Can gadgets be green? Can gadgets be good? After reading Joel Hruska's article, Five ways to keep your PC cool on a hot summer day , I was inspired to check out our computers and gadgets to see what was gobbling up power. Here's what I found out when I measured the energy used. Our Current Gadgets & Their Energy Consumption Configuration Standby (switched off, plugged in) On Computer, monitor, speakers (circa 2003) Windows XP 25 watts 200 watts Dell Desktop Computer with monitor (circa 2003) 6 watts 100 watts HP Desktop with monitor, printer, external hard drive and webcam - circa 2006 21 watts 90 watts ASUS EEE PC, 9 inch laptop running XP, just purchased 2.5 watts 18 watts OLPC laptop 0 10 Shaw Digital Cable Modem for Digital TV 24 watts 25 watts Pioneer DVR 20 watts 20 watts Sony 27 inch TV 4 watts 105 watts iPod Clock Radio - Timex 5 watts 6.5 watts Sony Regular Clock Radio 2 watts 2 watts Cell phone charger for LG phone 0 watts 4 watts Panasonic Cordless Phone, 2005 3 watts, empty cradle 4 watts Pansonic Cordless Phone, 2007 2 watt 3 watt PS2 1 watt 30 watt Chest Freezer, medium (circa 1992) for comparison variable average 40 watts Just as I suspected - the older computers are the worst. Our electricity cost is about 100 watts x 24 hours x 365 days = $91.25 per year so a rough estimate of our electronic stuff (phone, ipod, computers, PS2, DVR, TVs) cost is about $220. We currently shutdown the oldest computers when not in use and l ...
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Can gadgets be green? Can gadgets be good? After reading Joel Hruska's article, Five ways to keep your PC cool on a hot summer day , I was inspired to check out our computers and gadgets to see what was gobbling up power. Here's what I found out when I measured the energy used. Our Current Gadgets & Their Energy Consumption Configuration Standby (switched off, plugged in) On Computer, monitor, speakers (circa 2003) Windows XP 25 watts 200 watts Dell Desktop Computer with monitor (circa 2003) 6 watts 100 watts HP Desktop with monitor, printer, external hard drive and webcam - circa 2006 21 watts 90 watts ASUS EEE PC, 9 inch laptop running XP, just purchased 2.5 watts 18 watts OLPC laptop 0 10 Shaw Digital Cable Modem for Digital TV 24 watts 25 watts Pioneer DVR 20 watts 20 watts Sony 27 inch TV 4 watts 105 watts iPod Clock Radio - Timex 5 watts 6.5 watts Sony Regular Clock Radio 2 watts 2 watts Cell phone charger for LG phone 0 watts 4 watts Panasonic Cordless Phone, 2005 3 watts, empty cradle 4 watts Pansonic Cordless Phone, 2007 2 watt 3 watt PS2 1 watt 30 watt Chest Freezer, medium (circa 1992) for comparison variable average 40 watts Just as I suspected - the older computers are the worst. Our electricity cost is about 100 watts x 24 hours x 365 days = $91.25 per year so a rough estimate of our electronic stuff (phone, ipod, computers, PS2, DVR, TVs) cost is about $220. We currently shutdown the oldest computers when not in use and l ...