News: PCs on good behaviour

HP is getting in behind Power to Change, a global campaign to encourage personal computer users to take responsibility for reducing their energy consumption and reduce their environmental impact.

Participants can download a desktop widget that displays the individual and cumulative energy savings generated by the campaign through behavioural change.

The widget will demonstrate that even small changes can collectively have a big impact. It’s estimated that if 100,000 users shut down their work computers at the end of each day, energy savings could total more than 2,680 kilowatt-hours and carbon emissions reductions could total more than 1,500 kilos per day. This is the equivalent of eliminating more than 105 cars from the road each day.

“Green” tips include:

• Use Energy-Star qualified products
• Consider using gear that uses less power, such as laptops and flat-screen monitors
• Don’t use screen savers
• Print on both sides of paper
• Shut it down when not in use
• Turn it off at the wall to save even more power

The Power To Change widget can be downloaded at: www.hp.com/powertochange