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Background and Objective:
Computer is one of the most common office equipment that spends around 25%
energy consumption in an administrative building. As an action toward resistive
economy policy in saving energy, we conducted a study on affecting factors on
personal computers (PCs) power consumption in an academic center.
Materials and Methods:
This research was a cross-sectional study among a group of staff in Babol
University of Medical Sciences in 2014. The research population included all PC
users in main part of Babol University of Medical Sciences. The data were
collected by means of a researcher made data checklist through visiting,
interviewing and observation. The data were analyzed using descriptive
statistics indexes and chi-square test.
Results: Among 232 PC
users, 212 (91.4%) were educated. Almost 94% of computers were connected to
internet, and 56.5% were used more than 5 hours per day. 73%, 61%, and 25% of
computers were equipped with printers, speakers and scanners, respectively.
Only 63 (27.2%) of the users were familiar with the existing mechanisms of
reducing power consumption in a computer. Finally, more than half of users
(56%) were fully unplugging the computer and accessories at the end of work
shift.
Conclusion: Despite frequent
and prolonged computer use by the users, it seems that an academic center staff
knowledge about the mechanisms for reducing the power consumption is inadequate.
Thus, implementation of resistive economy policies requires staff training and
their cooperation.
Key words: Personal computers (PCs), Optimization, Use of
electricity, University, Resistive economy
Funding:
This study did
not have any supported.
Conflict
of interest:
None declared.
Ethical
approval: This
project was not registered
How to cite this article: Mousavi Anijdan SH, Tirgar A. Assessment
of Affecting Factors on Personal Computer's Power Consumption in an Academic
Center in 2014: A Short Report. J
RafsanjanUniv Med Sci 2015 14(6): 525-32. [Farsi]
Received: 2015/04/5 | Accepted: 2015/06/20 | Published: 2015/09/27
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