Energy Efficiency Quiz

Which of the following consumes the most electricity?

What is the main problem in terms of power consumption for home computers?

What is the impact of turning off a computer at night?

What percentage of electricity consumed in America is used by big servers?

How has the number of servers in the world changed since 2000?

What is the power consumption of a typical desktop and monitor together?

Which appliances should you look at first to cut power consumption?

What percentage of electricity consumed in America is used by big servers?

How has the number of servers in the world changed since 2000?

What are the gas-guzzlers of the computer world?

Turning a computer off at night would certainly do no harm (though it might not be best for the computer). The gas-guzzlers of the computer world are the big servers that big firms use to store ______ data.

A typical desktop and monitor together use perhaps 150 watts, and in “sleep” mode the consumption could be as little as ______ watts.

Relax: the main problem is not the computer you keep at home. Most of those are fairly ______.

The number of servers in the world has doubled since ______.

If you want to cut power consumption (whether to save the planet or to save money), look first to air-conditioning, heating and hot water, and then to the efficiency of ______.