Tips to reduce power consumption of your computer.

Computers are now more used day than they used to be, it is important to make your computer more energy efficient today.

Here are few tips that will help in decreasing power consumption of your computer(s).

1. Use Energy Efficient Products

Energy Star is an international standard for energy efficient consumer products. When you buy electronics, look for the logo shown above or ask for similarly certified products.

2. Use Blackle to Save Power

Blackle was created by Heap Media to remind us all of the need to take small steps in our everyday lives to save energy. Blackle searches are powered by Google Custom Search Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. A given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen, so you get all the goodness of Google and with all the additional environmental benefits.


This small tweak to Google has a potential to save 750 Megawatt hours a year. As of now, they’ve already saved more than a million watt hours with this tool!

3. Using LCD monitors instead of CRT

CRT monitors consumes more power than LCD screens of similar size. So if you’re looking to cut down on the power bill, consider dumping that old CRT monitor and moving on to a LCD monitor which consumes less power, looks cool on the table and else deliver crisper sharper images.