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You should also review these general guidelines and best practices for managing energy throughout the hotel.
Office equipment that continuously runs consumes a significant amount of energy in aggregate. Purchasing Energy StarŪ office equipment, which includes built-in power management features that switch to a low-energy mode when not in use, reduces energy consumption and provides additional savings in air conditioning and maintenance. For example, an Energy StarŪ qualified computer, in sleep mode, uses 70% less electricity than computers without power management features.
- Purchase office equipment with built-in power management features.
Power management features switch to a low-energy mode when not in use, which not only saves energy but helps equipment run cooler and last longer. EPA offers Powerdown Software that decreases CPU power consumption while still running.
- Purchase Energy StarŪ office equipment.
Energy StarŪ office equipment includes computers, copiers, fax machines, commercial and industrial transformers, and water coolers. As an example of savings, fax machines that have earned the Energy StarŪ can reduce energy costs associated with fax machine use by almost 40%.
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