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TIPS FOR EVERYDAY
Here are some tips for 'greening' that we offer, collect and pass on to our friends, colleagues and clients. Please send us one of your own and we'll see if we can include it here.


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Businesslike Green Tips Shut down your computer
Leaving your computer on when you call it a day may save you, what, 40 seconds of restart time the next morning? C'mon, you can't be THAT busy! But the costs are enormous. A single computer, left on nights and weekends, can cost $95 a year in wasted energy. Power down when you leave for the day or for an extended lunch break. For just a regular break away from your desk, turn off your monitor or set your computer into Sleep mode for Mac or Suspend mode for PC. If you'll be away from your computer for more than just a few minutes, shut 'er down!

Business Week just ran a feature on a 'regular' green home. Check it our by clicking here. It is important to know that cost and energy savings need not take on strange and unfamiliar forms & designs.