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Poland To Lower Fuel Prices Amid West Asia Tension http://dlvr.it/TRkRbd

[commanderxay]

Time for some hardware changes --- part 2

Let's see, what happend since part 1: Decision 4 ... is fullfilled. The 8-port switches are in place, so this one 16-port switch is switched off outside my office times. Decision 5 ... is fullfilled. I have only one phone in charge and it is connected via PoE now (part of Decision 4 too). Decision 6 Pending. There is a personal mental problem with the fridge and "it's complicated". Let me explain: My personal wealth. As IT-Grandpa, I'm strictly to the road of my retirement and the financial focus is on the pension. Three weeks before I was calculating, what I have to expect as a fact and in detail. And it was suprising - I will not end poor, but it was far less than I thought! So, I had to make a new decision, which influences this one and the decision was: after all expenses, I have to save at least 2000 Euro per month. No cent less! Not in average! This amount is more as is left from my regular job, so I have to add some extra work and I have to invest. But with 1000 Euro for a good new fridge, I could not realize it every month (I cannot violate rules lol). More about this in the next posting. Decision 7 Pushed to future. I have not enough time. No, wrong, I'm not in the mood. After all, I'm at about 12 kWh/day.   Read the full article

[commanderxay]

Time for some hardware changes --- part 1

As I mentioned in part 0, the story will now continue with updates here on tumblr. Decision 4: Today I ordered two 8 port 1000-base T switches with PoE. One of them will replace the big 50-port switch in my 19" rack to save energy. I suppose, it will cut the energy to 1/5. The other will go parallel to the the 16 port switch in the home office, so I can switch off the big switch too, if the office is not active and the small switch can serve the primary IP phone with power, so I can remove the power supply from the phone itself (it is a small saving, but I take every milliwatt). Decision 5: Addtionally I transferred all SIP-accounts from the secondary IP phone to this one, so I could remove this phone. I can only talk on one phone, so away with this! Decision 6: Exchange the fridge. I was thinking about this earlier, but now its decided. My fridge consumes (I have measured) about 700 kWh per year... new ones promise with the same volume below 170 kWh/year. But I'm not sure, when to order... I wait for a bargain. Decision 7: I will remove the gateway server and transfer this services to the fileserver. The fileserver was build last year with focus on energy saving and the gateway server is very old and ineffective. Why running both? But I have to consider security reasons a little bit more to have DMZ and VPN network services and internal services (e.g. file service) on the same physical device. But even when I migrate the services, my personall infrastructure is a far lot more secure as in the most companies I know... so maybe not worth getting headache. Read the full article

[commanderxay]

Time for some hardware changes --- part 0

... continuing a story, that began on Facebook. But I mentioned in my last post, I dump Facebook. So we need a transistion of the information to tumblr...

What happens before?

{TL;DR} I'm angry about my energy costs. I have 5200 kWh / year, which is here in Germany the amount of a 5 person household. I'm single, but IT-nerd. {end TL;DR} So I have some infrastructure in company design and size: Two internet connections (1 DSL 100Mb, 1 LTE 40MB) connected via 8 port 1000-base T switch to a gateway server (DMZ) with firewall and vpn to connect over internet, another vpn to my big servers in the data center, and some other services. This server is connected via a second network interface to a 50-port 1000-base T switch (internal zone), there attached a fileserver with NVMe SSD boot and storage RAID10 with 4 Terascale datacenter drives. Also attached two NAS (but 99% switched off) for a third backup level. Also attached a WiFi Accesspoint with (net) 800 Mb, bridging to two other WiFi Accesspoints in my appartment (for my ESP-32 devices WLAN). Also attached two other switches: One of them is an 8 port 1000-base T for my "free time PC" (so I don't need the big PC for fun after work), an IP phone and an ("oversize") ink printer with scanner. That was the first decision for energy saving. The additional PC saves a lot of energy costs instead of the big one. It is consuming with all its environment (two screens, external speakers, graphic tablet, pen tablet screen) 75% of the the big PC alone (see below). Second decision: All these devices are connected to a real power switch via radio, so everything is really switched off, if not in use. So no consuming energy in standby mode. The other switch is a 16 port 1000-base T in my home office. The 16 port switch has connected my dev PC (2 Xeon CPUs, 96GB RAM, SSD, 6TB net via LSI SAS hardware RAID10 and a lot of USB 3 ports), the dev PC has 1 x 48" UHD curved & 2 x 40" UHD curved (all with network ports). I can connect another 5 screens... but mostly I work witt only two of the big screens... they are representing the usage of 8 normal HD screens... ). Ok. There is another smaller PC connected to the switch for administrative work (2 Xeion CPUs, 24GB Ram, SSD, some TB HDD. Then two network printers, a b/w HP LaserJet and an HP PageWidth inkjet printer. Then two IP-phones. And an UHD bluray player with network connection. Third decision: All of this - except the network switch and the phones are connected to a radio controlled powerswitch as well. Someone wondering about my energy costs? But with these decisions above, I came from 14,5 kWh/day to 13,4 kWh/day. You are up to date now. Time to make more decisions... in part 1 Read the full article

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Emmanuel Ledesma Psalm – Comparing Business Energy Costs by Energy Consultant

Emmanuel Ledesma Psalm is an expert professional in energy-related projects who gives his consultancy in utilizing the energy in best terms. More energy is used by companies than in the domestic se…

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On January 10th of each year National Cut Your Energy Costs Day encourages consumers to reduce their overall energy costs by improving home efficiency. It is often in the little things that you do that can save you big money on your energy bill, such as: -Weatherproof your home -Replace old windows with new energy-efficient windows -Replace old furnace with new energy-efficient furnace -Properly maintain furnace -Use solar heat if possible -Turn down thermostats -Turning off lights when leaving a room -Use energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs -Run dishwasher and washing machine only when fully loaded -Lower water heater temperature -Take shorter showers -Unplug unused appliances -Carpool whenever possible Source: KCM & National Day Calendar Raana Jamshide, Realtor, DRE#01255312 Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty #EnergyCost #EnergyEfficiency #EfficientWindows #EfficientFridge #CutEnergyCost (at La Jolla) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7JlJZbDYBw/?igshid=20zlf0lcqokb

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Summer Electricity Bill: Every Household Headache https://qoo.ly/zbyks

[mtsmarthome]

The easiest and fastest way to lower your home’s energy costs is by integrating your HVAC into a smart home system.

https://www.mediatechliving.com/easiest-way-lower-homes-energy-costs-2/

MediaTech explains how updating your home with intelligent automation systems can save you money.