A Black Background
...Consumes Less Energy.

Most web pages feature energy-consuming white or brightly coloured backgrounds.

Depending on the type and age of your monitor, a black background web page consumes as much as 20% less than a white or brightly-coloured page - with the same content! (EnergyStar 2008)

Sparling's web pages have been reconfigured on a black background to save energy and reduce stress on the eyes (savingenergy 2006) of visitors, like you.

Consider this:

• An all-white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all-black page uses only 59 watts (Eco-Iron2007)

• Google receives about 200 million queries per day. If these queries were shifted to black mode (i.e. Blackle™) the savings would equal approximately 8.3 megawatt-hours per day. (savingenergy2006)

Get started. Free and low cost ways to save energy.

1. Manually turn off your monitor and your computer when not in use.
2. In the average home, 75% of the electricity used to power home electronics is consumed while the products are turned off. Plug home electronics into power strips - then turn off the power strips when the equipment is not in use.
3. If it's in your budget, buy an LCD monitor - it will consume less energy.
4. Make sure "power management" is activated on your computer.
5. Use "blank screen" as a screensaver option.
6. Increase contrast settings
7. Reduce brightness settings.
8. Discontinue using a screen saver. They consume just as much energy as when you are using the computer.
9. Active "sleep" features on your computer.

For more information, please view the following pages:
More Energy Saving Tips.

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