Monitor: measure power consumption - how it works

In order to further reduce energy costs, you should measure the power consumption of your monitor accurately. We'll tell you how this works in this practical tip.

Reduce power consumption from the monitor - so it'll work

• To measure the power consumption of your screen, you must connect it to a power consumption meter.
• This shows you the consumption of the monitor in detail. If this is very high, you should consider buying a new one to save money.
• Some screens have different setting options to reduce power consumption.
• You can find out whether this also applies to your screen in the manual.
• It is often sufficient to lower the brightness of the screen in order to save electricity.

In the next practical tip you will find out how much electricity a PC actually uses.