At work- Share your moving with your colleagues, friends and relatives or use public transport - The new computers must be compatible with the “Energy Star” standard which imposes a low consumption in standby mode - Turn off, if possible, the apparatuses between the periods of intensive use (photocopier, coffee machine, printer, etc, for example by using adapters with switches or timers) - Ventilate largely the rooms during 5 minutes 2 to 3 times per day is sufficient to regenerate the air. So, avoid over all the half-open windows all the day! - Do not mask the radiators with pieces of furniture or shelves, because they must radiate to transmit their heat, and the air must be able to circulate freely - At work, lighting is generally an important factor of consumption of energy. Unlike one says, whatever types of lighting considered, the additional consumption due to switching on is negligible (it is sometimes different from a financial point of view according to applied taxes)! It is thus judicious to turn off the light when leaving a room and to equip with sparing bulbs the rooms where lighting is strongly and lengthily requested - Before throwing away paper, check if it is not reusable for drafts - Within the scope of the development of new products, put into practice a strategy of ecological design
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