Black Google saves energy
November 8, 2007
An interesting and effortless opportunity to practice personal sustainability, care of EcoIron and Rising Phoenix Design.
Consider a simple calculation:
- According to the U.S. Dept. of Energy, an all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts.
- At 200 million queries per day, Google (white), is displayed about 550,000 hours per day.
- Black Google would save 750 megawatt-hours a year.
If Google is your homepage, try using this instead.
Promote energy-efficient web design. Go black.
Posted by Daniel in : Ethics, Links, Society, Sustainability, Technology , trackback
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well that’s a neat idea, I think I like it.
One Laptop Per Child Screens work differently, not quite sure how it works, but I’ve heard of some new screen tech that only updates when you make changes, uses astronomically less power, we’re talking like biggawatts of juice saved.
ps your site is all linky with mine, why’s that? you dropping links like they’re hot or what?
Is something wrong with my math? I feel like I must be missing a zero somewhere…
750 megawatt-hours per year = 7,500 kilowatt-hours per year
@ ~$0.10/k-h that would mean that we’re saving the planet $750/year.
Right! I was missing two of them.
750 megawatt-hours per year is 750,000 kilowatt-hours per year
or $75,000/year on that assumption.
Much better.
great gesture
you should try http://www.ecofree.org better colors and same effect !