How to save energy in small steps

Often we do not think, given the amount of time that we spend today or for business or pleasure, it is easy to realize the amount of energy we could save money with simple precautions
Laser Printers: A survey of Swiss Federal Office of Energy has given surprising results about the power consumption of printers: the energy consumed to print is only 8% of the aggregate. This means that the remaining 92% of power consumption occurs when the printers are on standby or off. This also applies to photocopiers. For the actual process of copying it consumes only 40% of the current.
So, when we buy a new printer, we also as an option to purchase the power consumption in stand by;
Not forget that even using the printer can save us energy, for example in two-sided printing and recycled paper. In fact, his white office paper production requires three times more energy if we use less paper is a great way to save a good amount of electricity and trees.
PC Screens: the most efficient choice for the PC screen is always to LCD screens, in fact, an LCD consumes 70% less energy than a traditional CRT screen, a huge potential for savings!
Unfortunately, many LCD screens consume electricity even when switched off. Try to exploit the possibilities of energy management data from your computer. The so-called screen saver does not really put the screen on standby, but merely to obscure the image. We must instead turn on sleep. It 'very simple and is also convenient when the energy management of the PC is not enabled. Click on "Display Properties", then "Screen Saver" and choose short response times for screen saver, standby and shutdown. The screen is responsive, and will answer in seconds when you press a key or mouse movement.