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WAYS YOU CAN GO GREEN: LAPTOP
Turn your power settings down on your battery.
Lower your screen brightness.
Put computer on sleep when away.
WAYS YOU CAN GO GREEN: DESKTOP
Lower screen brightness.
Turn computer on sleep when away.
WAYS YOU CAN GO GREEN: BRICKFILMING
If possible, use only one lamp and turn off the other.
Set your lamp on a slightly lower setting.
Suggestions are appreciated.
No, no, absolutly not, they have made our highways green, they have made our homes green, they have made our leisure green, but they will NOT make Brickfilming Green!
Good idea, though I think the main concern is the energy a computer uses. Lamps are fairly efficient.
No, no, absolutly not, they have made our highways green, they have made our homes green, they have made our leisure green, but they will NOT make Brickfilming Green!
Right. Everyone, let's be obtrusively wasteful.
Unfortunately the lamps kind of come with the territory, I wouldn't settle for using only one lamp just because it saves energy if I can get much better results from two- in the grand scheme of things I can always save the energy elsewhere. However, the idea that you should turn things off when you aren't using them is certainly a good one; there's no reason you should leave stuff on while you go do whatever, it just costs you money in the long run.
It's an interesting idea, I think the best way is to make sure your lamp and computer aren't working while you aren't. Personally, I'm going to keep my brightness, as I fear a lower brightness might give me an incorrect representation of the image, and I might end up with an over exposed image as I would try and compensate for the lack of brightness. It's a good idea though, and I'll welcome any other tips.
My electricity comes from the national grid so what comes trough my sockets is not my problem.
No, no, absolutely not, they have made our highways green, they have made our homes green, they have made our leisure green, but they will NOT make Brickfilming Green!
I don't know if its the same there but here the government is taxing everything and using the money to build crappy wind turbines and the like, its kind of unfair.
But i do like the idea of saving on electricity bills.
Lower screen brightness.
Not going to save energy.
If possible, use only one lamp and turn off the other.
Set your lamp on a slightly lower setting.
Energy saving light bulbs mate. You can get 8 watt bulbs that give off 40watt equivalent.
Also buying Lego in its self isn't very eco-friendly. Especially for you guys outside of Europe.
awsome idia Specever, i dont use lights ( lamps and stuff) i use the light outside because my studio ( a.k.a my desk in my room) is right in front of a window! 
im sorry to say this but my 6 year old dell inspiron cant be unpluged from the wall socket or it will die on the spot and i think a new battery will cost like 75-200 dollers ( i think) to get a new one so im stuck there . but great idia for people who want to be or are, green! 
im sorry to say this but my 6 year old dell inspiron cant be unpluged from the wall socket or it will die on the spot and i think a new battery will cost like 75-200 dollers ( i think)
The good ones are £2 here.
justsomekidpro wrote:im sorry to say this but my 6 year old dell inspiron cant be unpluged from the wall socket or it will die on the spot and i think a new battery will cost like 75-200 dollers ( i think)
The good ones are £2 here.
WHAT???????? IS THAT POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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You mean this right?
And if so yeah. In Tesco's I got 2 for £4, not cheep but cheaper than $200.
Not going to save energy.
Actually, it would. Turning down your screen brightness uses a lot less energy because the lights in the screen don't have to shine as brightly, and don't need as much energy to shine dimly.
http://coreelectronics.info/wp-content/ … attery.jpg
You mean this right?
And if so yeah. In Tesco's I got 2 for £4, not cheep but cheaper than $200.
idk, are you sure thoese are computer battery's???? i tought they would be bigger?
http://coreelectronics.info/wp-content/ … attery.jpg
You mean this right?
And if so yeah. In Tesco's I got 2 for £4, not cheep but cheaper than $200.
I'm not sure if you're trolling or if you're horribly misinformed, but I've never seen a laptop run on watch batteries.
Are dell Inspiron's not desktops?
@justsomekidpro Yeah if its a laptop your gonna need a laptop battery but i thought you were on about the battery you need to keep your clock working and thus software from messing its self up.
Edit:
I'm not sure if you're trolling or if you're horribly misinformed, but I've never seen a laptop run on watch batteries.
Misinformed, I don't troll this site.
Last edited by TDogg186 (August 1, 2010 (12:30pm))
Guys, I was being Sarcastic.
Ah, that's my bad TDogg, I jumped too fast on that one. She may have meant a desktop, I just assumed she was referring to a laptop. My apologies.
For sake of staying on topic:
I wonder how much of a difference self lighting sets with LEDs make energy wise, versus a set lit from above with lamps? Obviously it would only be practical in certain circumstances, but it would be an interesting experiment.
WAYS YOU CAN GO GREEN: BRICKFILMING
If possible, use only one lamp and turn off the other.
Set your lamp on a slightly lower setting.
That suggestion might be problematic.
Biggest way to go green: brickfilming - don't animate at all.
Honestly, I would rather make a great brickfilm instead of lowering and adjusting all my settings and equipment in order to be "green".
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