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Detailed Carbon Calculator
Instructions:
Measure the power consumption of a typical devices and move the POWER CONSUMPTION settings with your mouse.
Adjust the HOURS EQUIPMENT IS USED to reflect the number of hours a week that an average user would be actually working on the computer (after meetings, travelling time, telephone conversations and other work activities have been deducted)
Now adjust the HOURS EQUIPMENT IS ON slider to match the number of hours a week that each computer is typically left switched on (5 days a week = 120hours, 7 days a week = 168 hours)
Adjust the COST OF ELECTRICITY if you know what your organisation is charged per kWh (between 8p and 15p is common)
Click DONE if the calculator has multiple steps
Read or Print the calculations
"Climate change is not only a massive threat to the global environment, it is also perhaps the greatest economic challenge facing us in the twenty-first century. It demands an urgent and radical response across the developed and developing world"
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UK Department of Energy and Climate Change 2010
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