{"id":17921,"date":"2009-09-02T13:11:24","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T20:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=17921"},"modified":"2015-08-17T14:56:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T21:56:12","slug":"sustainability-tip-of-the-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/sustainability-tip-of-the-week-5\/","title":{"rendered":"sustainability tip of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"60\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sustain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16803\" alt=\"sustainability\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sustain.jpg\" width=\"52\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Make your computer &#8216;greener&#8217;<\/strong><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"100\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/green.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17931\" alt=\"sustainability\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/green.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2013\/05\/green.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2013\/05\/green-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygreen.com\/green-homes\/blogs\/diy-hacks\/computer-settings-energy-efficiency-460325\" target=\"_blank\">Ninety percent of desktop computers are not optimized for energy efficiency<\/a>. Setting the power management settings on your computer can help save more than 400 kilowatt-hours annually or between $40-$80 each year.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some easy steps for PC users to get started:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to the &#8220;start&#8221; menu and click on it<\/li>\n<li>Click on &#8220;control panel&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Double click on &#8220;power management&#8221; or \u201cpower options\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Where it says &#8220;power schemes,&#8221; choose &#8220;always on&#8221; from the drop-down list<\/li>\n<li>Below the &#8220;settings for always on power scheme&#8221; tab, look for two drop-down lists, labeled &#8220;turn off monitor&#8221; and &#8220;turn off hard disks,&#8221; respectively<\/li>\n<li>From each list select the amount of time you want your computer to wait before entering energy savings mode\u2014between 2-15 minutes depending on your personal preferences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apple users will simply go the Apple pull-down menu, select &#8220;system preferences&#8221; and then &#8220;energy saver.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Sustainability tips are provided by Heather Farley, sustainability coordinator for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.nau.edu\/sustain\/\" target=\"_blank\">Office of Sustainability<\/a>.<br \/>\nSend questions or comments to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Heather.Farley@nau.edu\">Heather.Farley@nau.edu<\/a>. View\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/flagstaff.az.gov\/index.aspx?NID=1181\" target=\"_blank\">more tips<\/a>\u00a0from the City of Flagstaff.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/sustainability-tip-of-the-week-5\/\">Make your computer &#8216;greener&#8217;? Ninety percent of desktop computers are not optimized for energy efficiency. Setting the power management settings on your computer can help save more than 400 kilowatt-hours annually or between $40-$80 each year. Here are some easy steps for PC users to get started: Go to the &#8220;start&#8221; menu and click on&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}