent to that of a mid-sized car!
• Carbon credits are currently being traded @ 15 Euros per ton of CO2 in the international market.
• An average PC consumes 600 units of electricity annually. Out of these, over 400 units are wasted by running the PC at full power even when its not in use!
• A decade back PCs used to work on a 100W SMPS but now they come loaded with 400W to 450W SMPS implying that they now consume over 4 times power to support ever increasing transistor chips on CPUs.
• In large Organisations, almost 60% of PCs are never shut down irrespective of working hours, holidays or the requirement …merely because employees don’t care for trivial issues.

[ Last week during my stay at IYH-New Delhi, when I complaint to my room-mate that he always forgot to put-off the A.C. before locking up the room, he replied that he preferred the room to be pre-heated whenever he entered back!!! Guess the amount of power wasted for 8-10 hours every day just to avoid a slight discomfort! We must forego such little luxuries in favour of larger cause.]

• 80% of PC users disable their individual power conservation settings within 90 days of purchase and they never reverse it!

What to do? :

• Enable power saver settings of your PC.
• Putting a PC in sleep or hibernate mode during inactive times can cut energy use from 60% to upto 90%.
• Switching from an old CRT monitor to the new age sleeky LCD-TFT display also cuts power consumption by upto 70%.
• Instruct your family members at home and your colleagues & subordinated at your office to power-off your monitors whenever they notice that you have stepped-out leaving your monitor on.
• Use SMPS based solar-invertors with zero load factor for your power back-ups.

What will I get? :

• All the above steps will cut down your power-bills substantially.
• Switching to TFT display is slightly expensive but its trendy & stylish and is good for your eyes, saves on your table space and is also Vaastu-friendly i.e. its slim & light looks springs up alacrity & activeness compared to the sluggish feelings brought by the old & heavy CRTs. Moreover it also saves 70% on power
• Solar Panels demand a heavy one time investment but given its long life and almost zero maintenance are cost-effective in the long run, especially in commercial premises where power rates are at their peaks.
• Putting aside all financial calculations, you will experience that rare & deep feeling of satisfaction for doing your bit to save and conserve your environment..
• If you have come this far, reading this post completely and still thinking then you have wasted your time & energy as well as your PC’s power. Kindly put your computer to sleep.

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