A new Canadian-based research study shows how we can all reduce our so-called carbon footprint – and save money – by following a few simple tips for PC usage at home, or in the office.

There are some 22 million PCs in operation in Canada.

According to zerofootprint, a Toronto-based environmental consulting firm, if just ten percent of our PC users simply switched operating systems, we could collectively stop 25,000 tonnes of carbon from being emitted into the atmosphere.

Among its consultation services, zerofootprint helps put those kinds of rather obscure phrases into “sticky stats”, explains Deborah Kaplan. “It’s the same good environmental effect as if 6,500 cars were taken off the road,” she reveals. “We have a hard time imagining what a tonne of carbon is, so by providing equivalencies for such statistics, we can make environmental reports more meaningful.”

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