The free monitor deal

Ha!  That caught your attention but it’s not a throwaway line.  You can genuinely obtain a free monitor for your PC. 

If you are currently using an old CRT display then the energy saving from converting to modern low energy TFT flat screen displays will actually pay for the cost of the monitors.

Typical CRTs may consume 100 to 150 Watts, compared to between 25 and 50 Watts for a TFT FPD.  Let’s take the worst case and assume a 50 watt saving.  In an eight hour day that works out at 400 watts.  That’s 8kw per week, 400kw per year.  At even 10p per kw/hr that’s a saving of £40. 

Over 3 years you will have saved at least £120, the cost of the monitor, and possibly far more. 

A few more money saving tips and energy saving tips you may like to consider:

• Turn off PCs and monitors when they are not being used.
• Set PCs and monitors to ‘hibernate’ after X minutes of not being used.
• When renewing PCs consider low energy models.