Green Home Computing for Dummies (ISBN - 0470467452)

387 Pages·2021·7.78 MB·English

Woody Leonhard
Bestselling author of all editions of
Windows® All-in-One For Dummies
Katherine Murray
Coauthor of Fundraising For Dummies

Learn to:
• Use your computer to green your lifestyle

• Recycle technology responsibly

• Reduce your impact on the planet with
eco-friendly computers and peripherals

• Manage your power usage with
software

Green Home
Computing

Making Everything Easier!™

Open the book and find:

• What the Energy Star can tell you

• Tips for reducing energy use
throughout your home

• The difference between Energy
Star and EnergyGuide

• How to decide what to print and
what to read on an electronic
device

• Ten great places to find green hints

• Definitions of common green
terms

• How to prepare equipment for
recycling

• Guidelines for setting up a green
home office

Woody Leonhard is best known for his various Windows All-In-One
For Dummies books. Woody’s a Microsoft MVP and one of the original
Microsoft Consulting Partners. He’s also a Contributing Editor for Windows
Secrets Newsletter. Katherine Murray is a nature lover, communications
expert, and the author of more than 50 books on technology and business
topics related to digital lifestyle.

Computing/Green/Sustainable

$24.99 US / $29.99 CN / £17.99 UK

ISBN 978-0-470-46745-9

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It can be easy to be green!
Follow these suggestions
and help save the planet

Get on board the green machine! Here’s how to assess your
technology’s green factor and make small changes with
big impact. You’ll also find tips for using technology in
green ways and advice on getting rid of old devices in an
environmentally friendly way. Learn what to buy, when to
upgrade, where to find green ideas, and much more.

• Watch your step — calculate the size of your carbon footprint
and see how much your electronics contribute to it

• Do your home work — find great advice to help you make the
case to your employer for telecommuting options

• You have the power — to use less energy, and you’ll find lots of
ways to do that

• Green upgrades — discover how to give your current computer a
green makeover

• Buying green — learn what to look for when shopping for a new
computer and peripherals

• When it’s time to retire your electronic devices — uncover earth-
friendly ways to recycle your old computer and be sure you don’t
give away your personal data

• Sharing is good — see how home networks, device sharing, and
Windows Home Server can protect the planet

• The green cloud — find out why cloud computing makes green
sense

Green Home Computing

Leonhard
Murray

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by Woody Leonhard
and Katherine Murray

Green Home
Computing

FOR
DUMmIES

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Green Home Computing For Dummies®

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About the Authors

Woody Leonhard’s tree-hugging tendencies date back to his years in the
Boy Scouts, where he specialized in whittling divining rods, analyzing ptero-
dactyl droppings, and stammering at Girl Scouts. He’s written a whole lotta
books, starting with Windows 3.1 Programming For Mere Mortals, back in 1992.
Somewhat more recently, he’s created many For Dummies books, in multiple
editions, covering myriad aspects of Windows 7, Vista, Windows XP, and
Offi ce. Woody’s a Contributing Editor for Windows Secrets Newsletter
(windowssecrets.com), and he runs his own blog at AskWoody.com, which
is tied into a giant all-volunteer computer Q&A site that currently boasts
more than 600,000 entries. If you have a question, you know where to go.

A decade ago, Woody moved to Phuket, Thailand, where he now lives
with his wife, Duangkhae (better known as “Add”), and his father, George.
Together, Woody and Add run Khun Woody’s Bakery and three Sandwich
Shoppes. If you’re ever in Phuket, drop a line —