Green ICT Tips
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 | Setting up computer to automatically go to sleep during short breaks can cut energy use by 70 percent.
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| Switch off a PC monitor overnight this saves enough energy to microwave six dinners.
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| Turning a computer off at night so it runs only 8 hours a day computes to a reduction of 810 kWh per year, or a 67% yearly savings.
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| Investigate moving to thin-client devices or more efficient thick-client devices.
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| Procure energy efficient computer products. An ENERGY STAR® qualified computer, for example, uses much less electricity than computers without enabled power management features.
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| Upgrading older computers with more RAM or a new hard drive before buying new.
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| Activate the power saving options for computers to save power for the monitor, the hard drive(s) and the entire system.
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| Print on either sides or use the back side of old documents for faxes, scrap paper, or drafts, reduce margins and use smaller font.
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| Avoid color printing and print in draft mode whenever feasible.
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| Post employee manuals and similar materials online rather than distribute print copies.
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| Use chlorine-free paper with a higher percentage of post-consumer recycled content.
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| Reduce paper transactions by going digital for bill payment, vendor ordering, invoices, online banking, e-mail and faxing directly from your computer.
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| Write personal notes on digital media instead of on paper.
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| Use virtualization technologies for data centers, which allow greater utilization of hardware resources to accomplish more.
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| Implement data center energy management, which can reduce costs by as much as 20 percent.
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| Get servers out of departments and offices into properly designed data centers.
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| Using videoconferencing and other technological solutions reduce the amount of employee travel.
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| Using Networking printers and copiers will decrease their idle time and provide for more cost-effective use of the equipment.
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| Decrease the set point temperature in the datacenter by just one degree to reduce energy consumption by 4 to 5 percent.
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| Unplug Cell phone chargers, TVs, DVD players, stereos, microwaves and other electronics with transformers continue to draw power, even when they're off or not charging anything, as long as they're plugged in.
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| Switched-off electronic devices account for 40% of the energy consumed by electronics in an average home.
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| Recycle old software distribution cds, cd covers, documentation.
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| Recycling computer and other e-waste products prevents the release of heavy metals and toxins into the environment through landfills or incinerators.
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| Living smaller is a surefire way to reduce your ecological footprint.
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| Using a renewable power source to charge laptop will cut down on carbon emissions from fossil-fuel generated energy.
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| Reuse your water bottle. Avoid buying bottled water. In fact, reuse everything at least once, especially plastics.
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| Avoid using disposable items as much as possible. Anything you use only a few times and throw away consumes resources only to spend centuries in a landfill.
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| Switch to low-energy lighting and compact fluorescent bulbs.
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