The average working adult aged 25- to 50 spends 8.8 hours in the office each day. While you are there think about the ways that you could reduce your impact.
- Use a power strip to place all your electrical plugs into the same socket so that you can easily turn them all off and on.
- Consider using table & desk lamps instead of harsh overhead fluorescent lights
- Switch any regular light bulbs in desk side lamps to LED or CFL light bulbs.
- Set your computer to "Power Saver" to save your computer battery and reduce energy.
- Forgo a screensaver; no screensaver means less energy spent on unnecessary animation when you are away from your computer.
- Physically shut your computer
down at night and if you are going to be away for a long time; the extra time it takes to turn it on is nothing compared to the energy saved. - When leaving for a short period of time shut the monitor or put your computer on "sleep" - this saves energy and increases privacy.