Blackle saves Energy

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Blackle is another search engine in Web market. It was launched in January 2007. This website came out with a purpose of saving the energy.

Blackle is powered by Google Custom Search, which aims to save energy by displaying a black background.

The fact is that white background consumes more power for normal monitor than black background.

Blackle Idea

Computer monitors can be made to consume less energy by displaying much darker colors. The website says that it has tested its page in a variety of CRT and LCD monitors.

This concept was first brought to the attention of Heap Media by a blog post, which estimated that Google could save 750 megawatt hours a year by utilizing it for CRT screens.

The homepage of Blackle provides a count of the number of watt hours that have been saved by enabling this concept.

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