Posts Tagged ‘saving’
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Multiple Monitors and their various uses.
I’ve seen many people have more than one monitor for person use but never really thought about it for professional use. Really though depending on what you do it’s a great idea. For a web programmer like me it’s extremely useful. I can easily edit the website I’m working on at the time then just move on over and refresh to see what it looks like. It definitely minimizes clicking and saves a bit of time. I imagine for graphic designers it would be a good time saver too, they could work on multiple designs at the same time. How many monitors do you have hooked together or how many monitors would you like to have?
Written By: Alex Miller
Tags: do you use, for what, how many, monitors, saving, time, use, why
Posted in Everything Environmental, Leafy Discussions | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
The black background alternative to Google that will save your company money
Maybe it’s just me, but staring at white backgrounds all day on my monitor tends to tire the eyes. And it also uses a lot more resources – a lot more than say a black background. Here’s where Blackle comes into play. This search engine, powered by Google Custom Search, works just like any other but ditches the white. Easy on the eyes and the electric bill. There is some debate over whether the darker color scheme truly makes a difference in costs, depending on the type of monitor, but even if it is minimal, it’s worth it. And really, you’ll save your eyes. So check out Blackle the next time you need to search for information.
Written By: Meredith
Tags: Blackle, efficiency, saving, search engines
Posted in Everything Environmental, Your Eco Office | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Fonts that Print Using Less Ink
What’s a great way to save both your wallet and the environment? Print using eco-friendly fonts that use much less ink than other commonly used fonts. Usually, that means you have to change the default font your computer normally uses (like Arial or Times New Roman) to something that is lighter (Century Gothic for example). Avoid using “bold” or “black” fonts, as these use the most ink. Fonts that come in “Light” are usually the best. Additionally, you can reduce the font size and use the “draft” setting on your printer for documents that don’t require a high quality print. If legibility becomes a problem on the screen, which is common for lighter fonts, just change the font right before printing! Does anyone have any more ideas for ways to save on ink?
Written By Erin Blumer
Tags: bold, fonts, ink, italic, light, printer, saving, versions
Posted in Green Design, Tips, Tricks, and TriLeaf | 8 Comments »
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Put A Brick In It
Put a brick in your toilet. No, not in the toilet bowl, but in the cistern behind the bowl. The average cistern holds about 8 liters of water and approximately 6 of those 8 liters are emptied EVERYTIME you flush the toilet. That’s a lot of water; roughly equivalent to three half-gallons of milk
I’m sure you already know that the cistern fills up with water until the float rises to a certain point. If there is a brick in the cistern, then less water will be required to lift the float up to the required level. Less water in the cistern means less water goes down the drain.
If you could reduce your flush to 5 liters, assuming you flush the toilet an average of eight times per day, that is nearly 3000 liters of water that you could save per year, and if you are on a water meter, that’ll be good for your pocketbook, as well as the world.
Can you think of an easier way to go “green”?
Written By: Chris Horn
Tags: brick, eco tip, environmental, green, money, saving, toilet, water
Posted in Everything Environmental, TriLeaf's Eco Tips | 6 Comments »
Sunday, April 25th, 2010
How much money do you save by being green?
While being green can sometimes cost more, in the long run I feel that I save more money by being green than not. In my case, this is due mostly to energy savings around my house. The less energy you use the less your bill will be. I would say it is a good 10% in saving on my energy bills per month. This may seem trivial to most, but I feel in the long run it will save you alot of money. Think about it this way, if you save just $10 a month, in the long run over a year that is $120. Over five years that is $600. Now, to me that is a big difference just by paying attention to small things and changing a couple settings.
So how much do you save percentage wise?
Tags: being, energy, green, money, saving, year
Posted in Everything Environmental, Leafy Discussions | 4 Comments »
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
A pdf is a portable document format. Most places have a pdf reading program and typically it is the best way to transport documents that are completely finished with no editing. While some pdf’s are editable you have to be careful how you save them. There are pdf’s for using on the web, for sending in emails, and for high quality printing. When you save, you have to know what you are looking to do with that file. This will make your prints or projects faster in the long run.
Another thing about pdf is they save you money. For example, kinko’s will charge you to open up your jpeg images. This is because they typically take longer to open and keep other customers waiting. If you save everything as a pdf, you won’t get that extra charge. Another thing to note, is that if the file has a lot of layers or is a large file, be sure to flatten the image, before saving. But be sure to keep the original file as well. By flattening the image you will save disk space and time downloading the document at the printers.
Written By: Kim Woods
Tags: document, email, format, pdf, portable, printers, saving, sending
Posted in Tips, Tricks, and TriLeaf, TriLeaf's Design Tips | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Use less A/C by leaving your blinds closed.
When it is summer, we all know that our electricity bills go up because we are running our air conditioning. If you keep your blinds and drapes closed during most of the way, with just enough to give you light so you can do work, you will save energy. The sun as we all know heats things up, so if it shaded in your house it will stay cooler on average than if you have your shades wide open. Your air conditioning will run less and you might even save some money for an icee or ice cream to cool you down even more.
Written By: Kim Woods
Tags: a/c, air conditioning, drapes, eco tips, energy, environment, home, saving
Posted in Everything Environmental, TriLeaf's Eco Tips | No Comments »
Monday, April 19th, 2010
Don’t wash dishes with the water running continuously.
This is similar to the idea of don’t brush your teeth with the water running continously. If you happen to not have a dish washer, you have to do your dishes by hand. This means you are running water. Prerinse your dishes, then add your hot water, soap, and make sure that there is something stopping the water from leaving down the drain. This way your hot water stays so your other dishes can soak while you are washing the one dish.
The suggestion I have that is not done a lot of times is when you go to rinse off your dish. I suggest you fill the other side of the sink if you have to sinks with cold water. Rinse your dishes in there. This way you don’t have to turn your faucet on every time you need to rinse a dish.
Tags: dishes, how to, saving, sink, useage, water
Posted in Everything Environmental, TriLeaf's Eco Tips | No Comments »
Monday, April 12th, 2010
Saving an object may seem tedious and you forget to do it while you are typing, working or whatever. I know I have been working on a projectand the power gone out or my program shut down and I hadn’t saved in a long time and I am just royally pissed at myself. But since I have been using the shortcut to save it happens less often and when I do I loose less work.
It is the best little invention in my opinion. Like the copy and paste, you are going to hit control – , but this time it is control – S. You don’t have to fiddle with having your keys even leave the keyboard to grab the mouse, which in my opinion is the best part.
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TriLeaf Designs • Graphic & Website Design • www.TriLeafDesigns.com
Written by: Kim
Tags: keyboard, saving, short cuts
Posted in Tips, Tricks, and TriLeaf, TriLeaf's Design Tips | No Comments »
