Christmas disconnect your devices

Climate change can sometimes be a controversial issue, but even skeptics will have to admit that there is no reason to waste energy.

Whether we work in the office or at home, many of us tend to turn on sleep on laptops and other devices.
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Many of us, for example, before leaving the office, remove the laptop from the docking station or disconnect it from the monitor, place it on the of our bag and we are ready for the ride home or… just the next room for those who work from home. The screen stays in place and we often let her “sleep” on her own – no lullaby, no good night, nothing… we just walk away.

"Typically, we choose sleep mode for convenience, to quickly reboot the device and get back to work without the delay of rebooting the operating system," says Tony Anscombe, head of public information at security at cybersecurity company ESET.

“But the standby mode that a display returns to means it typically consumes around 0,5W, 4kWh per year. And of course, the older the device, the more energy it is likely to have , καθώς μπορεί να μη συμμορφώνεται με κανονισμούς, όπως η οδηγία EcoDesign της Ευρωπαϊκής ς ”.

"Suppose now that the equipment used by a couple at home and in the office includes two monitors, two laptops, two telephone chargers and a docking station, and that they remain in standby mode," says Tony Anscombe.

"Suppose, too, that in an area with a population of just under eight million such as the Bay Area in where I live with my wife, 30% of the population puts the 4 4kWh appliances on standby, then 38,4 million kWh are wasted. Considering a typical energy mix, this creates a carbon footprint of 15 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. Can you calculate what this means for an entire country, continent or even worldwide?” concludes the ESET expert.

All of these devices could be unplugged when we leave the workplace at the end of the day.
Therefore, this Christmas as you move away from your workplace, whether at home or in the office, in order to return after the holiday season, unplug the appliances - it is both cost-effective and better for the environment.

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