Clean Up Your Computing
In comparison, the new breed of Green-PC's use an average of 30w, so in comparison to above it would only use 60 kwh. An energy saving of 85%!
Next time you're looking at upgrading your current PC, consider the Eco-Friendly Option. It may mean a slight increase in outlay, but this will be recouped by the saving on your electricity bill!
This Page Features -
- Green Home PC
- The Green Business Server
- Longevity from Quality
- Green Computing for every use from Very PC
- Green Media PC
- The Quietest PC's?
- Will You Cut Your Computers Carbon Footprint?
- The Eco-Button
- EcoButton on Fox 59 News
- Green Computing Links
- Vote for the Best "Green" Lens
- Get Cash Back & Carbon Credits!
- What Do You Think Of Green Computing?
- Build Your Own Green PC & Eco PC accessories
Green Home PC
The GreenPC Treeton is a tiny PC delivering quite a punch. At only the size of a shoebox, this PC contains a dual-core AMD 2.1GHz processor, integrated ATI X700 graphics with HDMI, up to 2GB RAM and up to 250GB hard disk. The basic model has a base energy consumption of just 29W (according to the London Environment Centre), a fraction of typical PC's!
"Whisper quiet, low energy consumption, good office performance
- Computeractive"
The Green Business Server
The Janus GreenServer is an ideal solution to a company wanting a powerful server base, with up to 4TB of storage! The Janus Server is in fact two servers , split down the middle, Each Server contains 8 processor cores, up to 32GB RAM, and up to 2x1TB Hard disks. The Default configuration has this unit Running at 112W idle per server in the base specification.
Longevity from Quality
By carefully selecting the highest quality components, VeryPC produce PC's that perform better for longer. They are confident that their machines have lifespans of at least 5 years compared the industry standard of 3.
The Green Gaming Machine
Green Computing for every use from Very PC
# Home Office
# Multimedia
# Creative
# Media Centre
# Gaming
Green Media PC
The Green Media Centre PC is perfect for those wanting a PC based environmentally friendly Media Centre without the carbon footprint of a concert venue.This beautifully designed PC will look perfectly at home in your entertainment centre. With a 250gb harddrive, 1 gb of ram, 8 USB ports(4 front, 4 rear) a powerful yet energy efficient AMD Dual Core Energy Efficient 2 x 1.9GHz processor, HDMI and remote control. This being the specifications of the 'budget' model.
The 'entertainer' model comes with more options for network, TV and Sound cards as well as a AMD Athlon X2 AM2 4400. This model also comes with a number of options for different case styling.
"The Treeton is the greenest in the entire PC marketplace
-HEXUS"
Very PC
The Quietest PC's?
VeryPC's run at much lower temperatures so less need for howling fans driving you crazy. They also use very effiecent fans making the fans present even quiter.
VeryPC as well as being Green, are also the quietest PC's by a long way!
VeryPC also design PC's specifically for
* 3ds Max
* Backburner
* Cinema 4D
* Maya
* Rhino 3D
* SolidWorks
Will You Cut Your Computers Carbon Footprint?
The Eco-Button
Ideal for those not willing or able to upgrade to a new pc, but still keen to save money and cut carbon emissions.
This fairly simple and cheap device relies on a little bit of software and a small button attached by cable to a USB port on your PC. When pressed, this quickly sends your pc into a deep-sleep mode, much faster than any other method of sending it into standby. Whilst using less power than it would on standby it is also instantly restores at a touch of of your keyboard, the computer instantly returns to where you left off and displays a splash screen showing savings of both money and carbon.
Also, it's much faster than navigating through your start menu, so it's more likely that you'll actually use it.
You can find the eco-button for sale at
Nigel's Eco Store
&
The Natural Collection along with a range of eco gadgets and consumables.
Iwantoneofthose.com are also stockists of the ecobutton.
Some older computers and some HP* computers may have difficulty in reactivation. This is a problem with the computer bios and not the software. It will work with all OS's, Vista, XP, windows 2000 & laptops, though Mac OS's are currently unsupported.
On my HP the reactivation doesn;t work by clicking the button, keys or mouse, you have to hit the actual start button on the box and it starts up straight away at the screen telling you your energy/CO2 saving.
BBC Video Clip - Working Lunch's Declan Curry road-tests the Eco-Button showing how simple it is to install and use.
EcoButton on Fox 59 News
Green Computing Links
- What PC? Article about green computing
- explains why the big players in PC manufacturing aren't interested in going green and are practicing corporate greenwash.
