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I was thinking, yes I do that from time to time and stumbled on a thought.  If I am on my computer 15 hours a day, 22 in screen blazing, quad cores being cooled by 6 fans, 4 bright lights consistently on, ipod kicking out the jams, a/c keeping things nice, flushing the you know what after you know what, printer working overtime, burning through batteries left and right on my wireless, pencil sharpener every so ofter and on and on.  So the question is how ECO friendly is EE, how much green gas does it give off (which is cow farts btw), how can we help EE to be more ECO aware?

I think this starts with making your work environment more eco-friendly, dvancouver.  We can’t control how much power or water you consume.

You might consider a grey-water system combined with dual-flush low-flow toilets for the toilet flushing, and solar panels for the power usage. =)

Ceiling fans are great power savers over a/c as well.

Oh, and quit printing, why waste paper?  Do you really need a hard copy?  =)

I can go on and on if you’d like…

When I moved I did an energy audit of my home, replaced a few appliances, switched my PowerMac out for an iMac, and replaced our light bulbs.  Ending up saving about 1250 kilowatt hours per month.

Oh wait, EE?  Depends on how often you recycle your entries, ba dum cht.

Switching off all your house lights and working by candlelight while you code is nice.

You could also turn off the TV - hey you should be looking at yoyur monitor not the telly 😊

And for those essential EE tea/coffee breaks only half fill the kettle so it takes less electricity to boil.

Switching off all your house lights and working by candlelight while you code is nice.

Much better to buy low energy bulbs though or you might find your eyesight starting to fail after a while 😊

We have all low energy bulbs in our house. They are from around 3W - maximum of 10 but give out the equivalent light of 60W - 100W bulbs so no loss of light.

And for those essential EE tea/coffee breaks only half fill the kettle so it takes less electricity to boil.

… or purchase a Tefal Quick Cup like we did. Can save you up to 70% of your energy costs!!

Best wishes,

Mark