Mar 2009
Climate Change Mind Maps
10/03/09 12:52 Filed in: Sustainability
The two mind maps below provide a really clear and
consise summary of what schools and individuals can
do to help reduce the future impact of climate
change.
They were created by Jane Genovese from Learning Fundamentals.
Read about how she created the maps here.
Download the maps by clicking on the pictures below.
They were created by Jane Genovese from Learning Fundamentals.
Read about how she created the maps here.
Download the maps by clicking on the pictures below.
Standby Power
10/03/09 10:19 Filed in: Sustainability
Are you aware that any device left on standby could
be contributing to 10% of your electricity bill as
well as contributing to your home/school or office
carbon emissions.
The website below provides a guide to electricity consumption of devices on stand by. The site is American but would reflect the state of Australian electronic devices as well.
http://standby.lbl.gov/summary-table.html
If possible its best to turn all these devices off at the wall.
One clever solution to dealing with standby power is the earth smart power board.
http://www.crestonline.biz/info/earthsmart
This board has one computer as a host with all the other devices printer/hard drive/scanner plugged into the other ports. Once the host computer is shut down the board powers down all the other connected devices saving on stand by power.
Steve
The website below provides a guide to electricity consumption of devices on stand by. The site is American but would reflect the state of Australian electronic devices as well.
http://standby.lbl.gov/summary-table.html
If possible its best to turn all these devices off at the wall.
One clever solution to dealing with standby power is the earth smart power board.
http://www.crestonline.biz/info/earthsmart
This board has one computer as a host with all the other devices printer/hard drive/scanner plugged into the other ports. Once the host computer is shut down the board powers down all the other connected devices saving on stand by power.
Steve