How is Blackle saving energy?
Created by Heap Media, Blackle, a search engine powered by Google Custom Search, is here “to remind us all of the need to take small steps in our everyday lives to save energy.”
So how does Blackle work in terms of saving any energy? Because the screen is predominantly black, Blackle works to save lots of energy. “Image displayed is primarily a function of the user’s color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen” (Roberson et al, 2002). Continue reading
