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Increasing computer efficiency
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Dec 16, 2016
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Increasing computer efficiency
Looking at new regulations from the California Energy Commission.
This photo shows a woman typing on the keyboard of her laptop computer in Beijing.
This photo shows a woman typing on the keyboard of her laptop computer in Beijing.
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Looking at new regulations from the California Energy Commission.

This week the California Energy Commission approved the nation’s first computer related energy standards. 

The new rules are aimed to reduce the energy used by laptops and desktops ... a somewhat surprising energy waster.

We’ll talk about it with Pierre Delforge, Director of High Tech Sector Energy Efficiency, Energy & Transportation with the Natural Resources Defense Council. 

To hear the full interview, click the blue play button above.