Blackle
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| Web address | http://www.blackle.com/ |
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| Commercial? | Yes |
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Type of site
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Search engine |
| Registration | No |
| Available in | English, Portuguese, French, Czech, Italian, Dutch |
| Owner | Heap Media Australia |
| Created by | Toby Heap[1] |
| Launched | January 2007 |
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Alexa rank
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 54,815 (April 2014[update])[2] |
| Current status | Active |
Blackle is a website powered by Google Custom Search and created by Heap Media, which aims to save energy by displaying a black background and using grayish-white font color for search results.[3] Blackle claims having saved over 4 MWh of electrical energy up to November 2013,[4] a claim currently under dispute.[5] For comparison, the average USA household consumes 11 MWh of electrical energy per year.[6]
Contents
Concept
The concept behind Blackle is that computer monitors can be made to use less energy by displaying much darker colors. Blackle is based on a study which tested a variety of CRT and LCD monitors. There is dispute over whether there really are any energy saving effects, especially for users of LCD screens, where there is a constant backlight.[7][8][9]
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.[1][10] The homepage of Blackle provides a count of the number of watt hours claimed to have been saved by enabling this concept.
See also
References
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- ↑ http://www.blackle.com/about/
- ↑ http://www.blackle.com/
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- ↑ Monitor Energy Information for Energy Star, United States Department of Energy
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year, by ecoIron. The blog post by that inspired Blackle.