- Fact or Fiction?: Black Is Better than White for Energy-Efficient Screens: Scientific American
- Interesting article about whether monitors use more power to display a black screen or a white one! The quick answer is it depends on what the rest state of your LCD monitor is! Though if it's a CRT Black is a lot less energy hungry and you should consider using Blackle the Black Google!
- Blackle - Energy Saving Search
- Try it out! It's basically Google, but with a Black Screen!
- How Windows XP Wasted $25 Billion of Energy
- Article on how Microsoft is trying to claim Vista is energy effiecient, whilst ignoring the fact that XP was far too energy hungry!
- Hot PSUs Run Cool, Save Energy
- Blog Article on the US certification of Energy Efficient PSU's.
- BBC NEWS- The Carbon cost of Googling revealed
- Two Google searches produce as much CO2 as boiling a kettle, according to research by a Harvard University physicist.
- Leaving PCs on costing UK business millions ? The Register
- A third of business computers in the UK are left switched on overnight, costing British businesses more than £300m a year in extra electricity bills.
In the US the situation is even worse - half of corporate computers are left on overnight. This is costing US firms some $2.8bn a year.
Monitor Your Electricity Use
With these devices you can easily record your energy usage to give you an idea of where you need to make savings.
Kill A Watt Basic Model
P3 International P4400 Kill A Watt Electricity Usage Monitor
Amazon Price: $20.37 (as of 12/10/2009)
Kill A Watt Advanced Model
P3 International P4460 Kill A Watt EZ Electricity Usage Monitor
Amazon Price: $34.91 (as of 12/10/2009)
Many of the same features as above though has an extension cord built in and stores previous data whilst unplugged or powered off. Possibly some other features, but couldn't find these in the tech data.
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Kommunity Kudos!!!
On October 28th 2008 I was delighted to discover that the nice people atThe Giant Squid Community Showcase thought this was good enough to be featured there!
Thanks!!
Then in November '08...
It was nominated for the 2008 Giant Squid Awards in the 'Best Green Lens Category'
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Get Cash Back & Carbon Credits!
When you buy your Green VeryPc through MoreEco, the Green CashBack Company, not only do recieve rewards, you receive Carbon Offsetting too!VeryPc are one of many eco-friendly merchants that MoreEco have partnered with to provide cashback reward shopping for the green consumer.
What Do You Think Of Green Computing?
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- GeothermalVids GeothermalVids Sep 16, 2009 @ 10:17 pm
- Great lens. I learned so much from it! Thanks for sharing.
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- Clairwil Clairwil Jul 18, 2009 @ 7:03 am
- I have a terrible habit of wander off and leaving my PC on which I am trying to stop. Your lens has given me a nudge in the right direction.
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- AzR AzR May 27, 2009 @ 5:26 am
- Very useful lens! I will definitely consider the environment when purchasing another computer as opposed to just its spec.
thanks
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- Lazy_Environmentalist Lazy_Environmentalist May 4, 2009 @ 9:11 pm
- Nice lens! You've got a great collection of tips and resources here. I'd love it if you'd drop by my lens and say hello when you have the chance.
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Apr 18, 2009 @ 8:27 am
- I love the idea of a green PC and a compact one at that! Years ago, I was look at the mini Apple Mac -- I think they get it. Great job on this lens!
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- Spitfire42 Spitfire42 Mar 29, 2009 @ 10:37 am
- One of the best lenses on green computers I've seen! I'm in the process of building a new computer and will definitely using the great info here. I have a lens on renewable energy you might be interested in as well. Thanks again for all the great info!
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- Super_Natural Super_Natural Mar 21, 2009 @ 8:13 pm
- This is a very interesting lens. You share a lot of helpful information here. When you get the chance, I'd love it if you'd stop by my lens on green living and say hello.
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Build Your Own Green PC & Eco PC accessories
Coming Soon!!
Samsung Ecogreen F1 1TB Hard Drive
This hard drive is getting rave results from many review sites due to it's revoltionary use of 3 platters each storing 334gb. This reduces the number of parts required to operate the hard drive and helps to boost the drive's speed for overall improved performance.
The EcoGreen F1 incorporates 5400RPM rotational speeds, 3.0Gbps SATA interface, native command queuing features along with a 32MB buffer memory. The power consumption is also 15% less than most of it's 'green' competitors and 50% less power consumption than a traditional hard drive.
With the ability to be used as an external or internal drive and noise reduction technology named SilentSeek and NoiseGuard this will surely be a very popular drive for those wishing to build greener pc's.
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