It's 2009. Whether you believe that the end is nigh (or not), energy is undoubtedly being used by all of us in the modern world at a prodigious rate and it’s hard to imagine a reason not to save energy where we can.

We're all encouraged to recycle at home, turn off the lights and lap up the local countryside instead of lounging in the Med but it’s easy to forget to apply similar practices at work. IT of course is an enthusiastic consumer of energy in any business and at OLT we’re very keen to encourage all our clients to look at the energy use within their companies.

As part of this mission, we are supporting the NOT STUPID campaign and have developed a short questionnaire to raise awareness of ways in which technology can be used to save energy and reduce its own energy consumption.

1. Are you aware of the energy used by your office at midday and midnight?
2. Can you give an approximate figure for the amount of electricity used in your office at these times?
3. Do you know how much energy is used when your computer is:
   1. Running
   2. Running but with the monitor off
   3. Suspended / Sleeping
   4. Hibernated
   5. Off
4. Do you turn your computer off at night? Over the weekend?
5. Would you like to win an energy monitor for your office?