OFFICE EQUIPMENT | Computer Monitors

Set energy savings features for your monitor
Over 50% of the energy consumed by a desktop computer is used to power the monitor. Energy consumption increases proportionally with the resolution and size of the monitor. Smaller, lower resolution monitors are often quite suitable for many types of software packages.

LCDs compared to CRTs
Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) found predominantly with laptops, use up to 90% less energy than conventional cathode ray tube (CRT) desktop color monitors. The visual performance of active matrix display LCDs are very comparable with conventional color monitors. Energy Star monitors automatically power down to 15 watts or less after a period of inactivity.

Energy saving hints when purchasing a computer and monitor:

• Ensure that the monitor connected to the computer is also able to enter a low-power state.
• Ensure the computer can operate commercial software before and after recovery from the low power state.
• Consider buying a laptop.
• Buy internal peripheral devices (e.g. modems) as it is more efficient to run these off your computer's own power supply.
• Buy a monitor that is only as large as required.
• Consider a monitor with a liquid crystal display.