Sunday, June 13, 2010

go green

According to carbonfootprint.com, a PC running for an hour generates 40-80 grams of CO2, while it consumes about 60-90 % of normal workload power even when idle. When working on a PC or a laptop, we may be distracted and engage in other activities like talking on the phone, or completing other tasks, which means the computer remains idle for long hours, hence wasting energy. It’s also surprising to know that even power-saving modes like ‘Sleep’ or ‘Standby’ can consume as much as 120 Watts of power.