Question

You might also want to challenge other commonly accepted green ideas or the impact of the various green activities . For example , what is the relative impact of these green measures ? What mass of carbon do these various common activities use up ?

1. Washing clothes at 300 degrees instead of 400 .
2. Shutting your computer down every night .
3. Using low - energy light bulbs instead of regular light bulbs ..
4. Switching off television instead of leaving it on standby .
5. Boiling only 1 cup of water at a time , instead of a whole kettle .​

Answer 1

2)A complete desktop uses an average of 200 Watt hours (Wh). This is the sum of the average consumption per hour of the computer itself (171 W), the internet modem (10 W), the printer (5 W) and the loudspeakers (20 W). Assuming that a computer is on for eight hours a day, the annual consumption comes to 600 kWh. That corresponds to CO2 emissions of about 175 kg per year, i.e. 1.75 % of the average annual emission of a Belgian.