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Saving Power in your Home Office

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

cweditor writes "Rob Mitchell shows how he measured energy use of all his home office equipment, and then targeted the energy pigs for replacement. With better equipment choices, he'd save $90/year. If you've got more than a couple of computers and printers at home (and if you're a Slashdot reader, you probably do), the savings would be a lot higher. Includes detailed formulas as well as a spreadsheet on monitor energy usage."

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  1. Re:Saving elsewhere by TheDormouse · · Score: 5, Informative

    Surely not buying a washing machine would be more efficent too, just do your dishes in the sink.

    No. A full load in the dishwasher actually uses less resources than doing dishes by hand. And the dishwasher will actually clean and disinfect the dishes properly, whereas most people doing dishes by hand won't actually kill all the bacteria while using at least twice as much water.