Have all Cathode Ray Tube Monitors (CRTs) been replaced with Liquid Crystal Display Monitors (LCDs)?
LCDs, or flat-panel screens, save one third to one half of the amount of energy used by CRTs. 5. Does your office use laptops or thin clients instead of PCs? While the average PC uses about 85 watts, the average laptop uses 15-45 watts. Similarly, a thin client requires only 40 to 50 watts. A thin client is a device that depends on the main server for processing. While it does not have storage, a thin client has several advantages such as decreasing the need for technical support, being less susceptible to viruses, storing data more safely, being smaller and being less costly. The choice of thin clients over PCs on the business desktop reduced CO2 emissions in Western Europe by 166,000 tons in 2007. 6. Are peripherals ( including printers) and power strips turned off at the end of the day as opposed to being left online or on sleep mode? Many IT components, such as monitors, printers, and fax machines, are “ghost” energy users, meaning that they continue to draw power even when they ar
