Energy Myth Busting continued...
MYTH: Use a screen saver when you are away from your monitor.
FACT: You should shut off your computer
monitor anytime you are away from your work station. Screen savers were never
meant as energy savers – they were meant to protect your screen from having the
image displayed “burned” onto it. Today’s computers no longer experience this
problem, and so screen savers have all but become useless.
Computer
monitors on desktop units are separate from the computer processes unit (CPU).
This means you can turn the monitor on and off independently from the
“thinking” part of your machine. Monitors are essentially light switches –
turning on the brightness of the screen so you can see what you are working on.
This means they can be turned on and off like light switches! Computer monitors
consumer over ½ of the total energy used by a desktop – anytime you are away
from your screen, shut the monitor off to save energy.
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