As we were setting up our blogs for the sustainable consumption course, the discussion arose regarding the energy savings of different color backgrounds. On this discussion I wanted to point you to an article that I remembered reading about a year ago.
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/08/12/google-says-black-screen-doesnt-save-energy/
The issue was discussed by Google when people pointed to its white background as a culprit of significant energy use. The article claims that on flat panel monitors using a black background rather than a white background will actually use more energy. Unfortunately the article references a report, but the link is now broken or leading to some other website. If anyone can find the report they are referencing, I would appreciate it.
this is really interesting - and is a perfect of example of how the technically-most-rational/efficient solution often falls down when it comes to the messy business of actually being used by real people!
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