The buzz words of “being green” are everywhere we look.  Many businesses are trying to find ways to support the global effort of reducing our carbon footprint on mother earth.  Being a green company was not something Clark Computer Care started out be, but by business model we are.  By performing remote safe and secure routine maintenance on computers helps in this effort by saving energy several ways. 

While we work to find ways to reduce our electrical requirements, our process does help to reduce several other green issues.  No employees drive anywhere to repair computers so we burn no fossil fuels to repair your computers.  Work can be scheduled during non-peek energy usage time periods.   As part of our service we can configure your computer to help in your efforts to reduce energy usage by using the tips below. 

Energy Saving Tips: All the popular operating systems provide several option to reduce energy usage.  

1. Hibernation is an option where the computer takes a naps after a period of nonuse that the user can select. 

1. Turning the monitor off after a selected time-period of nonuse or  turning the monitor off manually.

1. Computer should be recycled.  Yes, there are many stories about the mismanaged efforts in the process, but there are still good reasons to recycle your old computer.  Check to see if there is a computer recycle center near you.

1. Screen savers are not energy efficient they use the system central processor to generate the screen images.

1. Unplug you laptop battery charger when the battery is fully charged.  There are other benefits to this process.

1. Consider that laptop computers use less energy then desktop systems do, some as much as 50% less.

1. Before buying a new computer consider the possible upgrades to your current system.

1. Donating your old computer to a local school.  Clark Computer Care can remotely prepare your computer for donation.

Home user or small business, if you have the desire to be as earth friendly as possible, Clark Computer Care can configure your systems to save energy and give you the good feeling that you are doing your part.