British computer magazine discovers electricity cost of running computers
{{date|March 30, 2005}}
British computer magazine ''PC Pro'' has investigated the electricity costs of running today's computers.

Their investigations showed that an individual could save £250 a year while a medium-sized business could potentially save £5,000 a year by making changes to the way computers and their peripherals are operated.

A CRT monitor uses £150 of electricity over five years; enough to pay for a new low-power LCD monitor. Using a screen saver, rather than turning the monitor off or using many computers' built-in feature to turn monitors off after a period of inactivity, could cost £100 alone in a year.

It was also discovered that turning a single laser printer off overnight and on weekends would save £70 over the life of the printer.

Many others computer users however run 'distributed computing' projects while their computers are idle, such as the '@home' series of projects (including the well-known 'SETI@home').

==Sources==

*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4393453.stm|title= Power-hungry PCs cost users dear |author= |pub=BBC News |date=March 30, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/70479/pc-pro-launches-switch-it-off-campaign.html |title=PC Pro launches Switch IT Off campaign |author= |pub=PC Pro magazine |date=March 17, 2005}}

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British computer magazine PC Pro has investigated the electricity costs of running today's computers.

Their investigations showed that an individual could save £250 a year while a medium-sized business could potentially save £5,000 a year by making changes to the way computers and their peripherals are operated.

A CRT monitor uses £150 of electricity over five years; enough to pay for a new low-power LCD monitor. Using a screen saver, rather than turning the monitor off or using many computers' built-in feature to turn monitors off after a period of inactivity, could cost £100 alone in a year.

It was also discovered that turning a single laser printer off overnight and on weekends would save £70 over the life of the printer.

Many others computer users however run 'distributed computing' projects while their computers are idle, such as the '@home' series of projects (including the well-known 'SETI@home').
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