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Advice

Consider the following:

1. Use as much natural daylight as possible, which is better for your eyes and psychology. When using your 'energy-efficient,' electrical lighting, remember to turn off the lights if you are not planning on coming back for more than five minutes.

2. Televisions, VCR's, DVD players, Hifi's, etc could be turned off at the socket when not in use as they still consume electricity in standby mode. Turning devices off at the socket will also reduce the chances of fire breaking out.

3. Computers have a variety of ways where energy can be saved including:

4. Power options allow your monitor, hard disk and entire system to power down at various intervals.

5. TFT Screens can use lower resolutions which require less power. However screens can become distorted when not used at their 'natural' resolutions. Usually half resolutions work well e.g. 1600*1200 does not reduce well to 1280*1024, but it does reduce well to 800*600.

6. Laptops use power save features in their 'mobile' processors and graphic cards.

Other sustainable considerations

Multi-sockets are not advisable because it is easy to overload them. However in the real world, dwellings are not very well designed for the modern world and therefore if you have to get one then why not consider one with surge protection. They might cost more but the added protection is worth the cost. However it is still important not to overload the socket past its rated amount.