Save money using these energy saving tips and help protect the environment
Whether you’re at home or in the office, it’s easy to save energy, cut costs and reduce the impact your computer products have on the environment. Learn how following just a few simple steps can help make a real difference.
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Make smart purchasing decisions
Buy energy efficient computer products. They can help you
save energy and money. An ENERGY STAR® qualified computer, for example, uses 75 percent less electricity than computers without enabled power management features.
Consider using flat panel liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors versus conventional CRT monitors. LCD monitors provides up to 70% power savings and provides up to twice
the lifespan of CRT monitors. LCD monitors also run cooler, which helps save on air conditioning costs.
Select the right-sized monitor to meet your needs. The bigger the monitor, the more energy it uses. Choose multifunction devices (MFDs) – like HP All-in-Ones – that do the work that used to require several machines. In addition to saving space and materials, these All-in-Ones save energy compared to several products working in parallel.
Select printers or multifunction products that offer two-sided printing to reduce paper and energy usage.
Networking printers and copiers will decrease their idle time and provide for more cost-effective use of the equipment.
Conserve resources during use
Enable the energy saving settings on PCs and peripherals – a feature that is enabled on all HP products running Microsoft Windows. You can find these settings in the Power Options menu in your PC’s Control Panel. A computer in idle mode uses 20 to 50 times the power of a computer in standby mode.
To increase savings, reduce the time delay before your equipment reverts to a power saving mode. This can also be set in the Power Options menu in your PC’s Control Panel.
Disable your screen savers to reduce energy use. Studies show that a monitor in screen saving mode uses significantly more energy than one in standby mode.
Adjust your computer’s data backup schedule to run during the workday so you don’t have to leave your computer on at night.
ENERGY STAR® recommends that you power down all electronics – computer, monitor, printer and other peripherals – when not in use. This includes unplugging power strips at the end of the day, because they consume energy even when the equipment is shut off. Be sure to power down all equipment connected to the power strip first.
Set printers to sleep mode. The printer will quickly return to “activity” status when new print jobs are submitted. Since 1993, increases in HP LaserJet “instant on fusing” energy efficiency have avoided a total of 3.5 million tons of CO2 emissions. This is equivalent to a year’s emissions for approximately 680,000 cars.
Complete the conservation cycle
When upgrading to more energy efficient products, check out HP’s trade-in, donate and recycling options for your used computer or printing hardware, batteries and HP printing supplies through programs like HP’s product recycling program.
Learn more about the steps you can take to improve your energy efficiency and stem environmental climate changes by viewing HP’s Take Action video.
Did You Know?
Many HP products are ENERGY STAR qualified.
An ENERGY STAR® multifunction All-in-One can save about $220 dollars in electricity bills over its lifetime.
Did You Know?
All HP PCs and monitors ship with energy savings settings enabled. A
single PC with enabled power settings saves enough energy to power a 75W light bulb continuously for over a year.
For every 12 consumers who keep these power settings enabled on their monitors and PCs, CO2 emissions will be avoided, equivalent to removing one automobile from the road.
ENERGY STAR® estimates that power management can save up to $75 per desktop computer and monitor each year.
Did You Know?
HP Planet Partners, part of the
HP Eco Solutions program, is designed to offer customers free and convenient HP print cartridge return options, and now includes HP authorized retail recycling locations for HP ink cartridge and LaserJet print cartridge collection, in addition to other recycling options such as free, preaddressed and postage paid shipping material.
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