Save Energy - Prevent Global Warming by changing your computer (and website) colours

Save Energy - Prevent Global Warming by changing your computer (and website) colours
White and bright colors (especially in backgrounds) can use up to 20% more power than black or dark colors. Look to the right to see the power usage (in Watts) of a sample monitor with different screen backgrounds. Unfortunately, e-mail and word processors tend to use white backgrounds, so your workstation uses considerable power while you are in these programs, which you are during much of the day. Because black-on-white is the most familiar (it’s just like the newspaper), selecting alternate combinations may not be appealing. However, you can change your desktop background to something efficient. You can change your background by selecting Start, Settings, Control Panel, Display, and Appearance tab. The “Item” field should say “Desktop”. Under color, select one of the colors at the right that has a rating below 65W and then click OK.

White - 74W
Fuchsia - 69W
Yellow - 69W
Aqua - 68W
Silver - 67W
Blue - 65W
Red - 65W
Lime - 63W
Gray - 62W
Olive - 61W
Purple - 61W
Teal - 61W
Green - 60W
Maroon - 60W
Navy - 60W
Black - 59W