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Desktop computers use around 100 Watts during normal functioning, while laptop computers around 30 Watts. We learned from different trustful sources over the web, that there’s no difference between keeping your computer on the standard more and running a cool screensaver.



It consumes exactly the same amount of energy. The good news is, as you probably already know, that as long as your computers is kept in sleep or standby it consumes about 5 Watts, which is a great achievement, especially if the monitor shows the black screen lowering the energy consume up to 3 Watts. All these numbers are on average, but they can give you the big picture of what to be eco-friendly means.

It is not annoying to set the time your computer should enter the Sleep mode and at a later time to press any key to wake it up, but at Gadgetshop.com you can find a practical tool that works like key on your keyboard, but in a separate unit. It is called the Eco Button and is an award-winning gadget colored in green. As it is not a good idea to shut down and unplug your PC each time you’re living home for a short period of time, because when you come back and restart it, the power needed for reboot is very high, you can use the Eco Button for controlling the eco-friendly Sleep mode.
You can simply tap on it once to tell your computer to enter Sleep mode, consuming just 1.8 Watts, and at the second tap it wakes up.

In addition, the gadget comes with a special software designed to record the energy consume and make clever calculations in order to prove you that you have the power to save the energy and thus your money.
To use it, you need to plug it into one of your free USB ports, press it when leaving the room and press once again when you come back and need to continue your work. Look at the application and discover how much money and carbon dioxide you have saved after spending just £14.99 on the Eco Button.

It works with Windows Vista but is not compatible with Apple Mac computers.