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Focusing on Green Equipment and Recycling at Work
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Quad - State Business Journal
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June 1, 2008
- Author:
- Heerwagen, Peter
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With energy prices skyrocketing and global warming on the front page of newspapers and on the nightly newscasts, business people are greening technology used in the workplace.
It's no secret that computers and peripheral equipment consume gobs of electricity; in fact that's one reason for the scramble for more electric power as the Internet and related technologies have grown in popularity.
CRT monitors in the office are energy guzzlers. "The older ones are like TV sets," said Tom Andersen, president of Greater Valley Technology Management in Stephens City, Va. "The LCD monitors are a lot more energy efficient and don't put off as much heat. That is important for large offices with a lot of ...